Posts by: Warwick

Fentanyl now America’s deadliest drug

Fentanyl now America’s deadliest drug

Fentanyl is now the deadliest drug in America, federal health officials announced, with more than 18,000 overdose deaths in 2016, the most recent year for which statistics are available. The overprescription of opioids is leveling off, but deaths continue rising, says Dr. Marc Fishman of the Maryland Treatment Centers. He talks about addiction, treatment and ...

How some Southern California rehab centers exploit addiction

How some Southern California rehab centers exploit addiction

An in-depth report from the Orange County Register exploring the rehab industry and the victims of a broken system in an area known as the "Rehab Riviera". Though many legitimate centers remain, critics and long-time insiders say a darker version of the industry is emerging, built around an illicit world of patient recruiters, fraud-driven clinics ...

Rehab Marketing Tricks

Rehab Marketing Tricks

More than 200,000 people seek addiction treatment on the phone or online every month. Few of them realize that their pleas for help are a valuable commodity — one that is quietly fought over by those angling to turn a distress signal into cash. Addicts represent big money to treatment centers, which are happy to ...

70 million American’s taking mind-altering drugs

70 million American’s taking mind-altering drugs

Americas..... ‘Fastest growing drug problem’ ..... the nation undeniably suffers from a massive “substance-abuse” problem. But there is another parallel drug problem, the devastation of which is arguably just as severe and detrimental to American society as that involving illegal drugs and alcohol abuse – and some would say it’s actually worse. And that is ...

Link Between Anti-Depressants and Mass Shootings?

Link Between Anti-Depressants and Mass Shootings?

Before the late nineteen-eighties, mass shootings and acts of senseless violence were relatively unheard of. Prozac, the most well-known SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) antidepressant, was not yet on the market. When Prozac did arrive, it was marketed as a panacea for depression which resulted in huge profits for its manufacturer Eli Lilly. Of course, ...

Life Expectancy Dropping due to Drug Overdoses in the USA

Health researchers have some grim news for Americans: We are dying younger, and life expectancy is now down for the second straight year — something not seen in more than half a century. One undeniable culprit is the opioid epidemic, which is cutting down young adults at alarming and increasing rates, the researchers say. ..... A second ...

Health scare of the week

Health scare of the week

Safety fears over new drugs Nearly one-third of drugs cleared by the Food and Drug Administration are later flagged for serious safety issues, reports the Los Angeles Times. In a review of 222 drugs approved by the FDA from 2001 to 2010, scientists found that 71 were later flagged for safety issues that resulted in a ...