Research from the federal government has shown that at beginning by 2017, our country saw a dip in the use of, overdoses and deaths related to prescription opioids. However, all that changed in 2020 as we were blindsided by the…
I left clinical practice on November 9, 2016. Since that day, 39 people I’ve formerly met in treatment or worked with professionally in addiction treatment have died due to opiate overdose or complications from opiate addiction. Thirty-nine people that I…
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of June 2020, 13% of Americans reported starting or increasing substance use as a way of coping with stress or emotions related to COVID-19. Overdoses have also spiked since the…
