Drug, Alcohol and Mental Health Treatment
Addiction research unlocks the hope for new treatmentsLuigi Gallimberti is a psychiatrist and toxicologist who has treated addiction for 30 years, and runs a clinic in Padua, Italy. Frustrated by traditional treatments, he decided to try a new procedure called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). This approach, ... Read More
Chinese Fentanyl Kingpins Targeted By US DOJMade In China goods have become woven into the US economy over the last two decades, so perhaps it's not surprising that now synthetic opioids are also being manufactured in China and shipped to the US via the mail. In an effort to crack down on these deadly shipments the ... Read More
Addicts in St. Louis Celebrating Their Recovery This ChristmasWriting at Huff Post, author Ritchie Farrell looked at how the lives of five former addicts were changed for the better by Naltrexone - a relatively under-used drug in the battle against opioid addiction: How did five heroin addicts from St. Louis, ... Read More
CDC report highlights impact of fentanylThe CDC released its latest report on the opioid epidemic, and the statistics are staggering. About 63,600 Americans died from drug overdoses last year, the CDC data show. About 42,000 of them died after taking opioids. Among these deaths, 19,000 were due to a synthetic ... Read More
DEA Agents link doctor to five overdose deathsMt. Carmel, PA is a small town in northeastern Pennsylvania, located almost 100 miles from Philadelphia in the old anthracite coal region. DEA officials are claiming this quiet town is the epicenter of the state's largest prescription "pill mill" where one doctor has ... Read More
Mail order fentanyl flows in from ChinaAccording to experts, every day more than 1 million packages reach the United States through the global postal system without the important security information law enforcement agencies need to stop and inspect packages that could contain deadly drugs and other illicit items. ... Read More
Communities seek compensation after pharma misinformation campaignAs the effects of America's addiction to opioid painkillers continues to unfold as an endless tragedy, local communities are connecting the dots and taking the pharmaceutical industry to court. As part of this trend, Detroit and eight other cities and ... Read More
Vaccine breakthrough may help addicts in recovery Underscoring the impact of the opioid crisis, the military is concerned with how the epidemic may be affecting the combat readiness of US troops. Officials at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research have been working on a vaccine to help break the cravings that ... Read More
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