Opiates: Articles on Addiction & Recovery
- Drug users on probation can be required to remain drug-free, court rules The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court that it was not cruel and unusual punishment to put a person who is on probation in jail after one positive… Read article
- Here’s How Prescription Pills Turn Chronic Pain Patients Into Heroin Addicts Call Turning Point Treatment Center’s at 949-383-4439 for affordable residential inpatient drug rehabilitation. Heroin addiction often begins with the medicine cabinet, where people develop a… Read article
- What to know about opiate withdrawal When a person stops taking opiates, they may experience withdrawal symptoms, such as pain, body aches, fatigue, and nausea. The symptoms will ease up… Read article
- Doctors say controversial treatment for new moms with drug addiction a success Doctors say a treatment strategy is a proven success in battling the opioid epidemic among new mothers even though it still has some opponents.… Read article
- Novel app may help anticipate opioid overdose A recently developed app identified changes in breathing patterns that preceded likely opioid overdoses, as well as during an actual overdose, according to a… Read article
- California Lawmakers Advance Measures to Curb Opioid Crisis California lawmakers have advanced 10 opioid-related bills in an effort to curb drug addiction in the state. … Read article
- The Opioid Epidemic’s Biggest Culprit Isn’t Heroin Anymore — It’s Something Deadlier Carfentanil — a synthetic form of fentanyl — is generally used to sedate very large animals, like elephants, and it’s 10,000 times stronger than… Read article
- Trump’s opioid plan to take three-pronged approach, including death penalty for high-volume traffickers President Trump’s long-awaited plan will focus on three areas: Law enforcement and interdiction, prevention and education through a sizable advertising campaign,, improving the ability… Read article
- Here’s What Happens During a Fentanyl Overdose Deaths due to opioid overdoses have risen sharply in the past few years, partly due to a particularly potent drug called fentanyl. Fentanyl is… Read article
- First successful prosecution of top pharmaceutical executives for crimes related to the illicit marketing and prescribing of opioids CEO founder and four other top administrators were discovered guilty on Thursday in a plan including fixes and kickbacks to doctors who recommended a… Read article