Alicia's Compass

09/08/2017

As HHS secretary Price said, unacceptable.

The number of people who had fatal overdoses related to he**in skyrocketed from 2,089 in 2002 to an estimated 13,219 in 2016 -- a 533% jump.

01/05/2017

Interesting perspective on counseling.

http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/01/05/508037801/when-theres-no-therapist-how-can-the-depressed-find-help

A different way of providing counseling is being tested in India. It turns out it was tested — but abandoned — in the U.S. decades ago.

03/30/2016

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/03/29/amid-heartbreaking-stories-obama-pushes-for-more-funding-to-treat-addiction/

The president attends a national summit on prescription drug and he**in abuse summit.

03/14/2016

12/30/2015

"America needs to know that there's a problem—an absolute, huge, huge problem."
http://www.npr.org/2015/12/27/460847616/portraits-of-those-killed-by-he**in-bring-healing-and-awareness

12/22/2015

Interesting read about panic attacks:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janelle-ann-mccarthy/how-it-feels-to-have-a-panic-attack_b_6726082.html?pbx=25&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000010

It's like one by one, each and every stimulus around you takes over your mind and body. One by one, a sound or a feeling or a visual will become so engulfing that that one stimulus becomes your entire reality. That one thing becomes every thought that goes through your mind and every physical and em…

12/08/2015

A letter from late singer’s ex-wife, Mary Weiland, on behalf of his two children

11/30/2015

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2015/09/24/pellets-planes-and-the-new-frontier/

A sophisticated farm-to-arm supply chain is fueling America’s surging he**in appetite.

11/24/2015

As controversy fades, distribution of the prized drug to op**te users has become more aggressive.

11/05/2015

http://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/kaine-introduces-bill-to-help-prevent-opioid-overdose-deaths

11/03/2015

Follow-up to yesterday's post :

http://samquinones.com/reporters-blog/2015/11/02/sad-for-60-minutes/

11/02/2015

The good news is that finally, there's national media attention:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/he**in-in-the-heartland-60-minutes/

The faces of he**in include the young, middle-to-upper class and suburban. What was once thought of as an inner-city problem is now a national epidemic