Families and Prescription Drug Abuse
The Five Step American Medicine Chest Challenge is an event devised to include families in the fight against prescription drug abuse. The challenge asks families to participate in five steps …
Common Fentanyl Side Effects
As the opioid epidemic continues to ravage our nation, the number of overdoses and deaths related to fentanyl has reached record-breaking levels. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), there were nearly 92,000 deaths from overdose in 2020, 21,000 more than ever before. By June of 2021, synthetic opioids, mainly fentanyl, were involved in…
Ten Ways to Have a Happy, Relapse-Free Holiday
It’s the holiday season and festivities abound. Many of those festivities include alcohol or sometimes other substances that can make relapse easy.
Prescription Drug Monitoring Tools Still Underutilized
Prescription drug monitoring programs have been implemented throughout the country as a method of tracking and regulating prescriptions for narcotic painkillers and other drugs. Many states have some form …
Teenagers Exhibit Most Risk for Methamphetamine Side Effects
Health officials warn that teenagers who abuse the drug Methamphetamine are exposed to even greater risks than young adults. Methamphetamine is dangerous to anyone who becomes addicted to the drug. …
FL Decrease in Prescription Drug-Related Fatalities
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement cited a report last week indicating that overall deaths in the state caused by prescription drugs had decreased nearly 10 percent last year. The …