My Years in the Florida Shuffle of Drug Addiction
Cycling through relapse and recovery, and the industry that enables both. By Colton Wooten Illustration by Brian Stauffer October 14, 2019 For treatment centers, addiction can be turned into a constant flow of revenue. In February, 2017, I stepped off a…
Clearing Away the Confusion
Clearing Away the Confusion Widening the Lens on the Opioid Crisis With more than 70,200 deaths occurring in 2017, the public health crisis of fatal drug overdoses is headline news and shows no signs of abating (National Institute on Drug…
Drug Abuse & Addiction by NIDA
Drug Abuse & Addiction Source: The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) website (http://www.nida.nih.gov/) Cocaine & Crack Methamphetamine Pain Medications & Other Prescription Drugs Stimulants MDMA (Ecstasy) How quickly a potential drug addict does become addicted to a drug depends...