News that the FDA approved Dsuvia, an opioid 5 to 10 times more potent than fentanyl, at the end of 2018 has made headlines across…
When I was 21, I tried heroin for the first time. I didn’t think much of it. In fact, I was wondering what all my…
Synthetic opioids are taking the lead when it comes to fatal overdoses. From 2010 to 2016, fatal overdoses involving synthetic opioids jumped from 14% to…
Oxycodone and OxyContin both sound similar, but they don’t refer to the same substance. Both are analgesics, are pain relievers and are opiates. As opiates,…
Looking back at the past years show us that opioid abuse and addiction has increasingly gotten worse. Since 2000, there has been a 200% increase…
A growing number of Americans are getting addicted to prescription opioids. In 2014 alone, almost 2 million Americans had a prescription opioid addiction. This number…
Methadone and buprenorphine are often used to treat opioids addictions; however, they, too, can be abused. In fact, these drugs have quite a high abuse…
The amount of drug related deaths in King County in Washington State has hit an all-time high. Nearly all the deaths in 2016 are attributed…
Though it isn’t mentioned often, Tramadol is a powerful opiate. As any news channel will regularly tell you, the American opiate crisis is still in…
It’s time we start having some no-nonsense conversations in this country about synthetic opioids. After all, the country is in the grips of an opioid…