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Speedballs Are Back and Deadlier than Ever
…ty overdose deaths in the 1970s and 1980s. Speedballs are a potent mixture of cocaine and heroin , as opposed to “goofballs,” which were a mix of meth and opioids. Drug trends come and go, and…
Suncoast Rehabilitation Center Busting Drug Myths
… regardless of the form. (UTexas.edu, WashingtonPost.com)
MYTH #14:
A smoke-able form of heroin (“black tar” is one type) is not addicting.
TRUTH:
There is no evidence that chan…
Curiosity Killed the Cat
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E.M.—Narconon Suncoast Graduate
Once a drug addict lost in the grips of heroin addiction, now a successful Narconon Suncoast Graduate. After turning her life around, EM wro…
Is it the Pharmaceutical Companies’ Fault or Our Own?
…nies like Purdue Pharma and Teva for the current opiate problem. It’s easy to see the number of heroin deaths skyrocketing and saying it’s the pill mill’s fault.
A mother and father may be seeth…
Meth Now Being Disguised as Children’s Vitamins
…fashion as heroin and benzos . The drug has seriously gained popularity over the last 10 or so years and some professionals believe it offers itself as a “safer” alternative to heroin, since the …
How a Simple Drug Can Save Lives - A Guide to the Opiate Epidemic and Narcan
…ple every day. News broadcasts and papers are filled with reports of huge numbers of overdoses, heroin cut with elephant tranquilizers or counterfeit pills being marketed as Oxycodone, but are real…
Safe Injection Sites for Drug Addicts…Are They a Good Idea?
…ople are dying. Back in the day, a heroin addict was an elusive creature who lurked in the shadows and down dark allies. Now, it’s a lot closer to home. These heroin addicts are our mothers and father…
I Didn’t Get My Life Back…I Got a BETTER Life!
…really had no idea what I was getting myself into or what was going to happen. I had been using heroin for years and didn’t know if I’d ever be able to stop. I have to say, that this was one of the…
Cocaine Involved Opioid Overdoses on the Rise in Massachusetts
…e opioid epidemic was in its infancy, so to speak, and fentanyl began getting mixed into the heroin supply, the drug game changed completely. Instead of addicts fearing their drugs were too cut,…
The Black Hole of Medically Assisted Treatment
…e history tells the story.
The first medication used to treat opiate addiction was Heroin. That’s right, Heroin. It was marketed in the late 1800s by Bayer pharmaceuticals as a non-addictive substi…
