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njspotlight.com: LAWMAKERS SEEK TO EXPAND ACCESS TO OVERDOSE ANTIDOTE
Posted 3/23/2018
Democratic legislators are seeking to expand efforts to address opioid addiction and overdoses through new programs in two very different public institutions — New Jersey’s public schools and state prisons.
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vox.com: How America’s prisons are fueling the opioid epidemic
Posted 3/19/2018
Prisons aren’t linking people to adequate addiction treatment — and many are dying as a result.
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thedailybeast.com: Opioid Maker Funds Efforts to Fight Addiction: Is It ‘Blood Money’ or Charity?
Posted 3/19/2018
Purdue Pharma, whose signature product helped fuel the opioid epidemic, now wants to help treat it—or at least salvage its own reputation.
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usatoday.com: Congress prepares to take on opioid crisis amid evidence the epidemic is growing worse
Posted 3/19/2018
WASHINGTON – Responding to a public health crisis that shows no signs of letting up, Congress is preparing to move forward on a package of bills aimed at curbing the nation’s growing addiction to painkillers.
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vox.com: People are dying because we misunderstand how those with addiction think
Posted 3/12/2018
A philosopher explains why addiction isn’t a moral failure.
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fortune.com: Opioids Are No Better Than Common Painkillers, Study Finds
Posted 3/12/2018
Doctors and patients have long assumed that opioids are uniquely powerful medicines for chronic pain, despite their risks. But it turns out that this reputation may be a myth.
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wtvr.com: Opioid overdose among children nearly doubles, study says
Posted 3/12/2018
The number of children admitted to hospitals for opioid overdose has nearly doubled since 2004, according to a new study.
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cnn.com: ER visits for opioid overdose up 30%, CDC study finds
Posted 3/12/2018
(CNN)The opioid epidemic in the United States shows no signs of slowing, according to a Vital Signs report released Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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njherald.com: FDA chief wants more mail inspectors to stem opioid influx
Posted 3/8/2018
NEW YORK (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration wants to more than double the number of packages his agency inspects for illicit drugs, an effort to stem a deadly flow of opioids that increasingly runs through the international mail supply.
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bizjournals.com: New Jersey considers warning labels for pain killer containers
Posted 3/8/2018
New Jersey could become the first state to require a warning sticker on opioid prescription bottles.