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nytimes.com: Balancing the Risks and Benefits of Opioids for Children
Posted 2/17/2019
Experts say opioids are sometimes warranted for kids, in cases like severe burns or major trauma. But doctors should prescribe carefully, and parents should never keep leftovers in the house.
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nj.com: N.J. student, 13, gave classmates marijuana gummy bears. Teen girl ends up in hospital.
Posted 2/15/2019
A 13-year-old student in Bergen County has been charged after giving his classmates edible marijuana gummy bears during school hours after one of his fellow students became ill and had to be taken to the hospital, police said.
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yahoo.com: Why are Americans in so much pain?
Posted 2/6/2019
The overprescription and pervasive abuse of opioids has become well-worn news, as the nation grapples with millions addicted to both legal and illicit opioid drugs (mostly heroin), which have been the leading cause of accidental death in the U.S. for several years.
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nytimes.com: Balancing the Risks and Benefits of Opioids for Children
Posted 1/30/2019
Experts say opioids are sometimes warranted for kids, in cases like severe burns or major trauma. But doctors should prescribe carefully, and parents should never keep leftovers in the house.
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cnn.com: FDA is failing to protect kids from e-cigarettes, American Lung Association says
Posted 1/30/2019
The American Lung Association gives a federal agency and individual state governments poor marks in a new report card evaluating tobacco prevention programs.
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pressofatlanticcity.com - Do your part; Support safe drug disposal programs
Posted 1/22/2019
There is this sad and alarming fact: Every person and family has been affected or knows someone affected by the ongoing epidemic of drug abuse. The more hopeful news is that each of us can help in at least one very critical way.
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nbcnews.com: Babies of the opioid crisis face lifetime of health problems
Posted 1/22/2019
As kids born dependent on opioids age, researchers are only beginning to understand the potential long-term impacts, including developmental delays, impaired hearing and vision, and behavior problems.
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cnn.com: Mass drug overdose in California kills 1 person and leaves 12 more hospitalized
Posted 1/15/2019
A mass drug overdose at a home in Chico, California, has killed one person and sent more than a dozen people to hospitals, police said.
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nj.com Drug deaths in N.J. break record for 4th straight year. Why is this happening?
Posted 1/11/2019
At least 3,163 people died of drug overdoses in New Jersey in 2018. That’s more than the population of Saddle River. It’s more than the student body at St. Peter’s University in Jersey City. It’s more than the number of people killed by the flu, homicides, car accidents and suicides in 2016, combined.
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abcnews.go.com: Drug overdose deaths among women ages 30–64 in the United States increased by 260 percent: CDC
Posted 1/11/2019
Women can become addicted to drugs faster than men.