Substance Abuse Withdrawal Timelines As all long-term drug users know, attempting to quit substance use leads to a horrible set of circumstances that makes cessation almost impossible: withdrawal. The body's reaction to stopping use of a substance on which it has become reliant leads to withdrawal, a deep discomfort, ... Read More
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Hepatitis C and Addiction Treatment
Updated May 13, 2019 The heroin and opiate epidemic has caused hepatitis C cases to more than triple in this country in recent years, according to a May 2019 report by the Centers for Disease Control; but many drug users don't know how vulnerable they are to this serious, blood-borne virus and how easy it can be to ... Read More
How Does Fentanyl Enter the U.S., and What is the Government Doing to Stop It?
Nearly all fentanyl sold on the streets of America enters the country through international mail. In early 2018, a Senate investigation discovered the government simply was not prepared to stop the influx of fentanyl from China. The report, which scrutinized six online fentanyl sellers, found that five operated in ... Read More
Is It Time for National Standards in Addiction Treatment?
With the opioid epidemic continuing to rise at an alarming rate addiction experts, medical professionals, lawmakers, addicts and advocates alike are scrambling to find a way to deal with the mounting drug-induced deaths. In 2017 alone, more than 70,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the U.S., a rise of 9.6 percent ... Read More
JUUL Addiction: Facts and Treatment for the New E-Cigarette Trend
Updated April 8, 2019 What Exactly Is JUUL, and Why Is It So Popular? With the ongoing shift away from inhaled tobacco products both here in the United States and throughout other Western countries has come a surge in a new nicotine delivery device: the e-cigarette. JUUL has rapidly risen from being a San ... Read More
An Anti-Opioid Vaccine? The Latest Developments
When we think of vaccines, we immediately think of infectious diseases like the measles, mumps, pertussis and polio. But now, Scripps Research Institute researchers have developed a possible anti-opioid (addiction) vaccine involving monoclonal antibodies to prevent opioid addiction in at-risk individuals. Afterall, we ... Read More
Drug Epidemics: A Global Overview
There's no doubt about it - the United States has a serious drug problem as a whole, and the ongoing opioid epidemic has only added to our already grim statistics related to addiction issues. The thing is that substance abuse knows no boundaries. Despite the lack of media coverage regarding addiction beyond our ... Read More
The Opioid Crisis: An American Issue?
Opioid addiction has impacted world societies since the discovery of morphine in the 19th century. Originally intended as a medicinal solution for a variety of ailments, morphine addiction spread rapidly among doctors who had easy access to the drug. Another opioid developed in the 19th century was heroin, which did ... Read More
