Drug, Alcohol and Mental Health Treatment
Recently there has been an enormous uptick in the number of people overdosing from the synthetic drug K2. At the time of this writing, nearly 80 people have overdosed near Yale University. Thankfully there haven't been any fatalities in this current crisis, however there was a death from a similar but smaller streak in ... Read More
Author challenges current opioid treatment paradigmAs the opioid crisis continues to plague every demographic across all 50 states, unfortunately the current treatment paradigms remain stubbornly stuck in outdated preconceptions and approaches. Writing in the NY Times, author Maia Szalavitz challenges current ... Read More
Framingham hit by wave of overdosesThe footprints that fentanyl-laced heroin leaves behind are easy to see on the map, marking a grim cluster of overdose and death. Authorities in Framingham, Mass. are looking at such a map this week as a bad batch of heroin makes it way through the area. As reported by ... Read More
Lightweight champion claims his biggest victory over drugsJared Gordon has always been focused on MMA. Gordon was born and raised in Queens, New York and he started boxing and wrestling at a young age. He was obsessed MMA when he was in high school. Unfortunately, he also became obsessed with drugs as well, eventually ... Read More
Mystery drug brings death in PensicolaWith two overdoses deaths in the same week, authorities in Pensicola are investigating if a new drug is now circulating on the streets, possibly some type of IV painkiller. According to the Pensicola News Journal, Police Department spokesman Mike Wood said a man was found ... Read More
Police Raid In Columbus, OH Finds Massive Cache of Pure Fentanyl It's difficult to overstate how deadly fentanyl can be - just a few grains will kill an unsuspecting user. So when police in a Columbus, Ohio raid found 4.5 pounds of the illegal opioid, it literally had the potential to kill the entire city. However, ... Read More
Dozens speak about the impact of opioids in Tallahassee forumWhile thousands have died from overdose across the state of Florida, Tallahassee has been relatively "lucky", seeing only 82 deaths this year. However, officials and residents are not waiting for the situation to worsen. A forum held this week brought out ... Read More
Corner store was epicenter for sprawling drug networkThis week, police in Baltimore had to spend hours in hazmat suits removing all the fentanyl and morphine from a corner store in the Old Goucher neighborhood of Baltimore. The raid netted more than 16 pounds of suspected fentanyl and 13 pounds of suspected ... Read More
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