Ask the Author: What Is Fentanyl?
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 40 to 50 times stronger than pure heroin. Its purpose is to alleviate chronic pain, but a growing number of people are using it recreationally.
This Drug Could Save Your Life: Narcan Increasingly Available
The opioid epidemic in this country is unequivocally a disaster. But there’s a miracle drug that could stop those overdose deaths: Narcan.
Was Miles Davis Bipolar?
Jazz great Miles Davis just may have been bipolar, according to Don Cheadle, who plays the triumphant trumpeter in a new biopic he directed titled Miles Ahead, in theaters now.
How a Q-Tip Could Change Your Life
What if doctors could look at your genetic makeup and offer you a tailor-made treatment plan? Drugs personalized for your unique, individual brain.
Ask the Author: Warning Signs for Alcoholism
Chances are, if you are questioning whether or not you are an alcoholic, you probably are one. You think you can take it or leave it when it comes to drinking. But can you?
Anti-Anxiety Pill Overdoses Skyrocket
While opioids like OxyContin remain the biggest threat to public health in the realm of prescription drugs, anti-anxiety medications — or benzodiazapines, also known as “benzos” — are a close second.
Mayor of Ithaca, NY Wants Supervised Heroin Injection Sites
At the proposed facility, a nurse would be onsite and armed with naloxone, an opioid overdose antidote, in order to prevent ODs or other complications.
How Heroin Hooks You
The current heroin epidemic is killing thousands each year, and the problem only gets worse over time. This story is a precautionary tale, a fair warning about the dangers of heroin — the most addictive drug of them all.
Bipolar Geniuses: Ludwig Van Beethoven
Moody to be sure, Beethoven was many things: depressed, manic, euphoric, prolific, arrogant, unkempt, financially reckless, egotistical, suicidal, self-centered, a hypochondriac, and an alcoholic, to name a few. But his music — some would argue — is the best ever written.
SoberHeroes: Trent Reznor
Trent Reznor is the mastermind behind Nine Inch Nails, an industrial rock band whose instant classic Pretty Hate Machine debuted with a roar in 1989. Sober now, he has struggled with depression and social anxiety for years and is a notorious alcoholic and addict. He writes about it in his music.
