On August 1, American film audiences will be privy to a new biopic about the last two years of singer and musician Nico’s life. Many who are familiar with the explosive, tragic and prolific life of the gifted...
Tag: heroin addiction
Is The Perception of Addiction Changing?
Most people would like to consider themselves as enlightened, progressive and deeply in tune with the inner workings of just about everything; but when push comes to shove, we all have our inherent biases, incl...
Heroin(e) Documentary Takes Comprehensive Look at Opioid Addiction
Three days after the awards were presented, the political opinions were expressed and Frances McDormand’s statue was stolen and recovered, one of the most important stories from this year’s Oscars remains u...
Supervised Injection Sites: Compassion or Complacency?
A recent study conducted by NYU regarding the use of heroin in New York City’s public bathrooms is further reinforcing calls for a new, and arguably radical anti-overdose tool: supervised injection centers. A...
Candidates in New Hampshire Grilled About Addiction
As we have stated again and again the heroin epidemic is worse than ever. Bringing this conversation to the forefront right now is the state of New Hampshire. With politics buzzing around the state as it is t...
CDC Releases Frightening Numbers about Heroin
Most of us have lost someone close to us through addiction. Our passion (just like most drug rehab centers) to help others fuels our fire to help those afflicted with addiction. That is why we are so afraid ...
What is Heroin?
If you have tuned on the news lately Heroin is back in a big way. But what is Heroin? Heroin and commonly known by its street names of H, smack, boy, horse, brown, black, tar, and others is an opioidanal...