Drug, Alcohol and Mental Health Treatment
This is Not Always the Most Wonderful Time of the Year While there are many reasons for celebration this time of year, for people struggling with addiction it can be an especially challenging time. Here are seven signs to watch out for this holiday season. 1). Naughty or Nice? Does the approach of Christmas ... Read More
Central PA Struck By Drug Overdose CrisisThe York County Coroner's Office is not pulling any punches in trying to communicate the severity and danger of the current opioid crisis. After seeing 16 deaths in the first 19 days of November, they have issued a stark warning: The spate of recent deaths should not be ... Read More
Tight-knit communities struggle with opioid crisis.In a region famous for it lush farmland and picturesque Amish buggies - community leaders are now grappling with a growing opioid crisis that is anything but quaint. Newly released data from OverdoseFreePa.org - a product of a group of law enforcement and medical ... Read More
Innovative program offers help to addicts in the ERFaced with an ongoing overdose crisis, participants in the Behavioral Health Network of Greater St. Louis asked: “How can we work together to get this under control?” The network is a consortium of health providers, leaders, advocates and consumers who work ... Read More
A new class of painkillers may lower overdose deathsOpioids offer incredible pain relief by acting on neuronal receptors. Unfortunately, they also have a powerful impact on portions of the brain that control respiration, leading to slower breathing - and in many instances - death. Now, the FDA is in the process of ... Read More
Population Declining in Rural Communities Due to Opioid CrisisThe USDA just released an eye-opening report called Rural America At A Glance, and there are serious challenges facing rural America - driven in no small part by the opioid crisis. According to the report, while rural America shows signs of a ... Read More
Researchers Examine the True Impact of Rx Drug Monitoring ProgramsCall it the law of unintended consequences. Across the nation, 49 states have so-called prescription drug monitoring programs, and 36 states have laws requiring doctors to check them. But some new research adds an important caveat about how well ... Read More
Deadly Fentanyl Being Sold DirectlyThe opioid crisis is taking an even deadlier turn as dealers are now selling fentanyl as a stand-alone product, dispensing with heroin altogether. While drug traffickers and dealers once used fentanyl to spike the potency of the heroin they sold, the Drug Enforcement Agency said ... Read More
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