Finding an illicit substance when you’re not expecting it is not usually a good experience. Whether you’re in your own home, out in public, or visiting someone, it can make you feel unsafe and like you can’t trust the people...

Have you ever lost consciousness without warning? Have you watched it happen to a loved one? The heroin nod is what it’s called when you begin to lose consciousness after taking the opioid. It happens often and can put you...

An estimated 42,000 Floridians used heroin in 2021 alone. Thousands of those people have a heroin use disorder. If you’re concerned that someone you love may be one of them, do you know how to identify the signs? Knowing what...

In 2022, 32 deaths in Tampa, Florida, were associated with heroin. These are 32 members of our community whose lives were cut too short. On a positive note, that number went down by 50% from 2021 to 2022. Still, any...

In 2021, an estimated 42,000 people in Florida consumed heroin. Some were trying it for the first time, while others had been taking heroin for years. While addiction doesn’t happen instantly, every person with a heroin use disorder starts with...

Over 60,000 Floridians were getting treatment for substance use disorder in 2021. The unfortunate reality is that everyone with a substance use disorder experienced side effects of some kind. If you are living with a substance use disorder, you’ve experienced...

“You can come out of the furnace of trouble two ways: if you let it consume you, you come out a cinder; but there is a kind of metal which refuses to be consumed, and comes out a star.” –...

In 2022, 32 deaths in Tampa, Florida, were associated with heroin. No one ever thinks they’re going to be the one who dies of an overdose, and yet it happens. If you’re someone who has never tried heroin, you might...

“One of the hardest things was learning that I was worth recovery.” – Demi Lovato In 2022, thirty-two deaths were associated with heroin in Tampa County. Thirty-two lives ended too soon. Unfortunately, these recorded deaths are people who died with...

In 2021, roughly 42,000 Floridians took heroin. Most people think they know what it looks like when someone has a heroin use disorder. But people are not stereotypes, and life with a substance use disorder can look different depending on...