Reanna was with us recently, and was our longest-staying, most difficult client to-date. We gave her Ibogaine daily for a total of 5 1/2 weeks but in the end, it was very rewarding. She\’s so happy waking up every day not using, which is unbelievable to her… And to us. She started injecting heroin at 18 years of age and is still alive to tell the tale at 41. She knew she was running out of time…
Our clients have been saying a lot of nice things about us and while we\’re always happy to hear this, we\’re much more ecstatic to witness their turnaround to embrace a life full of rich potential.
Today is International Overdose Awareness day. As of August 18th there\’s been 433 fatal overdoses in our province of British Columbia alone. If we go by those statistics, as of today, August 31st, another 24 overdoses have now taken place and about 257 fatal overdoses will occur by the end of this year.
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You may have noticed the media discussing opioid addiction lately but you might not know what the heck an opioid is. Educating yourself is the first step to spotting and helping stop this in your loved ones.
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When my parents found out that I smoked cannabis as a teen, my dad sat me down and told me in all seriousness that marijuana would be the gateway to harder drugs like heroin, cocaine and so on. At the time I thought he and his \”gateway\” theory was just crazy talk.
Now though, it looks like we\’re the ones that may have to sit our loved ones down and have the \”gateway\” talk about the possibility that prescription painkiller addiction leads to heroin abuse. I\’m not kidding. It\’s all over the news.
The face of the opioid addict is rapidly changing these days as people are getting addicted to opioids through the legal version, then moving to the illegal version because it\’s easier to obtain. Opiates and heroin are really moving to the suburbs and affecting groups of people there.
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Opioid overdose will kill 800 people in B.C. this year if the death toll continues at its current rate. In the first three months of 2016, fentanyl was detected in half of 200 opioid-overdose deaths. Fentanyl is indiscriminately killing entrenched street users and casual users from the suburbs.
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Opioid drugs can be powerfully effective treatments for those in pain, but they can also be extremely dangerous. This episode explores how opioids can lead to dependence, abuse and addiction, and the effects that opioid abuse have had in America. The episode explores how drug manufacturers, regulators, doctors, and patients have all contributed to the current crisis of opioid abuse.
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