In the United States, prescriptions for opioids increased fourfold between 1999 and 2018. There has also been an increase of overdose and death due to…
Ricardo A Santiago LMHC, MSJune 2, 2021
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As recently as 2010, the Substance Abuse and Mental health Services Administration has determined that there were nearly 4,000 drug abuse treatment episodes for opiates…
Ricardo A Santiago LMHC, MSMarch 4, 2020
The United States is experiencing a surge of opioid drug overdoses. Opioids were the cause of over 61% of drug overdoses in 2018. Cocaine overdose…
Ricardo A Santiago LMHC, MSFebruary 6, 2020
Many states began prescription drug tracking to reduce opioid abuse. The programs are called prescription drug monitoring and are state level programs. This means no…
Ricardo A Santiago LMHC, MSJanuary 4, 2020
The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that up to 36 million people worldwide abuse opioids. While those numbers are staggering, it is estimated that…
Ricardo A Santiago LMHC, MSDecember 12, 2019
More Americans die from drug overdoses than HIV/AIDS did at its peak! The deadliest drug crisis in America is happening right now. With all the…
Ricardo A Santiago LMHC, MSSeptember 2, 2019
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