In the addiction industry, it’s often difficult to help patients who have become addicted due to injury or illness. Many people who use opiate drugs for the first time do so at the behest of a doctor, to temporarily help them with acute pain from an accident, surgery, or chronic illness. Pain management, after all,
There is a lot of uncertainty about budgets and resources when it comes to fighting opioid addiction across the US. Most of the addicts that need to enter long-term treatment often come with scant resources. Some have no health insurance at all, while others are on Medicaid, but even those with insurance may be facing
Lawmakers in West Virginia have voted to use $24 million from opioid lawsuit court settlements to increase inpatient treatment beds available to addicts throughout the state. The bill passed by the House and Senate and awaits Gov. Jim Justice’s signature. When passed, it will authorize the Department of Health and Human Resources to ensure that treatment
While many states are caught in the grip of the opiate epidemic, states such as new New Mexico, which had the second-highest death rate for drug overdose deaths in the nation in 2014--are implementing new laws aimed at slowing the alarming trend. Can these laws make a dent in the new cases of overdoses and
A deadly new synthetic opioid drug, “Pink” (also known as U-47700) has already killed 80 people nationwide. The untested opioid is available in powder, pill or liquid form, and is easy to find and buy. Law enforcement says the new drug is nearly eight times more powerful than heroin, and they expect it to kill
