More babies are being born dependent on opioids. The good news is they can safely be weaned from the drug. But there is little research on which medical treatment is best, or on the long-term effects.
Alcohol & Substance Abuse
Gene Tagaban leads Dillingham training on stopping cycle of violence
“It’s about teaching men to be mentors, and getting men involved to stop the violence, domestic abuse, the suicides, the hurts, the pain,” Tagaban said.
Are State-Sanctioned Heroin Shooting Galleries a Good Idea?
Safe injection sites, which also connect clients to treatment programs and offer emergency care to reverse overdoses, exist in 27 cities in other parts of the world. Some have been around for decades.
Building a Ground Army to Fight Heroin Deaths
Initially, some objected to making naloxone widely available, arguing that it would simply enable more drug addicts to continue shooting up. Now that more Americans are dying of heroin and prescription painkiller overdoses than from homicides — roughly 28,000 people in 2014 — that argument rarely comes up.
A Small Town Wonders What To Do When Heroin Is ‘Everywhere’
In Kutztown, Pa., school nurses stock naloxone to treat heroin overdoses. “Kids aren’t afraid of it,” a guidance counselor says. “It’s available and it’s cheap.”
Finding help and hope to avoid suicide
How to talk or comfort those who may have witnessed a suicide, and what to listen for if a family member or friend is contemplating suicide.