There is a devastating amount of opioids being used in the U.S. The opioid crisis in the us is ruining families across the nation by taking the lives of those we love. What opioids are is pain killing drugs such as Oxycotin, Fentanyl, Vicodin, Morphine, and Heroin. All of those drugs are highly addictive and…
Category: Opioid Crisis
How the Cardinal Lockable Medication Helps Overcome the Opioid Crisis!
Introduction Thousands of people are falling victim to drug abuse by using street drugs such as heroin. People have even gone further and now abuse medical grade pain medicine such as Morphine and Kadian. Furthermore, errant chemists are using extracts from the poppy plant to synthesize drugs such as fentanyl in laboratories. These drugs are…
Prevention is Key in the Fight Against Opioid Misuse
The misuse of opioid painkillers has become a national crisis. In 2016, 11.5 million people misused prescription opioids according 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. That’s an alarming number. In that same year, according the Mortality in the United States Data Brief, 42,249 people died from overdosing on opioids. Opioid abuse is on…
What is the Opioid Crisis?
Hundreds of thousands of people in the US take or are dependent on opioids. They swallow painkillers such as oxycodone or inject heroin or the often stronger acting fentanyl. It is also due to the fact that doctors have prescriptively prescribed appropriate drugs in the USA for decades. One way to reduce the risk of…