Many people associate addictive behavior with a failure of willpower or personal strength. But anyone can become addicted to a...
How Do Opioids Alter the Brain?
In 2018, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 67,000 Americans overdosed due to opioid use....
Can Chronic Pain Be Treated Without Opioids?
What is Chronic Pain? According to the American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA), chronic pain is “pain that continues beyond...
Is the Opioid Epidemic Getting Worse?
The opioid crisis, also called the opioid epidemic, became formally recognized as a public health emergency in 2010. The number of...
How An Addict Thinks
What is an Addict? The Latin origin of the word addict is chillingly appropriate – “to sell out, betray, become enslaved by.”...
What Does Heroin Do to the Body and Brain?
Heroin is an opioid drug that can have severe, sometimes irreversible, effects on the body and brain. The brain controls all...
