Drug, Alcohol and Mental Health Treatment
Neurologists increasingly find addicts with memory damageDr. Jed Barash began noticing a strange pattern of memory damage in his patients at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington, Massachusetts, a Boston suburb. The MRI scans of these relatively young patients all showed damage to the hippocampi, which is a ... Read More
NY State Assembly explores safe injection sitesSafe injection sites have been adopted in Canada and Europe, but have yet to gain traction in the US. Now, however, that trend might be changing as a growing number of cities and states are ready to take dramatic steps in the fight against the opioid crisis. As reported ... Read More
Community-based organization makes big impact with Naloxone A North Carolina group focused on harm reduction has just reported it's 10,000th life saved by Naloxone. What's even more impressive about this number is that it does not include lives saved by EMT workers. As reported by NCHRC, since August 1, 2013, NCHRC ... Read More
Philly officials weight options for safe injection sitesFaced with more than 100 overdose deaths a month, officials in Philadelphia are looking to open safe injection sites where addicts can shoot up in the presence of public health officials. By no means a panacea, this effort is not without critics. As reported ... Read More
Physician fights to help community after losing his son to addiction In Eastern Kentucky, Dr. William Fannin witnessed as the opioid crisis first hit the region in the 1990s and escalated into the 2000s. It even took son, Sean Fannin, at the age of 28. As reported in the Courier Journal, Dr. Fannin found his son ... Read More
Neuro breakthrough uncovers potential pathway for curbing addiction Most neurologic research in the addiction field focuses on neurons and how their receptors are blocked or activated by drug use. However, researchers at University of Buffalo noticed some interesting data which suggested that glial cells may play a ... Read More
NY Sees Decline in Painkiller ScriptsAs the opioid crisis has unfolded, legislators and public health officials have worked to reduce the numbers of opioid painkiller prescriptions that are written. Now, the latest data shows that that effort is gaining traction, with the number of prescriptions declining across ... Read More
Police in Mexico seize massive amount of fentanyl So far, California has not seen a surge in overdose deaths because of the relative scarcity of fentanyl. Now, it appears that trend is threatening to change in 2018. As reported by ABC News, Mexican police found a multi-drug shipment that included an astonishing 100 ... Read More
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