What Are the Effects of Taking Too Many Drugs? Over 100,000 people died from a drug overdose in 2021, which was an increase of almost 29% from the previous year; about three-fourths of those deaths were from opioids (which includes heroin and...
2021 Drug Overdose Statistics In the U.S., over 100,000 people died of a drug overdose in the 12 months between April of 2020 and April of 2021, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The central Florida region has...
Medical Uses of Fentanyl Unlike some other commonly abused rugs, fentanyl does have legitimate medical uses, but what is fentanyl prescribed for? The most common use of fentanyl is for the relief of severe post-surgical pain. Fentanyl can be delivered in the...
Education About Narcan Can Help Save a Life Learning about Narcan and how it works to prevent overdose can help save a life. When most people imagine a drug overdose, they automatically associate heroin as the cause. Yet, more people in the...
Dangers of Fentanyl Laced Drugs Over many decades, one substance being laced with another has been a problem for illicit drug users worldwide. Sometimes drugs are combined in at least a somewhat controlled fashion, but in most cases, the user has no...
Symptoms and Effects of a Drug Overdose If you have been struggling with drug addiction or another form of substance use disorder, recognizing the early warning signs of a looming overdose could save your life. And if you have been living with...
Potentially Life-Threatening Drug Combinations to Avoid Drug addiction is a serious and dangerous disease, one with many different roots and a myriad of causes. The multifaceted nature of drug addiction and substance use disorder makes it more likely that a single addict...
Act Fast to Save a Life In the world of drug addiction, second chances can be hard to come by, and the strength of common street drugs has vastly increased the odds of an opioid overdose. Given these hard realities, it’s never...
What is an Overdose? Drug overdose represents the leading cause of injury-related death in the United States. If an individual consistently abuses drugs, drug overdose always remains a possibility. However, it can become a matter of when, not if, for chronic drug...
Cocaine Often Contains Additives It is fairly rare to find cocaine that is not ‘cut’ with additives. Those who deal cocaine want to make a profit and the more they add to cocaine to increase the quantity, the more product they can...
