Everyone knows that stress plays a huge role in mental health, and mental health can also have a major impact on your physical health and overall well-being. When stress, anxiety and despair get to extreme levels, they can actually increase your risk of dying from these so-called diseases of despair. Here's a look at ... Read More
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Overdose Deaths Are Down in the Land of 10,000 Lakes – How Minnesota’s Approach May Be Working
Following a broad range of efforts designed to combat soaring drug overdose deaths, Minnesota's approach may be working. In 2017, 422 Minnesota residents died from an opioid overdose. Recognizing that these numbers were only continuing to rise from year to year, Minnesota decided to take action. The results thus far ... Read More
Janet Gerhard
Janet Gerhard Director of Public and Community Affairs Janet Gerhard is Director of Public and Community Relations for FHE Health. As a community liaison for FHE Health, she is a trusted resource for labor unions across the country, educating them on their legal rights and responsibilities in relation to ... Read More
Organ Transplants and Addiction: Finding a Second Chance
Transplants involving those with a past of substance abuse has led to new opportunities but also new questions. One of the tragic outcomes of the opioid overdose crisis is the availability of more organs for those waiting for life-saving transplants. Though a very sad consequence of this crisis, many younger people ... Read More
How One “Stop Drinking” Pill Can Aid in Alcohol Recovery
While the integration of "medically assisted treatment," or MAT, into inpatient and outpatient addiction treatment programs is a relatively new concept, some of the drugs used in these programs are not. Antabuse — one of the brand names for a drug called disulfiram — is regarded as one of the very first medications ... Read More
Drug Testing at Festivals Stokes Controversy in Tennessee’s Addiction Epidemic
Fentanyl is worsening Tennessee's already severe drug addiction and overdose epidemic. In fact, 2018 proved to be Tennessee's deadliest year for drug overdose deaths. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports nearly 1840 people died from overdosing on opioids in 2018. That represents an increase of at least ... Read More
Law Requiring Drug Dealers to Pay Taxes Among Iowa’s Latest Efforts to Curb Meth and Opiates
Every state combats drub abuse, addiction, and drug-related crimes a little differently. And while many states are failing to achieve the types of positive results in the battle to generate headlines, Iowa is experiencing a reduction in opioid-related overdose deaths. Yet, as Iowa focuses on abuse of opioids like ... Read More
One Truth About Addiction That Everyone in Rehab Should Know
Since the turn of the century, society has made huge strides in our understanding of addiction. The number of people brushing it off as a "moral failure" or something that a person can just "get over on their own" has dropped considerably, and more and more people see addiction as the serious concern that it ... Read More
