Q & A with Santé’s Medical Director, Melissa Pennington, D.O. WHY HAVE OVERDOSE DEATHS INCREASED? Drug overdose deaths have increased as deaths from fentanyl…
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Are you afraid of getting substance abuse treatment? Your concern is understandable. Addiction, at best, is disorienting. At worse, it has disastrous consequences for your…
The dangers of substance abuse can span a range of different areas of life. These can include those effects that substances have on the individual who…