Category: Opiate Addiction

Even when the most amazing things are happening in life –a new marriage, a new baby, a job promotion – drug addiction doesn’t care. When an active drug addiction is an issue, it’s almost impossible to avoid making really terrible, potentially life changing decisions. David [...]

One county is making moves to wipe out heroin addiction – with a billboard that is causing quite a stir among the neighbors. Does the billboard depict someone dying as a result of heroin addiction? Dealing with an infection due to injecting the drug? Contracting [...]

Pete Townshend is famous for a lot of things: the classic rock operas he’s written, his performances as a guitarist for The Who, his alleged attempts to seek out child pornography, and of course, his struggles with drug addiction. The musician has decided to do [...]

Prescription drug addiction is an ongoing problem in every state in the country and different states are brainstorming on how they can catch those who are abusing the system and identify those who need prescription drug addiction treatment before they enable someone else into addiction [...]

With the recent success of national drug drop-off days, many police departments and community departments are stepping up to make it easier for residents to get rid of their unused and unwanted prescription drugs all year-round. This not only helps decrease pollution in the water [...]

Sharing needles is one of the quickest ways to transmit contagious diseases like HIV and hepatitis C, making intravenous drug use (IDU) of drugs like heroin one of the most dangerous types of drug addiction. Up until now, it has been believed that heroin addicts [...]

When you’re in recovery-during or after drug and alcohol rehab-you find yourself with a lot of time on your hands. When you are recovering from addiction to opiates like heroin and prescription painkillers especially, you may feel like you’re all alone or that no one [...]