What Are the Effects of Taking Too Many Drugs? Over 100,000 people died from a drug overdose in 2021, which was an increase of almost 29% from the previous year; about three-fourths of those deaths were from opioids (which includes heroin and...
Steps to Heal Your Mind and Body After a Drug Overdose People struggling with drug addiction and battling with substance use disorder face many fears, including the ever-present risk of arrest and imprisonment. But even those fears pale in comparison to the...
How Drug Overdose Affects the Brain Long Term When most people think about drug overdose, they tend to imagine an unresponsive person who may have lost consciousness or their breathing has slowed and become too shallow. However, many people don’t realize that...
Symptoms and Effects of a Drug Overdose If you have been struggling with drug addiction or another form of substance use disorder, recognizing the early warning signs of a looming overdose could save your life. And if you have been living with...
What is an Overdose? Drug overdose represents the leading cause of injury-related death in the United States. If an individual consistently abuses drugs, drug overdose always remains a possibility. However, it can become a matter of when, not if, for chronic drug...
The Deadly Truth About This Dangerous Drug Many people have heard about Fentanyl but are not entirely sure what it is or the dangers of it. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is often used to lace cocaine and a host of...
Many people were stunned and saddened last week when news broke of Lamar Odom being found unconscious around 3:15 p.m. at the Love Ranch brothel in Crystal, Nevada, on Tuesday, October 13. It has been reported that brothel employees found him lying...
