The mere mention of legalizing heroin sends chills down the spine of this recovering addict. After spending over a decade addicted to it and other drugs, my inclination is to push for stopping the drug from getting into the hands of using addicts. No drugs equal no drug abuse. As drug addiction becomes a bigger and bigger epidemic, it is obvious that the United States’ war-on-drugs needs a new method of attack.   (Needle Park

Most people are very grateful. We are grateful for the solutions and miracles that happen in our lives while living in our local communities. Quite often we hear that addiction has taken another life or we hear about the statistics of people dying either by addictions, depression, suicides in our city or in the country. In every city around the country there are homeless people that we see, many of us have been homeless ourselves.

Hi Everyone! Thank you All for being part of this page!! Wings of Encouragement is here for All men and women, not only for those of us in recovery from addictions and our family members. Worldwide we have similar challenges, we have common feelings and emotions and we often share common solutions. This page is here to continue supporting one another with new opportunities as we share live speakers from around the country. Being alone

(This is the second part series of our first post: How the Opioid crisis began in the USA Part 1)   How the Opioid crisis began in the USA Part 2  The widespread abuse of prescription drugs has led to a national crisis. We are now in the grips again of a perfect storm of opiate abuse with individuals overdosing on prescription opioids, their illegal cousin heroin, and, increasingly, synthetic drugs such as fentanyl. In our previous

You have more than likely encountered first-hand experience of the opioid crisis in the United States. Whether through your own experience or that of a loved one. Make no mistake this in this being a crisis, recent statistics have found that nearly 100 people are dying every day across the USA from opioid overdoses, that’s more than both car crashes and shootings combined. Have you considered that this phenomenon is not new? behaviour like history