THUG DRUGS! With a name like that, it has to be good! Even better than Smuckers (Age old ad slogan for jelly/jam)!

From OTC and prescription opioids to controlled substance opioids, Heroin to Oxy, the PAIN GUY on the PAIN POD will discuss legal and illicit opioids in the realms of pain management, substance use disorder (addiction), and our communities, and globe for that matter.

Get ready for some homework, as you’ll definitely end up watching American Pain, Dopesick, Drugs Inc., Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia, and maybe even Lord of the Rings, wait, Lord of the Rings, yup, addiction, the entire time.

Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod!!!

Drug/Overdose Trends

• https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates

• https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports/prescription-opioid-trends-in-the-united-states

Illicit Substances Resources

• Erowid

• DEA Reports

o Drugs of Abuse

o National Drug Threat Assessment

• INCB (International Narcotics Control Board)

• UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)

• European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction

• CESAR (Center for Substance Abuse Research)

• NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse)

• Online Blogs o Blue Light o Drug Forum