opiods Archives - Heather Hayes & Associates https://heatherhayes.com/tag/opiods/ Interventions & Treatment Consulting Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:01:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://heatherhayes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-HH_logo-32x32.png opiods Archives - Heather Hayes & Associates https://heatherhayes.com/tag/opiods/ 32 32 The Fentanyl Crisis in America: How did we get here? Part II https://heatherhayes.com/the-fentanyl-crisis-in-america-how-did-we-get-here-part-ii/ Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:01:06 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/from-abduction-trauma-to-healing-rethinking-adolescent-transport-through-a-trauma-responsive-lens-copy/ As the opioid crisis continues to wreak havoc across America, understanding the root of the problem which plagues our nation remains key to being able to provide solutions. Drugs like fentanyl, codeine, oxycodone, and other synthetic opioids continue to cause thousands of deaths across the country every year. This problem is not limited to the […]

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]]> The Fentanyl Crisis in America: How did we get here? Part I https://heatherhayes.com/the-fentanyl-crisis-in-america-how-did-we-get-here-part-l/ Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/from-abduction-trauma-to-healing-rethinking-adolescent-transport-through-a-trauma-responsive-lens-copy/ Our nation is currently in the midst of a crisis, the ever-increasing number of individuals across America who are using drugs classed as synthetic opioids.  In 2023, it was estimated that more than 1,500 Americans died per week from some kind of overdose; between the years 2000 and 2024, the majority of drug overdose deaths […]

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]]> New Drugs, New Dangers: What are Xylazines and Nitazenes and How Do They Affect Users? https://heatherhayes.com/new-drugs-new-dangers-what-are-xylazines-and-nitazenes-and-how-do-they-affect-users/ Fri, 09 Aug 2024 07:00:04 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/understanding-the-troubled-teen-industry-when-treatment-becomes-traumatic-copy/ In the United States and beyond, prescription painkillers and opioid-based drugs are being used illegally at crisis levels: there has been much reporting on the opioid crisis that is deepening in communities around the globe.[1] Synthetic opioids such as OxyContin and Fentanyl have made their way into otherwise non-opioid medications sold illegally and have been […]

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]]> Teen Drug Use and Isolation https://heatherhayes.com/teen-drug-use-and-isolation/ Sun, 14 Feb 2021 09:14:00 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=4004 “We don’t heal in isolation, but in community” – S. Kelley Harrell Recently, a tragedy occurred. We would like to offer our condolences to television host and relationship expert, Dr. Laura Berman, whose 16 year-old son Samuel tragically passed away from a suspected drug overdose.[1] This tragedy has impacted multiple families and undoubtedly left many […]

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