Fentanyl has been found in almost every drug in the past year, and increasingly, it's a youngster who dies from an overdose. Fake pills from the internet have changed the way people acquire drugs, and it's killing people. Many people believe that recreational drug use is a harmless phase many young people go through. After [...]
Seniors aged 60 years and up have often been overlooked during the opioid epidemic. But that has started to change. Recent research shows that seniors are also highly prone to opioid use disorder. This is especially true of seniors grappling with chronic illness, loneliness, and other stressors. In California, a study from 2011 to 2017 [...]
Marijuana is a common drug that people abuse in California and all across the US. While recreational marijuana is legal for use, people on probation or who regularly get drug tested can’t use it without consequences. For this reason, some people seek out drugs that the FDA hasn’t yet outlawed. One of these relatively new [...]
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors made a historic decision to help keep mentally ill people, addicted persons, and other troubled individuals out of jail. People who suffer from homelessness, mental illness, and substance use disorder will be sent to treatment instead. Writing A Data-Driven Public Safety Plan The public safety plan will focus [...]
Recently, the federal government and many state and local governments won a landmark $26 billion settlement from opioid manufacturers and distributors. The states involved in the lawsuits will get allotments of the payouts. Experts, however, are comparing the payouts to the tobacco settlement money and saying that the distribution of funds on the state level [...]
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has announced the launch of a new loan repayment program that will help encourage medical professionals to work in the field of addiction. The program, similar to others in the field of medicine and public service such as education, will reward medical students who pledge to work full-time [...]
The Biden administration has announced they will be lifting restrictions on the popular Medication-Assisted treatment drug buprenorphine. The move will give more doctors access to the life-changing drug that has helped thousands of addicted people stop using opioids. Before this action, buprenorphine administration had many restrictions on it. It is considered to be the “golden [...]
A drug used for Medication-Assisted Treatment is now being tried as a pain medication replacement for opioids. Naltrexone, a form of Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT), is typically used to help people cease using opioids. What is Naltrexone? Traditionally, Naltrexone is a once-a-month injection for opioid use disorder. It is often the MAT of choice for people [...]
