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Another “Win” for Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri might be inundated with drug and alcohol addiction but it has success stories for which the citizens of Kansas City can take pride.

STATISTICS & TRENDS

Drug Gang: Oklahoma Irish Mob

Tulsa, Oklahoma is a city on the Arkansas River. It’s known for its art deco architecture, yet, it has a nasty problem; drug gangs, kidnapping, and murder, all fueled by its prison society. This article highlights the largely unknown Irish Mod of Oklahoma.

STATISTICS & TRENDS

Is the Death Penalty For Dealers a Deterrent, or A Smoke Screen?

President Trump is suggesting stiffer penalties for certain individuals who are convicted of dealing drugs. This could include the death penalty. According to Trump, “If we don’t get tough on the drug dealers, we are wasting our time.” Trump went...

DRUG INFORMATION

Devil’s Breath in the United States

The deceptive, or problematic part of the Borrachero tree, which blooms with deceptively beautiful white and yellow flowers is that it produces a drug so hazardous that the drug eliminates free will and can wipe the memory of its victims. The drug is called...

DRUG INFORMATION

People Die From Marijuana

We’re all acutely aware of the simple fact that cannabis (aka marijuana) won’t cause a person to overdose or otherwise stop breathing and therefore die—that’s what the studies have shown us. But, the research is clear that Marijuana has other ways...

NATIONAL NEWS

“Abuse-Deterrent” Drugs—Miracle Solution or Big Pharma Facade?

Here we have a very interesting and controversial topic, a new idea that came about as a result of the FDA and CDC asking pharmaceutical giants to increase their efforts in reducing overdose deaths by having them make drugs that were less likely to cause...

STATISTICS & TRENDS

Prince Killed by Chinese Drug Company?

On April 21, 2016, another American artist died of a drug overdose—this time, it appears that Prince might have been killed by the Chinese. The drug was found in unmarked prescription bottles and a government lab analysis identified the drug as fentanyl.

DRUG INFORMATION

Supervised Injection Sites—A Solution to the Opiate Epidemic or a Contributor to the Problem?

In the morass of 21 st -century addiction, various states, officials, and focus groups have innovated very unique, alternative, and controversial approaches to the modern addiction problem.

STATISTICS & TRENDS

Vaping Provides a New "Buzz" for Teen Marijuana Use

Vaporizers for tobacco may help some people stop smoking, but teens are increasingly finding ways to use the same technology to consume shocking amounts of marijuana.

STATISTICS & TRENDS

Drug Crisis in Muskogee

Muskogee, Oklahoma is the epicenter of the drug crisis in Oklahoma. Cody McDonell, the State of Oklahoma’s health department public information officer said, “The 2016 county-level data from the Oklahoma Prescription Monitoring Program indicates the...

DRUG INFORMATION

The Soul of the Indian

’Let neither cold, hunger, nor pain, nor the fear of them, neither the bristling teeth of danger nor the very jaws of death itself, prevent you from doing a good deed,’ said an old chief to a scout who was about to seek the buffalo in midwinter for...

ADDICTION

Some Opioid Addicts Are Using an Anti-Diarrhea Drug to Get Their Fix

Just reading the title of this article may be enough to inspire concern and perhaps even repulsion. It is a bit of a shocker, really, to hear that opiate addicts are turning to anti-diarrhea drugs to get their fix. But this is actually happening.

STATISTICS & TRENDS

The Shocking Cost of the Opiate Epidemic Could Cripple the Economy

One day soon the stock market may not be the only indicator of how well the economy is doing. The opiate epidemic is out of control and its toll on public services such as Law Enforcement and Health Care has the potential to force painful choices….

DRUG INFORMATION

Most Dangerous Drugs

It should come as no shocker that some drugs are more dangerous than others. So, what is the most dangerous drug? Well, a quick inquiry with our friends over at the Center for Disease Control provides us with the answer.

STATISTICS & TRENDS

Most Common Age of Meth Burn Victims is Under 4 Years Old

Recently, I read an online article that was written by Mother Jones, which highlighted the stark and grim reality that is our current meth addiction crisis. The most common age of meth burn victims is just 4 years old.

DRUG INFORMATION

Cannabis DOESN’T Cure Cancer

No, cannabis can’t cure cancer. Here in Oklahoma, we have a vote coming up that will determine the will of the people to allow medical cannabis or reject medical cannabis in the State of Oklahoma.

INTERVENTION

My Advice to Parents

I lost my best friend last June from a drug overdose. I told him to stop many times before. He didn’t want to listen. When he died I didn't shed a tear on his casket—I just whispered “That's what he likes“ and “Now lay on it.“ I was so mad....

DRUG EDUCATION

How an Antidepressant User Becomes Violent

With the recent school shooting tragedy in Florida, I feel compelled to explain how an otherwise young man, Nikolas Cruz, or anyone, can be turned from a social person into a killer who “runs amok” and commits violent criminal acts.

DRUG INFORMATION

Drug-Free Life with Drug-Free Rehabilitation

In America, we have a pill for just about everything. But, is that pop-a-pill hyper-culture what’s stopping Americans from living a drug-free life?

STATISTICS & TRENDS

Time Magazine Releases “The Opioid Diaries”

TIME magazines release of this digital exhibit of the opioid crisis will create enough public outcry that we can stop big pharma and drug distributors from drugging our people and instead of throwing these addicts into the prison we insist they go into...