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Liver Disease Is on the Rise. Why?
Reviewed by: gbaumbach A few years ago, physicians, like Elliot Tapper at the University of Michigan Medical School, began noticing an alarming increase in the number of young adults seeking help for liver disease. Their observation led them on a quest to understand why. The medical journal BMJ has just
Is Xanax Fuel for the Next Drug Crisis?
Reviewed by: gbaumbach With an opioid crisis choking the nation, it’s understandable that few are talking about what drugs might create the next crisis. Addiction treatment specialists, however, are seeing the beginnings of a worrying trend – a surge of adolescents addicted to Xanax and other sedatives in a class
Did a Corrupt Pharmaceutical Industry Create the Opioid Crisis…?
Reviewed by: gbaumbach As the opioid crisis deepens across America, the pharmaceutical industry’s role in the crisis has gained increased attention. What did the industry actually know about the dangers these drugs posed? And if they knew of the dangers, what did they do, if anything, to restrain their use?
Could Family Therapy Be the Missing Key to Recovery Success?
Reviewed by: gbaumbach Anyone struggling with addiction knows there are literally thousands of treatment options available in the U.S. And if you’re battling addiction – the chances are also very good that you’ve tried a number of these options without achieving long-term abstinence. Aware Recovery Care is the brainchild of
Dangerous Synthetic Marijuana Now in Circulation
Reviewed by: gbaumbach Many think of marijuana and assume it is a relatively benign drug. After all, many states are moving to legalize its use and distribution. That benign view may now be changing with the arrival of dangerous synthetic versions. Physicians in different parts of the U.S. are now
How Technology Innovation Can Help Alcoholics
Reviewed by: gbaumbach Innovation… Since Aware Recovery Care first opened its doors, we’ve focused on finding and deploying innovative new tools capable of improving the odds of recovery for folks addicted to drugs and/or alcohol. We believe this approach is one reason our clients achieve long-term sobriety at such high
Killer Cocaine
Reviewed by: gbaumbach As the opioid crisis continues to rage across America, a new and very significant danger has emerged. Cocaine laced with Fentanyl. Fentanyl is dangerous, and it’s often lethal. It’s a synthetic opioid that’s between 50 and 100 times more powerful than morphine. And it kills quickly –
Have You Ever Overdosed on Opioids?
Reviewed by: gbaumbach The answer to that question may be more important than you think. Researchers from the Opioid Response and Education program at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston have just completed a study on Naloxone use and overdose death rates. They found that Naloxone reverses 93% of all
The Drug Crisis Deadlier Than the Opioid Epidemic
Reviewed by: gbaumbach In 2016, this drug was associated with more deaths than auto and gun deaths combined. Can you guess the drug? Not opioids. Alcohol. According to Center for Disease Controls data, 88,000 people died as a result of alcohol consumption in 2016. Sixty-four thousand died from overdosing on
The Opioid Crisis – New Data Shows Death Rates Continue to Rise.
Reviewed by: gbaumbach New provisional data has been released from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) regarding the drug crisis in America – and the news is discouraging. From May 2016 to May 2017, 17% more drug-related deaths were reported in the U.S. when compared to the previous 12-month period.
The Hidden Drug Crisis in America
Reviewed by: gbaumbach Much has been written about the epidemic of opioid use in America. As a class of drugs – opioids are killing at a stunning rate. But has the focus on opioids obscured an equally vexing and deadly problem? According to new research just published in the Annals
The Crisis of Drug Addiction in New Hampshire
Reviewed by: gbaumbach New Hampshire is without question one of the most beautiful states in the nation. Sadly, it also has the second worst death rate from opioid overdoses relative to its population (behind West Virginia). Remarkably, it also has the highest death rate from Fentanyl overdoses. So what exactly