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Peggy Cote, RN

Peggy Cote is a registered nurse with over 40 years of experience in the medical and addiction field. Her practice has also focused on holistic and naturopathic healthcare, looking toward natural solutions first before allopathic interventions. Peggy has devoted her career to helping people better themselves, their health, and their lives. Connect with Peggy on LinkedIn.

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Teenagers: The Forgotten Addicts

In the opioid crisis today, a lot of the talk of fatal overdoses, deaths, and soaring addiction rates are generally spoken about in regard to adults. The “twenty somethings” are usually thought of as the main group of people in our society who are struggling with opioid abuse…

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Florida AG Pam Bondi Helps Launch Lawsuit Against Walgreens and CVS for Role in Opioid Crisis

This past week the State of Florida has launched a lawsuit against major pharmacy chains CVS and Walgreens in their role in the current opioid crisis.

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New Painkiller 10 Times Stronger than Fentanyl Approved by FDA

More people die from drug overdoses than some forms of cancer in the United States. It’s one of the leading causes of premature, preventable deaths and the situation is continuing to worsen.

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What Can Parents Do to Prevent their Child from Overdosing on Fentanyl?

Parents have a lot to worry about these days while raising their children. One of the scariest things for any parent to confront is the prevalence of drugs in our current society.

NEWS

Tennessee County Pharmacies Buy 1.5 Million Painkillers: 270 Pills for Every Person

There are many things that drive the current drug crisis ; the desire and want for drugs, the need to blur out reality, or take a reprieve from the daily grind of life.

NEWS

Sackler, of Purdue Pharma, Gets Patent for Opioid Addiction Medication

I guess you could say what goes around, comes around. Things seem to have come full-circle in the opioid crisis and it’s not good news. Recently Dr. Richard Sackler, of Purdue Pharma, was given approval on a patent for a new, marvel form of buprenorphine...

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Meth Now Being Disguised as Children’s Vitamins

Methamphetamine has taken hold of our society in just the same fashion as heroin and benzos.

DRUG INFORMATION

Hooked on Bars: What to Know Before You Get Xanned Out

We can’t ignore the fact that there’s a huge benzodiazepine problem happening concurrent with the opioid and methamphetamine epidemic . Currently being called a “ syndemic ,” the drug problem in the U.S.

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Spice Overdose Outbreak in DC May Have Killed Four

It doesn’t seem like ‘ Spice ’ is ever really going to go away. It’s one of those weird drugs that came out a while back, hurt a bunch of people, and we don’t seem to be able to fully get rid of it.

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I’m Sick of the Opioid Crisis

The amount of fentanyl being found throughout the United States is beyond comprehension. While the problem was bad enough years ago, all it’s done is gotten worse and worse by the day.

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Hurting Yourself on Purpose: The Opioid Addiction Phenomenon No One is Talking About

Opioid addiction is strange to me, to be honest. Not strange that people can get addicted to them but it’s what people do after getting addicted to them that boggles my mind a bit. There’s some weird, weird things we’ll do in our full-blown addiction,...

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CDC Grossly Underreporting Opioid Deaths

Right now, we’re in the midst of the worst drug epidemic in recorded history. It’s so bad, that more people died as a result of a drug overdose last year than the total number of Americans killed during the Vietnam War.