Overcoming Barriers to MAT: Bridging the gap between research and treatment in Nevada
“Of the 2.5 million Americans 12 years of age or older with [opioid use disorders] OUDs, fewer than 128,000 [less than 0.05%] of those attending specialty treatment programs had treatment plans [...]
Tips for Avoiding Alcohol Over the Holidays
The holiday season can be a tough time of year for many people. This time of year is filled with holiday parties that often include alcoholic beverages. People will drink for many reasons. They [...]
Anti-Drug Vaccines
Drug addiction is a serious problem in the United States and worldwide. There are anti-drug vaccines in development to combat drug addiction and they have advanced to clinical trials12. [...]
The Great American Smokeout
The Great American Smokeout Introduction This Thursday, November 15, marks the American Cancer Society’s annual Great American Smokeout (GASO). The event, which has taken place on the third [...]
Zero Suicide – Can we get there?
Suicide in the United States has become an increasing public health problem over the past few decades. From 2000 to 2016, the suicide rate increased 30% from 10.4 per 100,000 to 13.51. In 2016 [...]
Managing Pain in a New Paradigm
Treating pain also has led to a major unintended consequence: a reliance on addictive pills that has created one of the largest heath crises of our time. The 2017 article, How good [...]
Stimulants on Track to Surpass Opioid Misuse in Nevada
The use of stimulants has been rising for the past several years in the United States. These drugs can make people more alert, increase their attention, and raise their blood pressure, heart rate [...]
Medication Assisted Treatment: The Basics in Nevada
Seventy-two thousand deaths: the estimated number of people in the US who died from drug overdoses in 2017. This amounts to over 190 deaths per day. Nearly 2/3 of these deaths were connected to [...]
