What Does Heroin Do to the Body?

How Does Heroin Affect the Body?

No one sets out to become addicted to heroin. Maybe you started taking opioids and found heroin to be a cheaper alternative with more powerful effects. After all, there’s an immediate sense of euphoria from heroin that melts away any pain or anxiety you’re feeling. That’s why heroin is often referred to as a wonder…

What is Naloxone and How it Prevents Overdose

What is Naloxone and How Does it Prevent Overdose?

Everywhere you turn, there’s news about the opioid epidemic – including a groundbreaking revelation from painkiller data that was recently released. As it turns out, 76 billion prescription pain pills were pumped into the U.S. from 2006 to 2012 and distributed to Americans through their doctors and pharmacies. In many cases, opioids were prescribed to…

A male alcoholic drinking at home with a glass and bottle of whiskey.

How Does My Drinking Affect Others?

Your drinking may have started as a way to relieve stress after work. You didn’t intend to get addicted, but over time you began to feel less complete without alcohol. Before you knew it, drinking became a necessity. Through this harrowing journey, the last thing on your mind was the effects of secondhand alcohol on…