Addiction does not discriminate. It can affect members of all socioeconomic groups and enthnicities and can occur in the wealthiest, most nurturing, most loving of families. For example, a compilation of data by National Surveys on Drug Use and Health, collected between 2009-2014 revealed that about one of eight kids or 8.7 million, lived with at […]

  Who would have associated a field of fragile flowers with the root cause of the current opioid epidemic in America? Poppy flower seeds are the natural source of opium, which is thought to be the first pain medication. Morphine – a powerful pain medicine – is the main element of opium. Heroin – quickest acting – is derived from opium. Opioids are […]