The pharmaceutical industry has good intentions when they develop, produce, and market drugs or pharmaceuticals as medications. The purpose of the drugs they manufacture is to alleviate consumers’ ailments and symptoms. Yet, sometimes the products end up killing people who they are supposed to help. In 2014, more than 14,000 people died from overdoses involving Read more »
Drug Abuse
Just Because It’s Medicine Doesn’t Make It Safe
Prescription drugs are the second-most abused category of drugs, after marijuana. According to results from the 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the rate of current non medical use of prescription psychotherapeutic drugs was 2.6% in men and 2.3% in women. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the three classes of prescription drugs that are Read more »
Carfentanil Surfaces in Atlanta
The dangerously-potent and highly-toxic drug, carfentanil, has caused an overdose epidemic throughout the Midwest, and now it’s turning up in Atlanta. Carfentanil is colorless, odorless, and deadly, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is bracing for its impact. A Deadly Dose 10,000 times more powerful than morphine and 50,000 times stronger than heroin, carfentanil is one of Read more »
Painkillers Lead to Heroin Addiction
The term “gateway drug” usually refers to an illegal drug thought of as less harmless which leads to a greater variety and more powerful classes of illegal substance abuse. One of the shocking trends showing itself in statistics today is one that reveals a culprit that is, surprisingly, perfectly legal, though not in the way Read more »
Is Marijuana Harmless?
On April 14, 2015, Richard Kirk, 48, of Colorado decided to eat some Karma Kandy Orange Ginger, candy infused with marijuana. Soon after, he began hallucinating and acting erratically. His wife,Kristine, called 911 at 9:31 PM, about 30 minutes after Richard began behaving strangely. She described her husband climbing in and out of their son’s bedroom window cutting Read more »
Which of These Common Workplace Drugs Can You Identify?
Employers dedicated to maintaining a drug-free workplace can conduct employee drug testing upon reasonable suspicion of substance abuse, although careful documentation of evidence supporting your suspicions is critical. But are you familiar with common workplace drugs, and can you identify possible signs of abuse? Check your knowledge below. Opiate painkillers Opiate, or narcotic, painkillers are Read more »
Butt Chugging Leads to Severe Alcohol Poisoning
Your best bud sidles up to you at a party and whispers, “Hey, you wanna try something new? Seriously, man, I heard about this way we can get totally wasted in, like, a snap. You funnel the booze, up your…you know. Major high, no fumes for the breathalyzer. Safe? Hell, yeah, it’s safe! You just get Read more »
Atlanta Has Low Rate of Prescription Drug Abuse
Prescription drug abuse is rampant across many American cities. Every day, 44 people die from prescription opioid overdose. According to the Prescription Drug Abuse Subcommittee from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, prescription drugs, which are typically opioid analgesics, like Vicodin® and Oxycontin®, are increasingly responsible for overdose deaths. Opioids were responsible for Read more »