Poll: How Bad is the Opioid Crisis in America

Do you think the opioid epidemic is one of the greatest challenges facing America today? Or, perhaps you believe this is just an issue isolated to addicts that doesn’t impact the rest of the country? Well, here is your chance to share your views because we want to know what you think. Please take this…

Tiger Woods in Rehab

Tiger Woods, according to recent reports, is receiving in-patient treatment for pain medications. His court date, for his DUI charge, has been moved from July 5 to August 9, which may be connected to the length of his anticipated stay in rehab. If the story is correct and Tiger was mixing Vicodin and Xanax, a…

Opioid Addiction – The 80% Rule We Can Never Forget

I have poured over a great deal of data regarding the opioid crisis in this country and none of these facts and figures are particularly good or even encouraging. In fact, whether by coincidence or due to the fact that this is still such a one-sided battle, the 80% figure keeps popping up in a…

Dr Drew: “The Problem of our Time”

Dr Drew, an eloquent and learned spokesperson for the opioid crisis, recently spoke on KABC Radio about the severity of this problem we are facing in this country. In his message he talks about how the U.S. accounts for 80% of the world’s opioid drug use, but only has 5% of the world’s population. He…