Opiant Pharmaceuticals CEO Dr. Roger Crystal said the opioid epidemic has reached epidemic proportions an interview on Fox Business last week. Crystal is a fomer emergency room doctor as well as CEO of Opiant, the manufacturer of Narcan. He helped the company formulate the lifesaving overdose-reversal drug. One of the biggest issues, he said, is
Alcohol addiction isn’t a hot topic in America, but it should be. While opioid use disorders are becoming more common, alcohol has been an addictive culprit for centuries, without any cure in sight. America alone has 5.1 million adults ages 18 and older with what experts would call an alcohol use disorder, according to the
On June 18, a New York judge refused to dismiss any of the claims by eight counties against drug makers. The opioid lawsuit included judgments against Purdue Pharma, Johnson & Johnson and several other prescription-opioid manufacturers. The judge explained that the plaintiffs (the counties) had adequately explained several violations of the law, including consumer protection
Just last week, the House of Representatives passed the Alternative to Opioids law, designed to empower hospitals and other medical providers with information and tools to minimize the number of opioid drugs prescribed. Created by U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr., who hails from New Jersey, the Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) Emergency Department Act meant to
Prosecutors say, David W. Perry, age 57, of Boston, faces 15 counts of evidence tampering, seven drug charges and six counts of sex for a fee. He is the current owner of Recovery Educational Services, a sober home in the Roxbury neighborhood. He also owned and ran Safe Haven Sober Homes on Washington Street, another
When doctors were invited out to just one dinner with only one opioid vendor, they were more likely to prescribe opioids; a new study revealed this week. According to Forbes, the average salary of a medical doctor in the United States in 2014 was $189,000. However, it appears that a “dinner date” was simple enough
Google has recently announced that they plan to take action to help combat addiction, although many critics would call the approach a “soft” one rather than a hardline approach. Partnering with the Drug Enforcement Administration, Google will offer a tool that helps visitors find a safe drug take-back program which will allow them to dispose
How can a first responder or doctor know if an overdose victim has taken a not-so-common designer drug? Chemists say that a designer drug test would do the trick, and they’re already working on formulating one that is universal enough to be useful in making a diagnosis. Many people buy and use synthetic drugs –
The new budget signed by President Trump is being hailed for one act that finally funds initiatives to help at-risk families to prevent them from losing custody of their children. The Family First Prevention Services Act was passed quietly in new legislation alongside the Federal budget, with the goal of preventing children from entering foster
A “quit smoking aid” named JUUL is being used by young people to get their “nic fix” in junior high schools, high schools and colleges around the country, but few parents, counselors and other authority figures understand the phenomenon or just how common it is. JUULing is when you use a vaporizer to inhale nicotine
