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America has an opioid crisis and its causes and solutions are complex. In our efforts to find a solution to our current problems, it may help to take a look back at the past. An Ancient Drug Many people seem to think of drugs as being a recent phenomenon. This is far from true. The poppies that opium comes ... Read More
Whether or not you are aware of it, the opiates crisis across the country has gotten so bad that nearly everyone knows someone else who is abusing opiates or is an addict him or herself. What it’s starting to seem like, though, is that there is never going to be a proper full-scale response to this epidemic, which ... Read More
Although the governor of New York recently said that they will be funneling $200 million into fighting the state’s opioid crisis, that statement is far less impressive than it originally sounds. While the announcement makes it seem like NY would be putting an additional $200 million toward the opioid crisis, they’ll ... Read More
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
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
The House of Representatives has made a major step forward in giving the public more information on just how bad the opioid crisis really is. The Indexing Narcotics, Fentanyl and Opioids Act compels the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) to create a online information resource that will combine all total public ... Read More
Philly Increasingly Faces Deadly Mix of Cocaine-FentanylPhiladelphia has been averaging more than 100 overdose deaths a month, and now a deadly mix of cocaine and fentanyl is leading to more casualties. As reported by The Inquirer, cheap, potent fentanyl — which can be 10 times stronger than heroin — has long been ... Read More
Hospitals Scramble to Pay for Opioid CrisisHospitals across the country are being impacted by a seemingly un-ending stream of opioid-related costs. For example, Modern Heatlhcare reports that In 2017, the Cook County Health & Hospitals System, which includes flagship Stroger Hospital on the Near West Side, treated ... Read More
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