Federal prosecutors have brought down the hammer on eight people who were part of a South Florida fake sober home and drug treatment center business empire, a cover for massive insurance fraud. The centers, which would treat patients going through opioid rehab and other such therapies, used the services in order to ... Read More
Florida Opioid Law Goes Into Effect July 1st
House Bill 21, the Florida Opioid prescription law, will be going into effect July 1, and marks a great change in how health care providers handle medication prescriptions. The bill, intended to make it much harder to be prescribed opioids and other scheduled drugs, was passed back in March, and will, among other ... Read More
DeLand Commissioner Arrested on Drug Charges
Some public officials are just not what they used to be. Jeffrey Hunter, 59, City Commissioner for DeLand City, was arrested on Wednesday on drug charges, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. He has been charged with delivering or selling hydrocodone, a controlled substance and one of the drugs ... Read More
Recovery Right After Rehab
You’ve made it! You’ve completed drug rehabilitation! You are armed with so many tools to ensure your success and prevent a relapse. You’ve attended the classes, met the with therapists, completed the work books, and put in real effort. You are ready to change your life for the better forever. But, can you be ... Read More
Blue Lights Installed In Restrooms May Hinder Drug Use
It might sound bizarrely simple, but it would appear that a simple change of color might be all it takes for store owners to keep away drug abusers from their public bathrooms. Drug users will sometimes use store bathroom stalls in order to inject drugs, which causes many problems and potential liabilities for store ... Read More
Global Supply of Illegal Drugs At All Time High
It’s bad news all around for those interested in seeing an end to illegal drugs. The 2018 World Drug report published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime found that the global supply of heroin and cocaine is at the highest it’s ever been, and other illegal drugs, such as opioids, have been spreading not ... Read More
Korn Frontman Speaks Out Against Xanax and Addiction
It’s no secret that the glamorous lives of celebrities are often tarnished just a bit with the stain of drug abuse. However, nu-metal star Jonathan Davis, lead singer of the band Korn, spoke in an interview with Forbes about his fight with Xanax addiction and alcohol. He started taking Xanax in order to get through ... Read More
Tampa Drug Crisis Causing Children to be Separated From Families
Manatee County in Florida has had a hard time with the opioid crisis, and an even harder set of decisions to make. The county is one of the leaders in the state for removing children from their families for drug crimes, with the rationale that the children will later be reunited in safer circumstances. This is not ... Read More