
The Deadly Combination of Heroin and Fentanyl
Addiction, Detox, Mental Health, Opiates, Prescription Drugs, RecoveryAbout four years ago there was a sudden surge in overdose deaths, at the time attributed to heroin. It wasn’t clear why the drastic uptick in heroin overdoses were happening at first. Eventually, the answer came: Fentanyl. Fentanyl is a synthetic…

Effects of Drug Use and Mental Health
Addiction, Dual Diagnosis, Mental HealthThe connection between drug use and mental health disorders is a powerful one. Drug and alcohol addiction is itself included in the list of mental health disorders as defined in the DSM-5. The presence of a co-occurring mental health disorder,…