by Jason Langevin | Jul 5, 2018 | In the News
The federal government’s top disease fighter, who built his career battling the emergence of HIV/AIDS in the 1980s, says the opioid epidemic will be even worse. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has dubbed the... 
by Jason Langevin | Jun 19, 2018 | drug diversion, medication disposal, opioid addiction, opioid epidemic
There are a slew of different ways to prevent opioid abuse, and you can help. The opioid epidemic does not just fall on the hands of large pharmacies, hospitals, or healthcare facilities, but to every person who comes in contact with medications. We are here to tell... 
by Jason Langevin | Jun 14, 2018 | drug diversion, medication disposal, opioid addiction, opioid epidemic
Lakeview Health, an addiction treatment and recovery facility, ran a story in November of 2017 about a teen named Ryan. Ryan’s story really resonates with those researching opioid addiction, and it tells us just how badly the opioid epidemic is affecting teens, and at... 
by Jason Langevin | Jun 14, 2018 | In the News
In recent study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland found that opioid prescription rates have fallen steadily in recent years within some of the country’s most drug-ravaged communities. But in West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania, rates are... 
by Jason Langevin | Jun 12, 2018 | In the News
Purdue Pharma, the company that planted the seeds of the opioid epidemic through its aggressive marketing of OxyContin, has long claimed it was unaware of the powerful opioid painkiller’s growing abuse until years after it went on the market. But a copy of a...
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