FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Release DEA releases 2017 National Drug Threat AssessmentPrescription opioid abuse poses deadly threat WASHINGTON – DEA Acting Administrator Robert Patterson today announced results of the 2017 National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA), which outlines the threats posed to the United States by domestic and international drug trafficking and the abuse of illicit…
What’s in Your Medicine Chest? Opiate Medications: The Goods, Bads, and the Very Very Uglies By Jeffrey Deitz, MD Opiate medications are among the oldest and most commonly prescribed drugs in the medical pharmacopeia. They are also among the most rapidly addicting and most lethal. Whereas untreated acetaminophen overdose kills in days from liver failure,…
The Many Faces of Heroin Addiction “I know I’m a good person at heart, but when I put that drug in my system, man, everything goes out the window.” –Claire Kerri Blakinger and Claire ( last name not given) were bright, athletic women who attended college, earned good grades and were respected by their fellow…