Commonly prescribed opioid pain medications used to treat acute and chronic pain are a significant cause of death in America. In 2014, The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a total of 47,055 drug overdose deaths in the United States, 61% were directly attributed to opioids. Drug overdose deaths are the leading cause […]
The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 has been signed by President Obama. There are many good things to say about CARA but some fear that it fails to provide any real resources for those seeking addiction treatment to get the care they need. President Obama said the “78 Americans die from opioid-related overdoes […]
According to World Drug Report issued last Thursday, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime said there are now over 29 million people suffering from drug use disorders and drug addiction worldwide. The number of people addicted to drugs across the world has risen for the first time in years. Last year it was reported […]
The United States has contracted the worst case of the opiate addiction in the world. We have experienced more than a three-hundred percent increase in prescription opiate pain reliever drugs by pharmaceutical companies since 2001 to 2005. Currently enough opiate pain medication prescriptions are written that almost every single American could have their own bottle. […]
A new recovery assistance program in Shakopee, Minnesota is offering confiscated drug money to help addicts find drug treatment. Shakopee police are recycling money seized during drug arrests to offer addicts as much as $3,000 for drug addiction treatment. “We know we’re not going to arrest our way or ticket our way out of this […]
The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) is a bill to authorize the Attorney General to award grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse and heroin use in America. It has recently passed the SENATE and is now the way to the HOUSE, if passing the HOUSE the BILL will need to […]
