The United States opioid crisis is about to get a new spotlight thanks to the upcoming Netflix original 6 Balloons. The drama film stars Dave Franco, younger brother of actor James Franco, and Abbi Jacobson from the Comedy Central series Broad City. It includes Jane Kaczmarek, from Malcolm in the Middle, and Tim Matheson of...
A new documentary from MTV, titled “Prescription For Change: Ending America’s Opioid Crisis” features award winning musician Macklemore and President Barack Obama. The video, running approximately 45 minutes, is free to watch on Youtube. Part of it follows three young women on the road to recovery, struggling with addictions to opioids. The documentary really touches...
Deaths from heroin have more than doubled within the past five years. All across the United States, towns are being hit increasingly hard with unprecedented levels of overdoses. The heroin epidemic is unlike anything people have seen. Cincinnati was hit especially hard over the past month, with the county seeing a massive 200 overdoses in...
A long-term disagreement between addiction experts and courts has created a two-tiered system for taking care of people who are repeat drug and alcohol offenders. The primary aim of both programs is to prevent a return to substance abuse and to make a more realistic use of tax dollars. The argument between judges, prosecutors, and...
In the midst of the fastest growing drug epidemic that the U.S. has ever seen, Naloxone availability came at just the right moment. From pharmacies in almost every state making it available for purchase over the counter to school’s keeping it on hand just in case, the lifesaving overdose reversal drug is more available than...
