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The Heroin Triangle Investigation The Heroin Triangle is a group of suburbs in Atlanta forming the “triangle”. The focal point […]

Financial concerns can hold some people back from seeking the help that they need for substance use disorder. There is […]

Addiction and your physical health are intertwined, with one directly impacting the other. Various types of drugs affect your body […]

As the world faces a pandemic with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), many are concerned about how this may affect them. […]

The last few weeks have brought about a head-spinning set of changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s hard not […]

Amid the anxiety-driven COVID-19 fears, people struggling with substance use disorders can take comfort in knowing there is safety offered […]

As the country works together to reduce the spread of COVID-19, many are encouraging the practice of social distancing. However, […]

In conjunction with our existing infection control policies, Lakeview Health is closely monitoring local, state and federal guidance regarding the […]

Substance misuse and its harms are a pervasive problem in the United States. Not only are individuals and families struggling […]

Sally J. Finn at the Salvation Army in St Kilda, Melbourne created International Overdose Awareness Day in 2001. Since its inception, […]

Key Issues Addressed By The SUPPORT Act Legislation The SUPPORT Act (Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment […]

Today, July 1, 2018, Florida’s new opioid laws for the regulation of the use of prescription opioids went into effect […]

Opioid Epidemic in New England Far from Over New England has been among the hardest-hit regions in the opioid epidemic. […]

Our Response: A Seven-Step Plan for Ending the Opioid Crisis In a recently published article, “A Seven-Step Plan for Ending […]

Drug Overdose Deaths Rising: It Isn’t About Giving Up One Thing Drug overdose deaths are occurring at record levels in […]

Opioid Epidemic in Hays County Texas Drug overdose deaths in Texas have been leveling off in recent years according to […]

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has said the opioid crisis will be his primary focus before he leaves office in […]

Wisconsin Leads Midwest in Alcohol Misuse and Faces Growing Meth Problem By Michael Rass Like many other states in the […]

A new poll from the National Safety Council (NSC) shows one in three Illinois residents has been directly touched by […]

Photo: MTA New York City Transit / Marc A. Hermann / CC BY 2.0 New York Provides Inexpensive Naloxone to […]

New Pilot Program to Reduce Opioid Deaths in Jacksonville By Michael Rass Fact: Every day, an average of 12 people […]

More than 4,600 people died of drug overdoses in Pennsylvania last year, a 37 percent increase from 2015 according to […]

More than 4,100 Ohioans died from accidental drug overdoses in 2016, a 36 percent increase from the year before. On […]

Photo: Lisa Chamberlain / CC BY-SA 2.0 Ohio has one of the worst addiction problems in the nation. The state […]

The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) released its latest data on opioid overdoses in June. The 2016 Arizona Opioid […]

Last year, approximately 13 people died each day of a drug-related overdose in Pennsylvania, according to a new report by […]

Photo By: Dori / CC BY 2.5 Like other states in the nation, Wisconsin has been struggling with the impact […]

Texas lost 2,601 people to drug overdoses in 2014, many of them to heroin and other opioid drugs. That year, […]

Photo: Don Ramey Logan / CC BY-SA 4.0 Heroin deaths in Miami-Dade reached record level in 2015, with 83 recorded […]

The number of opioid-related deaths continues to rise in Chicago. In response, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced new plans in July […]

Photo: Don Dearing / CC BY-SA 2.0 The number of children being removed from their homes in Northern Florida’s Duval […]

Photo: Paul Keleher / CC BY 2.0 Gloucester, the historic fishing city north of Boston, made national headlines in 2015 […]

Photo: Alvesgaspar / CC BY-SA 3.0 A new report from Florida’s medical examiners found that fentanyl overdose caused more deaths than any […]

The extremely dangerous opioid carfentanil has been confirmed in Houston prompting immediate protective measures for forensic laboratories, and first responders. […]

Photo: Donald Siano / CC BY-SA 3.0 There is new hope for people struggling with substance use disorder in New Jersey’s Union […]

Photo by: Ynsalh / CC BY-SA 4.0  Ohio is one of three states comprising the heartland of America’s opioid addiction crisis. […]

The national opioid addiction crisis has not bypassed communities in northern Texas. In 2014, Dallas County had the second-highest overdose […]

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has dedicated the last year of his term in office to tackling the drug addiction […]

Photo By: Argash / CC BY-SA 3.0 The national opioid addiction crisis is also affecting neighborhoods in San Antonio. In 2014, […]

Houston is the seat of the internationally renowned Texas Medical Center, which contains the world’s largest concentration of research and […]

Photo by Esmerelda Jade / CC BY-SA 4.0 Six years after shutting down most of the infamous pill mills, central Florida […]

The number of daily opioid overdoses in South Florida is overwhelming the police, reported Public Radio International in April. “Delray […]

Photo by Johnathan Zander / CC BY 2.0 Substance use in Florida is on the rise as the national opioid epidemic […]

Georgia—like many states across the nation—has seen a dramatic increase of drug overdose fatalities in recent years. As elsewhere in […]