by Andrew Jones | May 2, 2026 | addiction treatment, Climate Change, Hurricane Helene, Medication, Natural Disasters, News, opiods, Prescription Drugs
A day after Hurricane Helene ripped through western North Carolina in late September 2024, Toni Brewer had no power or water. The storm had strewn fallen trees across most roads, wiped out phone and internet communications, and put some neighborhoods near her Asheville home underwater. Brewer cleared out the food in her refrigerator, grabbed some clothes, and drove more than an hour southwest…
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by Helen Redmond | Apr 1, 2026 | addiction treatment, clinics, DEA, Drugs, Excerpt, Harm Reduction, health care, Methadone, Opioid Crisis, Opioids, war on drugs
Indulge me. Imagine you take a medication that is vital to your health: as vital as oxygen or water. You can’t go a single day without it because you are completely dependent on it to think, to work, to take care of your family, to just be you. And if you miss a dose? A withdrawal hellscape awaits: extreme muscle and bone pain, intense cravings, vomiting, insomnia, severe anxiety, cramps…
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