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fortune.com: More Americans Should Carry Drug That Reverses Opioid Overdoses, Surgeon General Says in Rare Advisory
Posted 4/6/2018
In a rare move, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams has issued a public health advisory urging more Americans to carry the opioid-overdose-reversing drug naloxone.
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cnn.com - FDA chief: Opioids are 'biggest crisis facing the FDA'
Posted 4/6/2018
Running the Food and Drug Administration is one of the toughest jobs in government. Running it for a boss with a record of firing political appointees adds another level of complexity.
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burlingtoncountytimes.com: As teens are ‘juuling,’ school and police are worrying
Posted 4/4/2018
School officials, police, and health advocates say they are alarmed by the trend on several fronts. They say while it’s becoming increasingly popular among high school students, the real health risks are still unknown and that parents, in many cases, are in the dark.
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njspotlight.com: MURPHY SETS NEW DIRECTION FOR TACKLING OPIOID EPIDEMIC
Posted 4/4/2018
New funding for community-based providers who can treat outpatients with addictions while these individuals continue with work, school, or family life. More housing and job training for New Jersey residents with — or without — drug dependencies. And better data and real-time analysis of the state’s investments to address these concerns.
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nj.com: N.J. drug overdose deaths in 2018 on a record-shattering pace
Posted 4/4/2018
The list keeps growing. The flu. Alzheimer's disease. Breast cancer. Colon cancer. Cervical cancer. Prostate cancer cancer. Homicide, suicide and car accidents combined. The opioid crisis is likely to kill more people than each of these in 2018.
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njherald.com: Dentist group puts teeth in push to curb opioid painkillers
Posted 3/28/2018
CHICAGO (AP) — The American Dental Association wants dentists to drastically cut back on prescribing opioid painkillers.
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thehill.com: American Dental Association backs seven-day limit on opioids
Posted 3/28/2018
The American Dental Association (ADA) wants to put a seven-day limit on dentists' opioid prescriptions for acute pain, a position that puts the group in line with federal guidelines but goes further than recommendations from the nation’s top association of doctors.
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thehill.com: Opioid crisis has cost US roughly 1M workers, $702B: study
Posted 3/28/2018
The U.S. economy has lost close to 1 million workers and $702 billion due to opioid addiction, according to a study released Tuesday.
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thefix.com: Why Do Americans Use More Painkillers Than Other Countries?
Posted 3/28/2018
A recent analysis examined why Americans consume six to eight times more opioids than Italians and the French.
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kpbs.org: Opioid Crisis Gripping More Addicts Before Adulthood
Posted 3/28/2018
In communities across the country, there is something snatching away bright futures and turning children into addicts. The face of the opioid crisis is getting younger.