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The Opioid Epidemic

The Opioid Epidemic: a Love Affair With Painkillers Turned Deadly

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You can’t turn on the news today without seeing something about the nation’s opioid crisis. Deadly painkillers and heroin are ravaging communities across the country, children are finding and overdosing on their parents’ candy-shaped prescriptions and fentanyl—a synthetic opioid 50 times more powerful than morphine—is causing an unprecedented number of overdoses. Headlines describe tragedy after tragedy. …

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12 TRADITIONS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

Synthetic Drug Use on the Rise in Long Beach

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By Samantha Mehlinger, Editor This article originally appeared in the Long Beach Business Journal on November 19, 2018 A growing concern among Long Beach health care providers, law enforcement and government officials is the growing use of the synthetic opioid fentanyl. The drug, which is adding fuel to the flames of the American opioid crisis, is 80 …

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Workplace Injuries and Opioid Dependence

Workplace Injuries and Opioid Dependence

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Workplace injuries happen everyday, and more often than not, the injured worker will be prescribed an opioid as a way to help ease the pain and lasting issues associated with the immediate injury. Whether the ultimate treatment for the injury involves surgery, physical therapy, or another treatment, medical professionals often turn to opioids like Vicodin …

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Opioids in Long Beach Has Changed

How Treatment for Opioids in Long Beach Has Changed

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Opioid addiction in America has risen to crisis proportions in recent years, affecting people from all demographics and all walks of life. According to a recent study released by the US Department of Health and Human Services, 130 people die every day from opioid overdose from drugs that include prescription pain medications like oxycodone and morphine, …

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Anxiety Increase Benzo Use

Anxiety and the Increase in Benzo Use

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Benzodiazepines, also known as benzos, are commonly prescribed to combat anxiety and sleep disorders like insomnia. In the last fifteen years, benzo use has been steadily rising, and along with it have come higher death rates, notably when these drugs are used in combination with opiates or opioids. One in four people who are prescribed benzodiazepines …

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