Addiction Remedies: Not to Be Trusted
It would be nice if there were a drug that could rid one of an alcohol or substance use disorder? In the field of addiction medicine, currently, it’s the stuff of science fiction. Unfortunately, ...
Addiction Is Addiction: Opioids or Cocaine
This week, Florida Governor Rick Scott released a press statement outlining plans to address opioid abuse. Anyone living in the Sunshine State knows that Florida has not been spared from the addiction epidemic plaguing ...
Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
It is probably best to begin with some grim figures. 33,091 deaths in 2015 were the result of an opioid overdose. You may already be aware that in 2016 drug overdose took the lives ...
Addiction Epidemic: A National Emergency
America’s dependence on opioid narcotics has reached untenable heights. Americans make up only a small fraction of the world population. But, we use the vast majority of the global opioid supply. Whether it be ...
Cannabis Use Disorder Is Real
If you live in Florida and use marijuana, either medically or illicitly, you may find yourself scratching your head. But not because marijuana makes your head tingle, or because you can’t remember things (though ...
Snowfall: Crack Cocaine Epidemic
Long before there was an opioid epidemic in America, concern was directed towards cocaine. Those old enough to remember the 1980’s with some detail, can tell you that cocaine and “crack” was tearing people’s ...
Prescription Opioids: Leading Cause Of Overdose
The American opioid epidemic began with over-prescribing powerful painkillers to patients, regardless of it being warranted. If a patient complains of pain to a physician, either acute or chronic, there is great chance that ...
