In the News
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huffingtonpost.com: New Numbers Reveal Huge Disparities In Opioid Prescribing
Posted 8/16/2017
A town in southwest Virginia has the highest per capita opioid prescribing level in the country. New state prescribing rules could help change that.
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nj.com: Doctors need help stopping those buying prescription drugs illegally | Opinion
Posted 8/16/2017
New Jersey physicians are using the New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program database as an everyday part of their practice. There is no disputing that it is an extremely useful tool, but there are glaring limitations when put into real practice in a physician's office.
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aol.com: Opioid overdoses leading to more ICU admissions and deaths
Posted 8/16/2017
A growing number of Americans are needing intensive care for opioid overdoses and dying after receiving treatment for serious complications, a U.S. study suggests.
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politico.com: Christie's statewide drug abuse task force expected to release report in September
Posted 8/11/2017
The statewide drug abuse task force Gov. Chris Christie established by executive order earlier this year will likely release its recommendations next month, chairman Charlie McKenna told POLITICO New Jersey.
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washingtonpost.com: Trump declares opioid crisis is a national emergency, pledges more money and attention
Posted 8/10/2017
President Trump on Thursday declared the country’s opioid crisis a national emergency, saying the scourge exceeded anything he had seen with other drugs in his lifetime.
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statnews.com: White House rejects appeal to call national emergency over opioid epidemic
Posted 8/9/2017
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday stopped short of declaring the opioid epidemic a national emergency, rejecting an urgent recommendation from a White House panel on tackling the crisis.
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theatlantic.com: How Job Loss Can Lead to Drug Use
Posted 8/9/2017
Several studies suggest the opioid crisis might be at least partly the result of widespread unemployment.
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nytimes.com: Opioid Users Are Filling Jails. Why Don’t Jails Treat Them?
Posted 8/9/2017
Getting methadone in jail gave a Connecticut heroin user a firmer foothold in recovery. But fewer than 1 percent of jails and prisons allow it.
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telegram.com: Firefighter training explores responders’ role in combating addiction
Posted 8/9/2017
WORCESTER - People tell their doctors about family history of cancer, heart disease and other common conditions that have a genetic link.
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pressofatlanticcity.com: First responders work to increase addiction outreach, support
Posted 8/9/2017
After her son was revived from a heroin overdose in Atlantic City, Elisa Ford wrote a letter thanking the police officer who used Narcan on her son that night.