Health experts have called the opioid epidemic in the United States the worst drug crisis in history, killing more than 33,000 people across the country in 2015 alone. Of those deaths, more than a third were attributed to a single narcotic: heroin. With heroin use reaching a 20-year high in states across America, and now …
Law enforcement has moved forward to address a recent upswing in drug overdoses within Marion County, Florida, with MCSO’s Unified Drug Enforcement Strike Team’s “Operation Life Saver.” Deputies stated that the goal is to “identify, arrest, and prosecute every individual and organized network responsible for heroin-related drug crimes.” In the ten months of the operation, …
With the recent crackdown on opiate drug availability, many addicts are resorting to synthetic concoctions such as Krokodil to get high.
Many of the most highly addictive drugs in the world are prescribed to you by your family doctor, and can be found in the average person’s medicine cabinet. Some addictive drugs are sold at most neighborhood corner stores, while others can be purchased on the street for extremely low costs. Addictive drugs and substances are …
Heroin is a Schedule I controlled substance. Oxycodone is a Schedule II controlled substance. Some cough medicines are classified as Schedule V. But what does all this mean, exactly? What’s a “scheduled drug,” and what determines the class of each drug? Let’s dig into how this system works. How It Started: The Controlled Substances Act …
Across the U.S., fewer Americans today identify with or practice a religion of any kind. At the same time, the public perception of drugs like marijuana and illicit drug use is on the rise. But is there really a connection between the two? In 2014, the number of Americans who described themselves as religiously affiliated …
Methamphetamine, also known as meth, is used by 0.9% of the American population aged 12 or older. This substance is an illicit stimulant and Schedule II drug with a high potential for abuse, dependency, and addiction. It produces a wide range of serious long-term health problems including tooth loss, anxiety, and hallucinations. Using meth is …
In 2024, more than 80,000 people across the country died from fatal drug overdoses. At the heart of this crisis is the grim reality that most people in America use drugs for the first time while they’re teenagers, and that drug use in general is highest among people in their late teens and early twenties. …
In 2024, 80,391 Americans died from drug overdose. While this is down by 26.9% from 2023, the National Institute on Drug Addiction reports that more then 40 million people across the U.S. have a substance use disorder. We know the stats, the trends, and even the drugs – but do we know the people? In …
Crystal meth has become the drug of choice for many addicts and it leaves a wake of destroyed lives in its path.
Using drugs and alcohol while pregnant is dangerous, especially to the unborn baby, and marijuana is no exception. There have been many cases of low birth weights, birth defects and other issues due to smoking marijuana while pregnant.
The high-speed, solo vehicle crash earlier this year that claimed the lives of Rasual Butler and his wife might be drug and alcohol-related. The Los Angeles County coroner’s office released Butler’s autopsy, and it showed that he had alcohol, marijuana, methamphetamine, and painkillers in his system. Some of the painkillers included oxycodone and oxymorphone. Toxicology …
