Tag: opioid crisis
Heroin-related overdose deaths triple in 5 years, new report
Approximately 25 percent of all drug-related overdose fatalities in the U.S. involved heroin in 2015, a threefold increase from 2010, according to a government...
Availability, legality and safety misconceptions fueled a global opioid crisis
The transition from opioid prescription pills to heroin has been well documented, but recent research shed light on the factors that have led to...
ASAM hosts first Addiction Treatment Gap Awareness Week
The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) announced last week that the first Addiction Treatment Gap Awareness Week is occurring from April 24th to...
FDA nominee Gottlieb warns about opioid crisis
During his confirmation hearing, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a physician and the nominee for head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), warned senators about...
Research finds that weight-loss pill can be helpful in opioid addiction...
Researchers found that people looking to recover from an opioid addiction could benefit from a weight-loss drug: lorcaserin.
The pill, marketed as Belviq, was...
Christie tapped to head new committee to tackle US opioid crisis
The Trump administration recently appointed New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to chair a special commission to fight the opioid crisis in the country. And...
People struggling with addiction are now using pets to get drugs
The national opioid epidemic shows its true colors again, reflected in the lengths its victims will go to get their fix. Law enforcement officials...
Eye on Ohio: how the state is monitoring their opioid crisis
Ohio’s opioid crisis is at the center of a new case study that reviewed and analyzed policies and strategies used to prevent the state’s...
California opioid tax aims to help drug rehabs
A California lawmaker introduced a bill last week that would impose a tax on prescription opioids in an effort to improve funding for drug...
Understanding the value of prescription drug monitoring programs
Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) are important tools in curbing the opioid crisis and reducing the need for addiction treatment. These are state-run databases...
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