Mental Health Crisis
The future of our country relies on our ability to address the mental health crisis in our youth.
The FDA’s Latest Steps to Combating the Opioid Crisis
While the pandemic continues, the opioid crisis has yet to stop. According to the FDA, processes are still underway to alleviate and prevent the harmful effects of opioid dependence. Major Opioid Crisis Concerns To target the widespread prescription and usage of...
How to Talk to Young Children About Drugs
Parents have the valuable opportunity of helping their children learn healthy viewpoints. By being able to discuss drugs honestly, parents can help keep their children from making poor decisions in the future. Instead of having one serious "drug talk," it is better...
States Hit Hardest by the Opioid Crisis
The state of West Virginia leads all states in opioid-related deaths by a considerable margin. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) lists statistics by the number of deaths per 100,000 residents. For West Virginia, that number is nearly 50 (49.6) per 100,000...
The Opioid Crisis and Senior Patients During COVID-19
More than 450,000 people have died from opioid overdoses or opioid-related complications since 1999. Aggressive efforts by both government regulators and the healthcare community have been able to slow the opioid mortality crisis in the past two years. Just as...
Why Parents Should Use COVID as a Time to Talk to Kids About Drug Use
The COVID pandemic has been hard on everyone for different reasons, but one that not everyone may have foreseen is a rise in opioid drug use. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has reported that the number of opioid overdoses rose by 33 percent in...
Opioid Usage During the Holidays
Opioid use throughout the holiday season is an increasingly large problem in areas throughout the country, particularly in the northern states. This is because the dreary weather combined with financial concerns and family pressures creates a situation in which people...
What Parents Need to Know About Opioid Addictions
Following OxyContin's introduction in 1997 by Purdue Pharma and the ensuing marketing campaign to sell as much product as possible, opioid addiction rates in the United States skyrocketed to epidemic levels. Tens of thousands of Americans die each year from...
How to Talk to Students About Drugs
Drug usage at an early age can affect brain development and set students on a path of bad decisions. Educators who can talk to their students about drug use have the potential to change lives and keep their students safe. However, discussing drugs with children and...
The Cost of the Opioid Crisis
Ember Conley discusses the cost of the opioid crisis.