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Understanding Fentanyl: What is it? What Should I Know?

by newamethyst | Aug 30, 2019 | Addiction

What is Fentanyl? To put it simply, fentanyl is a synthetic opioid drug. What that means is that, like morphine, it is produced in labs, considered a “downer,” and works by affecting the pain receptors in the brain so as to reduce feelings and perception...

How Fentanyl Addiction Affects the Brain

by Justin Kunst | Jun 24, 2018 | Addiction, Health & Wellness, Mental Health

Fentanyl addiction is incredibly common in America. Studies show that more and more Americans are abusing this drug. Unfortunately, abuse often leads to overdose. The overdose numbers for this type of substance abuse is appalling. There’s been an increase of...

Carfentanil Is Labeled A Controlled Substance And Sold As Heroin

by Justin Kunst | Apr 5, 2018 | Addiction, Intervention, Mental Health, rehab, Treatment

In the state of Ohio during the middle of the summer in 2016, there were 41 drug overdoses in a total of three days. Six of these drug overdoses resulted in death. It took a total of three days for 35 people to damage their bodies and six families to lose a loved one...

What Is Fentanyl? A Look at One of America's Deadliest Drugs

by Justin Kunst | Mar 9, 2018 | Recovery

What is fentanyl? This seems like a burning question in America at the moment. It seems as if all news outlets often mention fentanyl when reporting on the increase in opioid overdoses across America. Of the 5,500 synthetic opioid overdoses that happened in 2014,...

The Opioid Crisis in Palm Beach

by Justin Kunst | Jan 23, 2017 | Addiction

These days, it seems nearly impossible to read anything about addiction without hearing about the opioid epidemic. We hear it regulated to specific areas, such as California or New England. In some cases, you might specifically hear about a heroin epidemic or...

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The Benefits and Drawbacks of a Harm Reduction Model

Jan 15, 2021

What Is Harm Reduction? In the case of substance abuse, harm reduction is a proactive approach to making drug use—both legal and illegal—as safe as possible. These practices address broad social and health issues. Harm reduction is a concept that can be applied to any...

How Being Organized Can Help Life In Recovery

Jan 7, 2021

Marie Kondo’s Netflix may have caused the latest decluttering fad, but psychologists have long known the benefits of tidiness and the positive impact it can have on the lives of recovering addicts. With nothing to lose (but everything to gain), here are 3 major ways...

Causes & Signs of Alcohol Poisoning

Dec 31, 2020

Despite being a legal substance, alcohol is very much a drug—and one that has very real and potentially fatal consequences. Alcohol poisoning is the most severe side effect of intoxication that can occur. The CDC estimates that it results in an average of 2,200 deaths...