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psychologytoday.com - Communicating About Addiction: Accuracy or Alienation?
Posted 1/25/2018
For decades, addiction has been characterized by images of graffiti-painted highway overpasses and alleyways strewn with discarded needles, drawing the line between those suffering from addiction and the "rest of us."
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usnews.com: Governors Ask Trump, Congress to Do More on Opioid Crisis
Posted 1/23/2018
Governors are calling on President Trump and Congress to do more to fight an opioid epidemic that's killing 90 Americans a day.
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politico.com: First There Was Prince. Now Tom Petty. When Will America Finally Wake Up to the Opioid Crisis?
Posted 1/23/2018
hen pop star Prince died in April 2016, a gaggle of health care researchers and reporters—including me—tried to see the silver lining in his surprising, opioid-linked death. If even Prince, a famous teetotaler with access to the best medical care could end up addicted to painkillers, surely that would show that the opioid epidemic was reaching every corner of America. Maybe in death, his celebrity could illuminate the high stakes of the crisis and force a reckoning.
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nbcnewyork.com: New York City Files $500 Million Lawsuit Against Drug Companies Over Opioid Deaths
Posted 1/23/2018
The lawsuit aims to recover expenses the city will incur in combating the crisis
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nbcphiladelphia.com: Gov. Tom Wolf Declares Disaster Emergency for Opioid Crisis in Pennsylvania to Reduce Barriers for Help
Posted 1/22/2018
The scourge of opioids and heroin has reached disastrous proportions in Pennsylvania prompting Gov. Tom Wolf to declare a statewide disaster emergency to combat the epidemic
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nytimes.com: 1 Son, 4 Overdoses, 6 Hours
Posted 1/21/2018
Drug deaths draw the most notice, but more addicted people live than die. For them and their families, life can be a relentless cycle of worry, hope and chaos.
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nytimes.com: How a ‘Perfect Storm’ in New Hampshire Has Fueled an Opioid Crisis
Posted 1/21/2018
Justin Lerra was 26 when he turned himself in last summer to the fire department’s “safe station” program, which helps get drug users into treatment. He had been using drugs for seven years. His girlfriend, Sarah, who asked that her last name not be published, was pregnant and had told him that if he didn’t stop using, she would leave him.
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governing.com: Philadelphia Joins Legal Fight Against Opioid Manufacturers
Posted 1/18/2018
In an effort to help stop a "public health nightmare," the City of Philadelphia on Wednesday sued several regional pharmaceutical companies, claiming that their marketing methods have been so misleading, they have fueled the city's opioid crisis.
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workforce.com: Construction Industry Nailing Down Opioid Addiction Woes
Posted 1/18/2018
One company’s holistic approach addresses workplace safety and addiction education.
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fivethirtyeight.com: There Is More Than One Opioid Crisis
Posted 1/18/2018
To better tackle the epidemic, Kentucky needed to know which drugs were causing lethal overdoses.