Resources

Here are several new links to important articles about the opioid crisis. Topics include- treatment that works, new data from 2017, and the unique way that the opioid crisis affects women.

Here are several new links to important articles about the opioid crisis. Topics include: Police who find treatment facilities for addicts; a woman who raises money to give away Narcan;…

The following articles from the past few months offer a lot of information about the opioid crisis. Specifically: information about government action, fentanyl, studies about opioid effectiveness on pain, and…

The following organizations offer information, research, counseling and help when dealing with mental health and substance abuse issues. The primary federal government resource for mental health and substance abuse issues…

There are several books, including some fiction, that we can recommend that deal mostly with the grieving process. “Torch” by Cheryl Strayed (“Wild”) tells a tale of a family’s loss…

“The epidemic of overdoses and deaths from the abuse of prescription painkillers and heroin has devastated countless families and communities across the country. In August, 2016 alone – as this…

“Every day, more than 90 Americans die after overdosing on opioids. The misuse of and addiction to opioids—including prescription pain relievers, heroin, and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl—is a serious…

Opioids are a class of drugs including prescription painkillers and heroin Oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine, hydromorphone are all examples of opioid painkillers OxyContin, Percocet, Dilaudid, Vicodin and Tylenol 3 (with…