CDC: El abuso de opioides cuesta $ 78 mil millones al año. El tratamiento corta eso.

“La razón más importante para apoyar el tratamiento es mejorar el bienestar y la función social de las personas con trastornos de adicción”, escribe el codirector del Laboratorio de Crímenes de la Universidad de Chicago….

The nation is gripped in an opioid epidemic. Overdose deaths have made the news, not just because of their prevalence, but because they can affect all communities. While groups attempt to curb the use of…

Cuando se le acusa de delitos de drogas federales, es esencial contar con un abogado defensor con experiencia en Tampa que pueda representarlo adecuadamente en la corte. Un cargo federal de delitos de drogas dará…

The ordinary drug treatment courts aren’t up to dealing with the opioid addiction crisis. Officials in Buffalo, New York, which has just opened the nation’s first opioid treatment court, say that more drastic measures are…

El coautor de un nuevo estudio en JAMA Pediatrics tiene un mensaje para los padres. “Si tiene un hijo que lucha contra la adicción a los opioides, comprenda que existen medicamentos que apoyan y sostienen…

The drugs fentanyl and carfentanil have been playing outsized roles in the opioid epidemic, which is already high-profile. Fentanyl is considered to be about 100 times more powerful than morphine, while carfentanil is perhaps 10,000…

On Memorial Day, golf legend Tiger Woods was found sleeping in his car near his Jupiter home. Unfortunately for him, the person who discovered him was a police officer. Police dashcam video shows Woods’ car…

The idea of drug crimes and drug arrests too often brings to mind the kinds of scandalous cases that TV crime shows might depict. The reality is all types of people, from various walks of…

Prescription drugs are often abused in Florida, but it can sometimes be difficult for doctors to know if this is happening with an individual patient. A doctor may not realize that a patient is going…

Prescription drug violations come in many forms. The common denominator in nearly all of them is drug addiction. Consumers often become addicted because of severe pain and prescribers meet this entirely preventable need by continuing…