Isotonitazene, known as "iso" to drug users, is a dangerous new opioid that causes overdose deaths across the country in the US. As many as 40-50 people every month are dying after getting ahold of this potent drug. Iso is not a legal drug, but its origins are still in the pharmaceutical industry. The formulation
A new scam in the addiction/recovery industry involves faked urinalysis tests, but it isn’t the patients doing the scamming. Prosecutors say that a medical clinic in Jeffersonville, Indiana, headed by a doctor named raided Jeffrey Campbell, took thousands of urine tests meant to test for prescription and illegal drugs. Then he ignored the results completely,
The week before last, President Trump promised to unveil a plan to battle the opioid epidemic that’s ravaging Middle America, but as he stood at the podium in Bedminster, New Jersey, last Tuesday, he disappointed treatment advocates and ignored his own commission’s recommendations. At his “major briefing” on the epidemic, Trump explained, “strong law enforcement
Have you heard of a new street drug called Gray Death? It’s one of the deadliest new opiates to make its way onto US streets, and just as deadly the name implies, users are more likely to overdose, go into respiratory arrest and die than even have time to experience the high than they are
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
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
If you're researching methods to help an opiate addict get clean online, there's little doubt that you've come across kratom on websites or message boards. On the internet, there is always a lot of hype when it comes to "new" drugs, especially when they make boisterous claims of "magic" results and few side effects. Kratom,
