STANDING UP FOR YOU WITH SKILLED ADVOCACY

Study shows women are drinking more heavily and using more drugs this year

The pandemic has had all sorts of effects. People are driving less, but percentage rates of speeding, driving impaired, or engaging in other risky behavior is higher. Many people are at home with their families more, but they’re experiencing significant loneliness. Reports of domestic violence are on the rise, perhaps driven by economic insecurity and

OxyContin maker Purdue pleads guilty to 3 criminal charges

The painkiller OxyContin has played an outsized role in the opioid crisis, which has killed at least 470,000 people since 2000. Originally intended as a drug for severe pain, OxyContin was prescribed widely for moderate pain, exposing millions to the risk of addiction and overdose. While many factors may have contributed to the opioid crisis,

Could a brain-boosting supplement affect your driving?

It’s possible. A recent study by Harvard Medical School found that many over-the-counter supplements, particularly those meant to boost memory or brain function, contain potentially dangerous, unapproved drugs. It appears that the manufacturers of some brain-boosting supplements are breaking the law. It’s illegal to market foreign pharmaceuticals as supplements in the United States. Yet the researchers

Johnson & Johnson to pay $5 billion toward US opioid settlement

According to the Centers for Disease Control, overdoses involving prescription and illegal opioids kill 128 people every day in the United States. Since 1999, over 750,000 people in the U.S. have died from opioid overdoses. Who is responsible? With this many deaths, it’s unrealistic to blame drug users and doctors alone. Millions of people have

Give them a brake. Work zone crashes are up despite low traffic

They fill potholes. They stripe roads. They build our highways and byways. Road construction workers face serious danger while they do their jobs. That danger seems to be increasing due to the pandemic, as more motorists are driving recklessly or at excessive speeds on the newly empty roads. At the same time, some transportation departments

Is DUI increasing during the pandemic?

It’s unclear whether drunk driving is on the increase during the pandemic, but there are signs that it may be. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently announced a series of stakeholder workshops to address the unusual traffic safety conditions that have arisen. According to the agency, these include emptier roads, higher speeds and

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