News headlines and the voices of others have brought the country’s opioid epidemic to light. The number of overdoses that occur annually secondary to addiction are alarming. More than 70,000 people lost their lives in 2017 alone from accidental overdoses, which...
Celebrity overdoses have been in the spotlight this summer with apparent overdoses from two young celebrities, Demi Lovato and Mac Miller. While addiction is not something new to the music industry, the increase in public drug overdoses, especially for younger...
The United States isn’t the only nation that is suffering heavily from the opioid crisis. Our neighbors to the north, Canada, are experiencing this crisis as well. In 2017 alone, Canada saw nearly 3,000 deaths related to opioid overdose. Canada has begun to take steps...