West Dundee isn’t the first place you’d equate with heroin. Heck, it’s probably not even the thousand and first. But that doesn’t mean the drug can’t affect its residents. Or its families. Take Mathew LeBlanc. A talented young artist with the whole wild world on front of him, LeBlanc left West Dundee for North Carolina’s Appalachian State. And it was… Read More
Everyone expected the COVID pandemic to fuel the opioid epidemic, but no one expected such stratospheric overdose numbers. They sure didn’t expect those numbers to keep rising. Then again, how could they? No one had ever faced such a devastating one-two punch before. What’s in a Word? What’s the difference between epidemic and pandemic? Well, an outbreak is called an… Read More
Few stories are anywhere near as kind or as inspiring as this story of a convict, a cop and a kidney. Too bad too. Because a few more stories like this and the world might just irrevocably right itself. No foolin.’ See this isn’t simply a story about a convict, a cop and a kidney. It’s the story of a… Read More
Meth addiction is quickly becoming America’s biggest drug problem. It’s also pretty much impossible to treat. A new one-two punch may change all that. That’s right. Researchers have found that a combination of two existing drugs can significantly help curb meth addiction. The double-dose is injectable naltrexone and oral bupropion. Naltrexone (aka Vivitrol) is primarily used to treat opioid addiction…. Read More
Purdue Pharma is finally paying some of the price for orchestrating the deadly opioid epidemic. But will its chief consultant McKinsey & Company also be penalized? More and more folks insist they should be. Too Sickening for Words “Last month, the pharmaceutical giant Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty to charges related to the sale and marketing of the painkiller OxyContin. Even… Read More
