It's rare for a day to go by in California without a news outlet reporting on a teenager's overdose death, or an increase in heroin use among young people, or a family expressing outrage at the prevalent abuse of prescription drugs in their community. It's rare, because those are all...
(9) Comments | Posted August 30, 2012 | 6:26 PM
August 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day. It is always a difficult day for many people, for a variety of reasons. It's difficult to remember the people we loved whose lives were cut needlessly short. It's difficult to rouse a community out of apathy around this issue. And it's difficult...
(7) Comments | Posted July 12, 2012 | 10:57 PM
Today, the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) released research showing that the recent introduction of the reformulated, abuse-deterrent version of OxyContin by Purdue is linked to increases in heroin use.
In the letter to the editor appearing in the Journal, Theodore Cicero, Ph.D., Matthew...
(347) Comments | Posted July 27, 2011 | 8:22 AM
Like many of you, we heard the sad news about Amy Winehouse's death on Facebook. The news spread quickly. Her friend Russell Brand immediately issued an incredible tribute to her, which was one of the most widely discussed responses to her sudden death. Most people immediately assumed that...
(2) Comments | Posted April 2, 2013 | 5:48 PM