Declaration of the Opioid Crisis as a Public Health Emergency
On Thursday Oct 26th, President Donald Trump declared the Opioid Crisis a Public Health Emergency. How did we get here? In 2016, according to the CDC, more than 64,000 people died from opioid-related drug overdoses. In particular, the offenders are strong synthetic...
Understanding the Opioid Addiction Epidemic
Everyone knows there is an Opioid Epidemic, but what continues to surprise me is the abundance of legally prescribed opioid use. From my own experience and from the voices of clients, it happens frequently that people are offered and even encouraged to use opioids for...
The Nation’s Prescription Drug & Heroin Epidemic – The State of the Union
President Obama’s final State of the Union earlier this week made mention of our nation’s prescription drug and heroin epidemic. He insinuates that he will be tackling drug addiction in the upcoming year prior to leaving office, although does not clarify his...8 Rights of Medication Administration
A recent article on CNN (found here) claims that 40% of parents incorrectly measured the dose prescribed by their doctor while administering medication to their children. Remember, if it is yourself or someone else, the 8 Rights of Medication Administration should...Rise in Overdoses
People are starting to notice a problem. It’s hard not to notice the “heroin crisis,” when celebrities like Philip Seymour Hoffman overdose. It’s hard for parents to ignore when news reports tell us that high school students are helping each other shoot up in school...Video Tour
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