According to a new study titled ‘Characteristics of Initial Prescription Episodes and Likelihood of Long-Term Opioid Use’, researchers found that about one in four patients prescribed opiates for less than...
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The Department of Defense (DoD) announced on Thursday, March 9 that they will be expanding the number of drugs applicants for military service are tested for, effective April 3. Once...
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NFL players rely on opiates to keep them in a condition where they can take the field, something that is causing an increasing number of parties to note their concern. In...
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An Ohio couple, Danielle Simko and Charles Dowdy, was charged with child endangerment after authorities found their 8-year-old-son unresponsive with opiates in his system in January of this year. According...
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A nurse practitioner from Jeannette, PA was charged with writing 52 fraudulent prescriptions for friends and family, some of which were written as far back as 2014. None of these...
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On the eve of Super Bowl LI, the Atlanta Falcons’ attention is split between the courtroom and the field. According to a recent report from the Associated Press, an email chain...
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On Thursday January 19, 2017 the city of Everett, WA filed a lawsuit against the makers of the prescription painkiller OxyContin. The city is accusing Purdue Pharma of playing a...
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We’ve known about the dangers of heroin use for quite some time now, and a recent study put together by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) confirmed that local law enforcement understands just...
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Seven states passed new laws expanding legal access to marijuana this past election, allowing citizens in more than half of the states in this country to use the drug either...
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As of Wednesday, November 16, nurse practitioners and physician assistants are allowed to begin the required training needed to prescribe buprenorphine, a drug used to treat opioid use disorder. Once...
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