Karen Kitchen

Heroin is a highly-addictive man made drug first created in 1874 by an English chemist, who synthesized it from morphine to help battle the rising morphine addiction. Morphine was originally used to stop opium addiction. In 1898, heroin was made available to the public by the Bayer Pharmaceutical Company. At the time it was unknown Read more »

Heroin is a highly addictive and illegal drug that has ruined countless lives all over the world. Not only is the drug extremely addictive, but it is also leads the user to engage in risky behavior that they otherwise not partake in. With that being said, here are five potentially deadly heroin side effects. Heart Read more »

Drug testing is not just for professional athletes. It is part of the job and required by law in many industries. But more Ohio companies that never tested employees for drugs before are doing so now. “It can be anything from landscaping to attorneys, to accountants. Certainly, there is a whole broad range,” says Karen Read more »

It’s easy to spot the obvious effects of drug use, like workplace accidents, but drugs impact businesses in many more subtle ways as well. Before you write drug abuse off as someone else’s problem, you should know that according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, nearly 75 percent of all drug users are employed. Read more »

Ignoring freezing weather, Lorain County residents chose to attend Avon Lake High School for the city’s third address on drug abuse, a growing problem throughout Ohio. This growing drug abuse trend—especially the abuse of heroin—prompted Mayor Zilka to launch a local “war on drugs” to combat the issue and protect Lorain County citizens. The drug Read more »

Krokodil is a synthetic drug that was first created in Russia and is very similar in its effects to heroin. However, the effects do not last very long and begin to wear off after about an hour and a half. Krokodil is extremely addictive, perhaps even more so than true heroin. Users may be hooked Read more »

The Most Horrifying Drug Has Hit America A new synthetic drug originated from Russia has hit the streets of American cities and it has police officials and drug agencies alarmed and panicked. This new drug is known as “krokodil”, Russian for crocodile, and it is a synthetic heroin that causes scaly, greenish skin in its Read more »

The past several decades have seen the introduction of a wide variety of drugs to different cities, and almost all are equally concerning to parents, community activists and law officials. Drugs interfere with the health of members of the community, especially affecting the lives of those in poverty, our youth and those with mental health Read more »