Addiction - Medika Life

The neighborhood’s afflictions date to the early 1970s, when industry left and the drug trade took hold. With each new wave of drugs, the situation grows grimmer. Now, with the arrival of xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer, new complications are burdening an already overtaxed system.

Kratom is an Unregulated Addictive Drug That Kills

Robert Turner, Founding Editor - December 8, 2020

Kratom is a a highly addictive, unregulated drug. It has been brought into the US by importers, often via illegal routes, for the last decade and is frequently seized by the FDA and destroyed

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Pat Farrell PhD - June 1, 2022

Oversight of cognitively impaired or drug-abusing physicians/healthcare workers is a serious, delicate matter.

How To Respond To A Family Member Steeped In Addiction

Lisa Bradburn - July 26, 2022

A personal tale of two choices, and when the hardest decision is the honorable one.

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