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12/06/2017

A new injectable drug for opioid treatment was just approved by the FDA. This could be "a game changer" and could open up opportunities for patients with drug addiction.

https://www.statnews.com/2017/11/30/fda-indivior-opioid-treatment/

A new form of a widely used opioid addiction treatment that is injected monthly instead of taken daily as a tablet was approved Thursday by the FDA.

10/27/2017

Thursday October 26, President Trump now declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency to create awareness across the country, stating "We can be the generation that ends the opioid epidemic."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/10/26/trump-to-declare-opioid-epidemic-public-health-emergency-here-s-what-that-means.html

President Trump officially declared the opioid crisis a “public health emergency” on Thursday.

10/18/2017

Since planting its roots in Salem in 2003, the business model of API Global has evolved, undergoing new ownership in 2010 and broadening its reach into the Pacific Northwest in 2010.

10/04/2017

The surge of prescription drug related deaths is making it hard to autopsy all the bodies. The National Association of Medical Examiners requires that no single medical examiner perform more that 250 autopsies a year, this minimizes potential errors and ensures a standard quality is met.

https://www.salon.com/2017/09/30/too-many-opioid-overdoses-to-autopsy-all-the-bodies_partner/

The massive increase in drug deaths has overburdened medical examiners

09/28/2017

First lady Melania Trump is scheduled to meet today in the White House's State Dinning Room. Her goal is speaking with as many people as possible ad getting feedback on ways she can help combat the epidemic. She is already focusing on education and youth drug prevention.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/28/politics/melania-trump-opioid-roundtable/index.html

First lady Melania Trump will lead her first roundtable discussion on a policy issue Thursday, signaling she is adding the opioid crisis to her portfolio of issues.

09/20/2017

Multiple pharmaceutical companies are being investigated by 41 states' attorneys. This investigation is due to the spike in op**te addiction.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/19/552135830/41-states-to-investigate-pharmaceutical-companies-over-opioids

The states' attorneys general are banding together to investigate the makers and distributors of powerful opioid painkillers that have led to a spike in op**te addictions and overdose deaths.

09/07/2017

Teen drug overdose deaths continue to rise. After declaring the opioid epidemic a national emergency, the president said the best way to combat the epidemic is reaching out to young people.

https://www.news4jax.com/health/teen-drug-overdose-death-rate-climb-19

The rate of teen drug overdose deaths in the United States climbed 19% from 2014 to 2015, from 3.1 deaths per 100,000 teens to 3.7 per 100,000, according to data released this week. The new numbers involve teens ages 15 to 19 and were released by the National Center for Health Statistics.

09/05/2017

A new treatment is helping drug addicts recover and stay clean after being released from jail. Unlike methadone, Vivitrol is a non-narcotic which may be why this new treatment is successful.

http://www.standard.net/Police-Fire/2017/09/05/Ex-jail-inmates-staying-off-drugs-with-breakthrough-non-narcotic-treatment-Utah-Davis-Salt-Lake-Vivitrol-methadone-Suboxone

Dozens of former Northern Utah Jail inmates in the past year have received once-a-month shots of Vivitrol. The non-narcotic treatment curbs cravings for narcotics.

08/29/2017

Early this month the president declared the opioid epidemic a national emergency. Prevention effort are only part of the solution. More immediate treatments are needed to help fight the epidemic.

https://theconversation.com/the-opioid-epidemic-is-finally-a-national-emergency-eight-years-too-late-82623

On August 10, President Trump declared the opioid epidemic a national emergency. But we need to do a lot more to prevent this crisis from escalating even further.

08/24/2017

Health effects on teens and young adults from ma*****na legalization.

http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/health/2017/08/22/ma*****na-legalization-health-effects-teens-young-adults/587706001/

08/17/2017

Drugged driving deaths are soaring as drunk driving deaths decline. In the past four years, states across the country have seen an substantial increase, as much as twenty one percent.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/overdoses-on-the-road-drugged-driving-rises-as-a-menace/2017/08/17/4302e446-830a-11e7-9e7a-20fa8d7a0db6_story.html?utm_term=.38cd0453d66c

An SUV crashed after all four occupants overdosed on he**in in North Carolina. The same day, a man in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, grabbed the steering wheel after his grandson lost consciousness while driving. Police in the city of 30,000 responded to 11 other overdose reports that day, including a…

08/15/2017

The DEA wants to increase ma*****na research but the Department of Justice keeps shutting down the program to increase research.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/justice-department-at-odds-with-dea-on-ma*****na-research-ms-13/2017/08/15/ffa12cd4-7eb9-11e7-a669-b400c5c7e1cc_story.html?utm_term=.5f0f91945c66

Law enforcement officials say the DEA wants to act on more than two dozen requests to grow pot for research and awaits the Justice’s go-ahead.

08/11/2017

Drug smugglers have found more creative ways to get drug across the boarder as boarder patrol increases.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/us/drugs-border-wall.html

As the United States increases the number of agents, drones, sensors and cameras on the border, smugglers resort to more inventive modes.

08/03/2017

The CEO of the High Times magazine announced they plan to make the magazine public, as an increasing number of states legalize the drug.

https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/pot-news/prominent-ma*****na-magazine-high-times-to-go-public/?platform=hootsuite

The publisher of ma*****na enthusiast magazine “High Times” plans to take the company public, High Times Holding Corp announced Thursday, as an increasing number of U.S. states legalize…

08/01/2017

The president's commission on the opioid crisis has issues a first and urgent recommendation to declare a national emergency under the Public Health Service Act

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/07/31/white-house-opioid-commission-to-trump-declare-a-national-emergency-on-drug-overdoses/?utm_term=.e5fdc9939200

The recommendations largely steer clear of tough-on-crime approaches championed by the President and Attorney General.

07/31/2017

An Indiana doctor was shot and killed by a man after he refused to prescribe his wife a highly addictive opioid. He was simply doing what he was asked to do, not to over prescribe painkillers.

http://nbc4i.com/2017/07/31/police-indiana-doctor-killed-for-denying-woman-painkiller-prescription/

A prosecutor says a northern Indiana man fatally shot a doctor because he would not prescribe opioid painkillers to the man’s wife.