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National Opioid Prescribing Falls 21% With Some Key Differences Noted

Let’s take a quick trip back to the 1990s. That’s when it all started. Opioid prescription numbers were beginning to climb. And they didn’t slow down. Over the next two decades more and more doctors filled their prescription pads with painkillers. By 2012, opioids were being dispensed at a rate of 81.3 prescriptions per 100 …

Why IV Drug Use is So Dangerous and 7 Ways It Threatens Your Health

There is no safe amount of IV drug use. IV drug use increases the risk of infectious disease, overdose, and addiction.

Yes, the History of Opioid Addiction is as Old as the Civil War

It is estimated that by 1890, several hundred thousand Americans—a majority of them Civil War veterans—were addicted to opioids. Historian Jonathan S. Jones says “It was epidemic both in scale, just the sheer number of people who got addicted. It becomes a really major public health, and also kind of a cultural, crisis.”

While Jones is describing a crisis that happened over 130 years ago, much of his statements about the history of opioid addiction ring as true in the 2020s as they did in the 1890s.

Don’t Let Drugs Damage Your Nose Permanently

I was watching a crime drama on TV the other day. The cops were able to identify a drug user because she kept sniffing when they interviewed her. But then I did a little digging. And as it turns out, drug use causes far more damage than a case of the sniffles. It can really …