The Relation Between Opioid Addiction and the Middle Class
…rise in heroin use, and this is directly related to the narcotic painkiller addiction problem. Even though heroin is an illicit drug, it binds with the same receptors in the…
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Chris Kelly of Kris Kross Dies of Drug Overdose at 34
…counteract the symptom, thought to be the early stages of heroin withdrawal. He was screened for drugs at the hospital after being pronounced dead. Heroin and Cocaine Poly-substance abuse takes…
How Opioid Use Affects Your Looks
…Affects Your Looks Despite heroin use impacting people of all socioeconomic strata, from Middle America to Hollywood, the stereotypical image of a heroin addict persists. Many still think of heroin…
Federal Law Proposed to Protect Good Samaritans Using Naloxone
…rates from prescription opioids quadrupled, and, during the same period, heroin deaths increased by almost 50 percent. An analysis of mortality data from 28 states showed that heroin overdoses more…
Illinois May Soon Put Overdose Antidote in Hands of School Nurses
Illinois lawmakers are working on a bill that would let school nurses give students overdosing on opioid prescriptions or heroin the drug that could save their lives. Naloxone (brand name…
How Will the Next President Tackle Our Drug Problems?
…she will have plenty to deal with, including: An epidemic of prescription painkiller and heroin use that has helped make drug overdose the nation’s No. 1 cause of death from…
What Have We Learned From Our 100-Year History of Opiate Addiction?
…of non-addictive alternatives to morphine, chemist C.R. Alder Wright synthesized heroin from morphine. Later marketed by Bayer as a non-addictive pain alternative to morphine, heroin turned out to be just…
Medical Drug Detox Centers
…detox can help improve the odds of recovery. Heroin – Withdrawal from heroin is painful and can be dangerous. Detoxing from heroin can involve repeated bouts of diarrhea and vomiting….
AP Gives Important New Guidelines for Discussing Addiction
…Child Die of Heroin Overdose,” “Woman Gets High on Heroin While in Labor,” “U.S. Doctors Cutting Back on Opioid Prescriptions” and “Opioid Epidemic Series: What Is Fentanyl? Drug Is So…
Common Street Names for Prescription Painkillers
Did you know that the effects on the brain of the two most commonly prescribed prescription opioids—hydrocodone and oxycodone—are virtually indistinguishable from those of heroin? The addictive nature of prescription…