Nykerrius Williams knows about the close relationship between hip-hop and opioid use. Williams, 27, an independent rapper from Gibsland, Louisiana, who goes by the name Young Nyke, took oxycodone pills …
Opioids Like ‘Lean’ Permeate Hip-Hop Culture, but Dangers Are Downplayed Read More
Tonja, a woman from Colorado, is far from the only person driving an RV down Colorado’s rural highways. But unlike the other rigs, her 34-foot-long motor home is equipped as …
Tricked-Out RVs Deliver Addiction Treatment to Rural Communities Read More
Back when Cody Gabbard was shooting heroin, his only significant human contact was with others in the throes of addiction, who only cared to see him when he had drugs. …
Conservative Indiana Adopted Needle Exchange But Still Faces Local Resistance Read More
Realizing you have a substance abuse problem is scary. Making the decision to get help is scary. But that distress is generally extinguished by the idea of being happy, functional, …
New Trial Uses Human Brain Implants to Fight Addiction Read More
When news breaks that an A-lister is admitting themselves to an addiction treatment facility, the media is typically splashed with images of a luxury, beachside rehab center. If we’re looking …
Addiction Treatment in Jail: Massachusetts Sends Addicts to Prison for Treatment Read More
Drug addiction is about chasing the high, feeling warm and fuzzy, and dissolving from reality in a wash of euphoria. At least, that’s what we’ve been told. But new research …
Opioid Euphoria Is A Myth For Most People Read More
Oregon is on its way to being the first state to make shrooms legal. You heard that right: magic mushrooms, the drug known to trigger visual hallucinations, may be legalized …
Oregon Gets Ready to Make Shrooms Legal Read More
Anyone remember the Tide Pod Challenge? Or, perhaps more prominently, the amount of effort put into stopping people from eating Tide Pods? The innocuous-laundry-detergent-packets-turned-dangerous-poisoning-agents started trending once more on social …
Are These New Whiskey Pods Fueling Teen Alcohol Abuse? Read More
Imagine asking your child — who only recently hit double digits in age — how her day was and she nonchalantly responds, “It was fine. I had to pee in …
Student Drug Testing: School Districts are Now Drug Testing Middle Schoolers Read More
Face sores, hyperactivity, aggression, paranoia. These are the typical profile qualities of a meth user. Methamphetamine took the spotlight years back, plaguing the midwest with its ultra-addictive qualities. While exposure …
Meth is Making a Vicious Comeback in Fatal Drug Cocktail Read More