Mountainview Recovery Blog

Colorado Springs, true to its name, lies in Colorado, a state in the Western United States. The Rockies cut right through the center of the state, providing varied geography and stunning natural beauty. The state boasts an impressive number of trails and trailheads,...

Speedballing is a slang term that refers to the mixing of cocaine with heroin or benzodiazepines. Cocaine, a stimulant, combined with heroin, an opioid, yields a mixture that users usually inject directly into their bloodstream, or one after the other. Cocaine...

Fentanyl is a synthetic drug in the opioid family. Like morphine, doctors may prescribe fentanyl to treat pain. While more often manufactured in tablet form, fentanyl also comes as a patch, spray, or injectable solution. Some common brand names of fentanyl include...

Meth, short for methamphetamine, is a stimulant drug. It primarily affects the central nervous system, but also has a variety of short and long-term effects on the body. It is a synthetically produced chemical, and is a variant of the medication amphetamine. The main...