Philip Seymour Hoffman Death Underscores Need for Vigilance

Published February 15, 2014

Philip Seymour Hoffman Death Underscores Need for Vigilance
More than 20 used syringes, empty envelopes that police believe had contained heroin, and several prescription drugs, including the addiction treatment medication buprenorphine, were also in the apartment, according to the reports. Hoffman had relapsed … Read more on Medscape

Opinion: Heroin use a mental, medical issue, not a legal one
We can make heroin safer too by supplying methadone or buprenorphine as medications to treat physical dependence … And facilitating the wide availability of naloxone to counteract overdoses.” When the word “heroin” is mentioned, what images pop up in … Read more on LSU The Reveille

SBIRT: Knowing about Substances Makes a Better SBIRT Intervention 2/2 – View the slides for this webinar here: http://ireta.org/video/WebinarPpts/2013.1KnowingAbtSubstp.pdf.