Weaker Drugs Laced with Fentanyl

Jan 26, 2022

Weaker Drugs Laced with Fentanyl Many U.S. states have taken steps to reduce the number of opioid prescriptions given as more people are suffering from addictions. As a result of these recent crackdowns, many people turn to the streets to purchase drugs illicitly....

The Rise of Fentanyl and Opioid Use

Dec 3, 2020

The Rise of Fentanyl and Opioid Use The opioid crisis, a combination of pharmaceutical grandstanding and professional misuse resulting in widespread abuse, economic struggle, and the detriment of many patients’ mental and physical health, has cost countless...

How to Make a Dangerous Drug Even More Deadly: Common Contaminants in Heroin

Dec 12, 2019

How to Make a Dangerous Drug Even More Deadly: Common Contaminants in Heroin Over 15,400 deaths occurred in 2015 due to heroin overdose, and numbers continue to rise. Heroin is cheap, easy to acquire and in abundant supply. It is an opioid drug derived from morphine....

What is Opioid Rotation?

Dec 10, 2019

What is Opioid Rotation? It has been well-publicized that addiction to opiates is at near epidemic levels. Besides the traumatic and tragic impacts on families, it has had a staggering economic impact in the U.S. In the four years between 2015 and 2018 inclusive,...

Addiction to and Recovery from Addictive Analgesics

Apr 29, 2019

Addiction to and Recovery from Addictive Analgesics Analgesics refer to a type of drug designed to alleviate pain without causing the user to lose consciousness. Heroin, morphine, fentanyl and codeine all fall into this category. Unfortunately, opiate and heroin...