Cocaine comes in many different shapes and sizes like powder, paste, and rock-like forms referred to as “crack cocaine.” Cocaine is a highly addictive substance,…
With the current opiate and opioid crisis raging all over the United States, it can be assumed that they are both the same thing and…
A speedball is a drug mixture. When a person blends heroin and cocaine, usually into a syringe to be injected, they are doing a ‘speedball.’…
Opana is one of the common brand names for the drug, Oxymorphone. This medication is an opioid analgesic prescribed for moderate to severe pain. Usually,…
Buprenorphine is a medication that can be used for the treatment of moderate to severe opioid addictions. People who take this medication are often prescribed…
In the mid-1990s, pharmaceutical companies released opioid painkiller medications — specifically OxyContin. They pushed this medication heavily, ensuring medical professionals it was safe to use…
Opioids are a type of drug that slows down the responses of the central nervous system and are therefore classed as central nervous system depressants.…
The U.S. is currently in the midst of what has been labeled an “opioid overdose epidemic.” The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that in…