Many people in Florida have friends and family addicted to heroin. Unfortunately, it is all too common for them to remain silent, keeping the addiction an open secret. If you know someone who is addicted, they may be struggling to find a way out. An advocate might be just what they need to get into recovery. Showing ... Read More
XXXTentacion Killed, Suspect Has Numerous Parole, Gun and Drug Offenses
Dedrick Williams is currently a person of interest in the shooting death of XXXTentacion, and apparently is loaded up to the teeth with prior investigations and convictions for gun and drug cases, including dealing drugs. XXXTentacion was a rapper with a loyal fanbase and an emotionally vulnerable and open rap style ... Read More
Florida Home Raided For Meth After Month of Sheriff’s Planning
Nearly every news story about a drug dealer being taken off the streets is a good story in our books, and as far as drug addiction and Florida are concerned, we could certainly use fewer dealers in the state. St. Johns County Sheriff's deputies arrested six people after the neighbors complained that they thought there ... Read More
Key Neuron in Opiate Addiction and Narcolepsy
While it doesn’t fully explain the biochemical reasons behind Opiate addiction, a recent study has noted some interesting results from long term use of opiates such heroin and morphine. While studying hypocretin-producing neurons in the human brain scientists found a notable increase in a certain subject who was later ... Read More
Harsh Border Policy Linked to Future Addiction
Recent events along the border could lead to a new generation of addiction as forcible separation of children from their parents is an obvious early childhood trauma which, like other adverse childhood experiences, increases the odds of the child growing up with depression, PTSD, drug abuse & reliance as well as ... Read More
Symptoms of Opioid Withdrawal
In Florida alone there were some 2,798 deaths as a result from overdoses of opioids. You don't have to become part of that number. Help is available. Withdrawal is not easy, but there are trained medical rehabilitation specialists who want to help you. Withdrawal Symptoms When a person has become dependent on a drug, ... Read More
Mental Health Watchdog Warns of Florida-Funded Drug Abuses
In possibly the most horrific and disturbing development of the already horrifying child doping scandal going on in Texas, the Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) is warning state officials that Florida is host to a law that is allowing child residents of Florida to be taken for a ... Read More
Forced Drugging Of Children Found In Government-Funded Immigration Housing Facility
Due to President Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy for illegal immigration, a government contractor with vile ideas of how to treat children has been drugging immigrant minors into compliance without their or their parents’ consent. Children being held at the Shiloh Treatment Center, a government contractor south of ... Read More