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Do You Need Help For a Hydrocodone Addiction? You may be wondering whether or not a hydrocodone hotline could be helpful for you. At The Recovery Village at Palmer Lake, we offer detox and treatment for people who are addicted to a variety of drugs including opioids like hydrocodone. Our services help people throughout the… Continue reading Colorado Hydrocodone Hotline

Colorado is a beautiful state, but unfortunately, like so many other states in the U.S. it’s facing an ugly reality: opioid addiction and deaths are on the rise. This includes heroin, and deaths related to opioids and heroin have quadrupled in Colorado since 2002. The trend of rising deaths related to heroin in Colorado is… Continue reading Colorado Heroin Hotline

Signs You Need to Contact a Drug Abuse Hotline in Colorado There are many reasons you might contact a drug abuse hotline. First, you might contact a drug abuse helpline for yourself, if you recognize you have an addiction problem. You might also contact a drug abuse hotline if you have a loved one who… Continue reading Colorado Drug Abuse Hotline

Should You Call a Dilaudid Hotline? When you struggle with an addiction of any kind, you may wonder how to find local Colorado resources to answer questions you have or to guide you toward treatment resources. The best way to deal with an addiction to Dilaudid is to contact our Palmer Lake 24/7 free Dilaudid… Continue reading Colorado Dilaudid Hotline

24/7 Benzodiazepine Hotline in Colorado If you or a loved one is in Colorado and is struggling with benzodiazepine abuse, the best first step you can take is contacting The Recovery Village’s free, confidential helpline at 866-563-0324. Our team of addiction professionals specializes in helping people throughout Colorado including in the areas of Boulder, Denver,… Continue reading Colorado Benzodiazepine Hotline

About twice as many homeless people are dependent on drugs or alcohol as the general population according to reports, and their dependence often leads them to criminal behavior and prevents them from taking steps to get off the streets. How Addiction Leads to Homelessness Addiction destabilizes addicts’ lives and makes it nearly impossible for them… Continue reading Homeless And The Addiction Connection

When you take a particular drug over a long period of time, several things can happen. The tolerance for that drug can increase, you can become physically dependent on the drug, and you can become addicted. Each of these things is distinct from the others and should lead to a different level of help and… Continue reading Drug Tolerance and Addiction: What Coloradoans Should Know

Loperamide is an over-the-counter drug used for the treatment of certain gastrointestinal symptoms and conditions, yet when used in large doses people can experience a loperamide high similar to that of an opioid high. Using loperamide as a way to get high can cause serious risks like problems breathing and heart complications. Death can also occur as a… Continue reading Dangers of Using Loperamide to Get High

Schedule I Schedule I drugs have a high risk of harm to people and few, if any, medical benefits. They do not have any medical use and have a high potential for addiction and overdose. Many Schedule I substances are illegal street drugs, including heroin, LSD, marijuana and ecstasy. Schedule I drugs are banned for legal use… Continue reading Controlled Substance Schedules

Seventy percent of the more than 20,000 Coloradans that end up in jail each year have an addiction. Managing addiction is a major ordeal in prison, and many inmates end up detoxing in prison alone. Four inmates have died while detoxing in Colorado jails in the last five years, and countless others have spent days or… Continue reading Colorado Lawmakers Aim to Provide Addiction Treatment in County Jails