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knoxnews.com: News organizations push for opioid data to be made public
Posted 7/10/2018
News organizations are pushing for the public release of data detailing the distribution of prescription opioids throughout the U.S., information that could show how drug manufacturers and distributors contributed to the nation's addiction and overdose crisis.
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mycentraljersey.com: Injured veteran credits chiropractic with saving him from opioid addiction
Posted 7/10/2018
SOMERVILLE — At just 19-years-old, Joseph Faro of Bridgewater was robbed of his lifelong dream in the blink of an eye.
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wmur.com: 'Opioid orphans' unseen victims of drug epidemic
Posted 7/10/2018
NORTHFIELD, N.H. — The silent, unseen victims of the opioid crisis are the children of those battling addiction, the "opioid orphans" who bounce from foster homes to facilities in search of their forever homes.
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statnews.com- Hey, doctors: Why aren’t you stepping up to treat people with opioid addiction?
Posted 7/5/2018
Dear Doctor, Please help me understand why so few of you have chosen to treat people with opioid addictions.
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knoxnews.com: Opinion | Congress must continue role in ending opioid epidemic
Posted 7/5/2018
In 2016 more than 42,000 people died of opioid overdoses; this amounts to 115 deaths every day. The epidemic has reached all corners of the United States, people from all walks of life, and Congress is working on solutions to end this dangerous epidemic.
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pnj.com- Opioid addiction: How EMS are adapting to frequent overdoses
Posted 7/5/2018
Opioid overdose patients on the brink of death are often requiring multiple doses of a life-saving treatment as addictions grow to staggering levels — and first responders in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties are bearing the brunt of the epidemic.
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northjersey.com: New approaches give NJ hospital ammunition in fighting most pain— and opioid addiction
Posted 7/5/2018
When Nicole Hayes went home from the hospital with her first baby in 2015 after an emergency C-section, the obstetrician gave her a prescription for a bottleful of painkillers.
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njherald.com: A city's businesses fund drug fight, prevention. treatment
Posted 7/3/2018
ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — If asked why he started a Blair County nonprofit to tackle a surge of heroin and the accompanying violence, Altoona businessman Michael Fiore has a simple answer.
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njherald.com: Diverse groups being brought together in opioids fight
Posted 7/3/2018
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — As the opioids problem intensified and spread into the small communities and rural areas of Cambria County, agencies began rolling out programs to address the growing epidemic.
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patriotledger.com: Hospital gives Milton schools $4,000 for drug abuse prevention
Posted 7/3/2018
MILTON — Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton recently awarded the Milton Public Schools two grants totaling $4,000 to help support behavioral health programs.