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What Explains The Rising Overdose Rate Among Latinos?

2018-05-29T10:03:52-07:00

By Martha Bebinger The tall, gangly man twists a cone of paper in his hands as stories from nearly 30 years of addiction pour out: the robbery that landed him in prison at 17; never getting his GED; going through the horrors of detox, maybe 40 times, including this latest, which he finished two weeks [...]

What Explains The Rising Overdose Rate Among Latinos?2018-05-29T10:03:52-07:00

The Pain Hustlers

2018-05-15T11:50:30-07:00

By Evan Hughes Selling drugs is a relationship business. It’s best to do it in person. That is why, on a summer evening in 2012, Alec Burlakoff was out for dinner with Steven Chun, the owner of Sarasota Pain Associates. Burlakoff was a sales manager for Insys Therapeutics, an Arizona-based pharmaceutical company with only one [...]

The Pain Hustlers2018-05-15T11:50:30-07:00

5 unintended consequences of addressing the opioid crisis

2018-05-14T10:47:54-07:00

By SARAH KARLIN-SMITH and BRIANNA EHLEY The crackdown on opioids is having unintended consequences. The push for fewer opioid prescriptions at lower doses and for shorter periods has increased suffering for some pain patients including those near the end of life. The emphasis on opioids has also overshadowed other forms of substance abuse that require attention. With fatal [...]

5 unintended consequences of addressing the opioid crisis2018-05-14T10:47:54-07:00

Surgeon general says opioid addiction harming U.S. economy

2018-05-14T10:18:17-07:00

By Dave Sharos U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams believes the problem of opioid addiction is not only affecting the nation’s health, but the economy and our security as well. “The facts are that seven out of 10 of our young people between the ages of 18 and 24 are ineligible to serve in the military [...]

Surgeon general says opioid addiction harming U.S. economy2018-05-14T10:18:17-07:00

Opioid Epidemic So Dangerous, Says CDC, It’s Finally Killing As Many Americans As Guns

2018-04-03T13:20:04-07:00

By Ethan Siegel If you want to know what's dangerous to Americans, the place to look is the CDC: the Centers for Disease Control. Studying all causes of death, disease, and preventative measures, they're the most important health agency in the country. Their purview extends from yellow fever to influenza to suicide to addiction and binge [...]

Opioid Epidemic So Dangerous, Says CDC, It’s Finally Killing As Many Americans As Guns2018-04-03T13:20:04-07:00

Omissions On Death Certificates Lead To Undercounting Of Opioid Overdoses

2018-03-27T09:21:26-07:00

By Jake Harper In a refrigerator in the coroner's office in Marion County, Ind., rows of vials await testing. They contain blood, urine and vitreous, the fluid collected from inside a human eye. In overdose cases, the fluids may contain clues for investigators. "We send that off to a toxicology lab to be tested for [...]

Omissions On Death Certificates Lead To Undercounting Of Opioid Overdoses2018-03-27T09:21:26-07:00

Certain Teens More Likely to Get Hooked on Opioids

2018-03-26T12:42:44-07:00

By Dennis Thompson MONDAY, March 12, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Teenagers with any mental health problem are more prone to painkiller dependence after receiving a prescription opioid, a new study finds. The odds of progressing to long-term opioid therapy can double, triple or more, depending on the kid's diagnosis and the other drugs prescribed to [...]

Certain Teens More Likely to Get Hooked on Opioids2018-03-26T12:42:44-07:00

Texas college students, fearing opioid deaths, teach each other to reverse overdoses

2018-03-13T12:31:37-07:00

By Lindsay Ellis A new network of college students is hoping to ward off a terrifying prospect: Discovering a friend, blue lipped with shallow breathing, dying from an opioid overdose. Students at the University of Texas at Austin began learning to use naloxone, the medication often known by the brand name Narcan that rapidly reverses an [...]

Texas college students, fearing opioid deaths, teach each other to reverse overdoses2018-03-13T12:31:37-07:00

Rehab Riviera: Addiction advertising can trick you to death

2018-03-13T12:25:21-07:00

By TERI SFORZA People looking to quit alcohol or other drugs typically find treatment the same way they might search for take-out food or a mechanic – by typing search words into Google. Once there, addicts and their families can get trapped in a tangle of lies. The deception has taken many forms: — Competitors hijack [...]

Rehab Riviera: Addiction advertising can trick you to death2018-03-13T12:25:21-07:00

Jump In Overdoses Shows Opioid Epidemic Has Worsened

2018-03-13T11:59:52-07:00

By Rob Stein There's more bad news about the nation's devastating opioid epidemic. In just one year, overdoses from opioids jumped by about 30 percent, according to a report released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The overall increase in opioid overdoses seen in hospital emergency rooms between the third quarter of 2016 and the third [...]

Jump In Overdoses Shows Opioid Epidemic Has Worsened2018-03-13T11:59:52-07:00
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