Showing posts with label drug overdose. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drug overdose. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Action is needed today on the Addiction epidemic

Addiction is killing our youth and adults more so today than ever before. Chris Christie is back working with Trump to take on the opiate epidemic. Click here for more news on today's discussion. 





Monday, April 27, 2015

Tolerance

You have been taking x amount of drug x over a certain amount of time and pleasure decreases or plateaus, in order to get same pleasurable sensation, or experience you must take more or escalating dosages.


Sunday, April 26, 2015

Suboxone Treatment in Long Island

Name Address City State Zip Phone Url
Alternatives Counseling Services, Inc 540 East Main Street Riverhead NY 11901 (631) 369-1200  
Alternatives Counseling Services, Inc 291 Hampton Road South Hampton NY 11968 (631) 283-4440  
Brookhaven Memorial Hospital/Medical Center 365 East Main Street Patchogue NY 11772 (631) 854-1222  
Brookhaven Memorial Hospital/Medical Center 550 Montauk Hwy Shirley NY 11967 (631) 852-1070  
Hope For Youth, Inc. 201 Dixon Avenue Amityville NY 11701 (631) 842-7900 X6523 http://www.hfyny.org/
Outreach Development Corporation 11 Farber Drive Bellport NY 11713 (631) 286-0700 http://www.opiny.org/
The Pederson-Krag Center, Inc 55 Horizon Drive Huntington NY 11743 (631) 920-8000 http://www.pederson-krag.org/
The Pederson-Krag Center, Inc 11 Route 111 Smithtown NY 11787 (631) 920-8300 http://www.pederson-krag.org/
The Pederson-Krag Center, Inc 240 Long Island Avenue Wyandanch NY 11799 631) 920-8042 http://www.pederson-krag.org/
Seafield Center 7 Seafield Ln Westhampton Beach,  NY  11978 (631) 288-1122 http://www.seafieldcenter.com/%20Seafield/index.cfm
Hauppauge Intake and Maintenance Program  200 Wireless Blvd.  Hauppauge  NY 11788 (631) 853-7373   

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Deaths from Opiates in Rhode Island

Four more people have died of suspected drug overdoses in Rhode Island in the last week, bringing the total this year to 49, according to the state health director last Wednesday. The number of people who have died of accidental overdoses in the first eight weeks of 2014 is about 2 X the normal rate. Overdose deaths have been associated with fentanyl mixed with heroin. In Rhode Island in 2009-2010 most deaths from accidental drug overdose were Men between the ages of 40-49. In 2011 Men between ages of 50-59. In Rhode Island in 2009-2012 deaths from accidental overdose was more common among Women  between the ages of 50-59. According to data most have been associated with opioids alone and not alcoholic. Fatal overdoses from prescription painkillers have reached epidemic proportions, according to a new report from the CDC. In 2008, the report showed, drugs like OxyContin and Vicodin claimed almost 5,000 lives. That's almost three times as many lives as in 1999, the Associated Press reported. Fatal overdoses are especially common among middle-aged men, whites, and American Indians, according to reports

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