Drug Addiction

According to the National Institutes of Health, 10% of Americans have suffered from drug addiction at some point in their lives.[1] Because substance abuse and addiction are so common, you probably know of at least one or two people who have or are currently suffering from a substance use disorder.…

Fentanyl is a powerful and deadly synthetic opioid that is 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine. Just two milligrams of fentanyl, an amount small enough to fit into the tip of a pencil, can be deadly to people who don’t have a tolerance to opioids.…

According to the Department of Health and Human Services, 10.1 million people abused opioids in 2019. Out of those individuals, 9.7 million people were abusing prescription opioid pain relievers.[1] Prescription opioid abuse is a common issue in America, causing many individuals to develop an addiction and have difficulty functioning in…

Performing a drug test on a newborn baby may seem like a strange, invasive process, however, identifying whether a newborn has been exposed to illicit substances can alert doctors of problems that may occur during delivery and the first days of life. This knowledge can help doctors provide the proper…