The current statistics for opioid related deaths in the United States make for pretty depressing reading. It is estimated that around 130 people die in the USA on a daily basis from opioid overdoses. That’s a pretty horrible statistic and marks a forty percent increase per year since 2013. Opioid related overdoses are now so …
Amazingly, the number of drug overdose deaths in the United States has risen, without fail, year over year since 1990 … until now. According to figures released by the US government in July, the number of drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2018 actually fell by five percent, indicating to some that the …
Read more Drug Overdose Deaths Down – Are We Finally Making Progress?
Ohio has one of the highest opioid-related overdose death rates in the United States. It is estimated that around 5,000 people die each year in Ohio as a result of opioid overdoses, and that the crisis costs the state up to $5 billion per year. All this awful information leads to the asking of one …
Read more What Ohio is Doing to Curb Opioid Overdoses in the Buckeye State
There are many substances, like methadone, that have been proven to make it easier for those dependent on opioids to quit. These medications help by easing the cravings associated with opioid addiction, and by making the withdrawal process easier to cope with. Scientists, though, are beginning to look to see if substances such as methadone …
The giant pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson will have to answer an Oklahoma lawsuit claiming that they were a main driver behind the US’s current opioid epidemic a judge has decided. The company had claimed that there was insufficient evidence for the trial to proceed, but that claim has been dismissed. On July 6, Judge …
Read more Johnson & Johnson’s Request to Throw Out Opioid Lawsuit Denied
It should come as no shock to learn that if an individual is prescribed opioid pain medication, then that person is at a greater risk of overdosing on opioids. What may come as a shock though is the revelation that if a person is prescribed opioid based pain medication, then all members of that person’s …
Read more Family Member Prescribed Opioids? Then You Have a Higher Risk of Overdose Too!
The United Auto Workers Union – the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America – is actively targeting workers and the families of workers who are suffering from opioid dependency. Their aim is to help people reduce the risk of suffering an opioid overdose by identifying treatment programs and helping those …
Read more The UAW Targets Help for Sufferers of Opioid Dependency
Marijuana has been put forward as something of a ‘wonder’ solution for many ailments. Many people have even suggested that marijuana has merit as a ‘substitute’ for opioids as a means of curbing opioid dependency. Now it seems that medically-prescribed marijuana does nothing to help those suffering from the misery of reliance upon opioids from …
Read more Study Finds Medical Marijuana Doesn’t Lower Opioid Overdose Rates