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100,000 Opioid Deaths May Breed Wrong Solutions
Find out more about the 100,000 deaths related to opioid abuse this past year and what we can do about achieving this grim milestone
Counterfeit Pills Projected to Kill Over 100,000
Find out more about the increasing problem of fake pharmaceuticals in Northern Colorado
Making Suboxone More Accessible Won’t Fix the Addiction Problem
Find out more about the loosened restrictions on MAT drugs and whether or not this will help fix the addiction problem in the U.S.
Celebrity Promotes Ineffective Solution for Addiction
Find out more about Lamar Odom’s controversial treatment for his cocaine addiction.
Is the Fentanyl Vaccine Just MAT in a Prettier Package?
Currently, a new vaccine is being researched to help opioid users build immunity to fentanyl. While being considered a vaccine, it appears that this is merely a new type of MAT treatment, not a new, novel approach to addiction treatment. And it’s smoke and mirrors packaging may prevent users from seeking help from treatment centers.
The War on Drugs Should Never Have Been Fought
Find out more about why the War on Drugs was a war that should never have been fought and did nothing to help prevent a major public health crisis.
Article Touts New Approach and Misses the Point
Contingency management is a system where drug users and alcoholics can get monetary rewards for participating in treatment practices, going to therapy, and passing drug screens. Some treatment providers have started offering the program through a phone app, where patients can acquire up to $600 over the period of a year.
You’ll Never Guess What Was Found in Fake Adderall Pills in Iowa
For a while now, drug users have known about fake oxycodone pills floating around that contained fentanyl instead of oxy.
Record Number of Overdose Deaths Feared in Colorado For 2020
The year 2020 so far has been one of the roughest years in modern history. It seems as though all 2020 has done is brought bad news, problems, political unrest, disease pandemics, murderous insects, imminent global war, and conspiracy theories by the bucketful.
Why Are We in the Middle of an Opiate Epidemic?
Are you serious? Today, I read an article about a large medical software company manipulating the doctor-patient relationship, in order to increase the sales of opiate medications. You read that right; I don’t think I could make that stuff up.