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nj.com: Could you become an opioid addict? We may soon have a test for that.
Posted 3/14/2019
What if one day there were a genetic test that could spot whether a person was susceptible to opioid abuse later in life? It would be like 23andMe, but instead of telling whether someone is predisposed to heart disease, this would tell us whether someone might be at risk for opioid dependency.
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today.com: [VIDEO] Opioid crisis spreading, now impacting more African Americans
Posted 3/8/2019
The face of the nation’s devastating opioid crisis is changing. African Americans had been less affected by record overdose deaths than whites largely because of geography. Now, fentanyl’s spread is changing that. NBC’s Jacob Soboroff reports for TODAY.
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nj.com: These are the N.J. colleges with the most (and fewest) drug busts
Posted 3/7/2019
Drug busts on New Jersey college campuses are rising, new statistics show. There were 1,746 drug arrests and referrals for campus discipline on New Jersey's four-year college campuses in 2017, according to an NJ Advance Media review of the latest crime reports from 27 schools.
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cbsnews.com: Did the FDA ignite the opioid epidemic?
Posted 3/6/2019
A drug manufacturer denounces his own industry and explains to 60 Minutes how a label change by the FDA expanded the use of opioids
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cbspressexpress.com - ON “60 MINUTES”: FORMER FDA COMMISSIONER DAVID KESSLER SAYS AGENCY ERRED IN ALLOWING DRUG COMPANIES TO PROMOTE OPIOIDS FOR CHRONIC PAIN TREATMENT
Posted 3/6/2019
Dr. David Kessler, the FDA commissioner in the 1990s at the time Purdue’s powerful, long-acting opioid OxyContin was first approved, says the FDA never should have allowed the drug and others like it to be broadly marketed for chronic pain patients.
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usatoday.com: Google combats opioid epidemic through providing disposal locations on Google Maps
Posted 2/22/2019
The tech giant is partnering with the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Department of Health and Human Services, CVS, Walgreens and state governments to display local drug disposal locations in Google Maps.
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tapinto.net: New NJSIAA Policy Will Require Student Athletes, Parents to Watch Opioid Education Video
Posted 2/21/2019
TRENTON – Acting to address the increased risk of opioid abuse among high school athletes, the Office of the New Jersey Coordinator for Addiction Responses and Enforcement Strategies (“NJ CARES”) and the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (“NJSIAA”) announced on Tuesday Feb. 19, a new partnership to educate student athletes on addiction risks associated with sports injuries and opioid use.
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6abc.com - Study: Fentanyl often unnecessarily prescribed
Posted 2/20/2019
A new report says the highly-addictive drug fentanyl has been unnecessarily prescribed to an alarming number of patients.
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washingtonpost.com: FDA, drug companies, doctors mishandled use of powerful fentanyl painkiller
Posted 2/20/2019
The Food and Drug Administration, drug companies and doctors mishandled distribution of a powerful fentanyl painkiller, allowing widespread prescribing to ineligible patients despite special measures designed to safeguard its use, according to a report released Tuesday.
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abc7ny.com: School bus driver revived with Narcan after crashing in New Jersey
Posted 2/20/2019