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News & Updates – October 31st, 2017; Issue 280

October 31, 2017

  • What the White House’s Opioid Emergency Declaration Means
  • SAMHSA Reaffirms Efforts to Address the Public Health Emergency on the Opioid Crisis
  • Opioid Epidemic Also Hitting Older Adults
  • Neal Announces Legislation to Expand Access to Opioid Treatment for Medicare Beneficiaries
  • Trump’s FDA is making a big push for opioid addiction medications. That’s great.
  • No Evidence to Prove Medicaid Expansion Is Fueling the Opioid Crisis
  • AATOD Releases Fact Sheet on Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Opioid Use Disorder in the Justice System 
  • Why Opioid Deaths Keep Climbing, Even With A Widely Available Drug To Prevent Overdoses
  • New Guide Shows States How to Address Opioid Crisis with Promising Approaches: From The National Center On Addiction And Substance Abuse
  • Drug OD Rate Now Higher in Rural U.S. Than Cities
  • How the DEA Changed the Overdose Numbers
  • Trump’s Opioid Agency Fails to Cite Marijuana’s Benefits, Despite Mounting Evidence
  • NIDA’s Nora Volkow: Addressing the Opioid Crisis Means Confronting Socioeconomic Disparities
  • This Is Fentanyl: A Visual Guide

Links to Additional News of Interest

  • Nearly Half of Americans Have a Family Member or Close Friend Who’s Been Addicted To Drugs – 10/26/17
  • Trump opioid crisis declaration could shift money from HIV, advocates fear – 10/26/17
  • Can the kratom plant help fix the opioid crisis? – 10/26/17
  • What works to educate kids about the dangers of opioid use? – 10/24/17
  • The problem with hospitalizing opioid addicts against their will – 10/23/17
  • IACP Quick Take: Why the fight against the opioid crisis can’t stop with naloxone – 10/22/17

 

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