March 1, 2013
Compiled & Edited by Sue Emerson – Publisher
Prior Edition: February 1, 2013
List of all News/Updates
MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT) AND OPIOID ABUSE/ADDICTION
- Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals Inc. Receives FDA Response To Citizen’s Petition
- FDA Approves Amneal’s Generic Suboxone to Treat Opioid Drug Dependence
- Blog – News Outlets Behaving Badly: Appalling Article by Bloomberg
- Addiction Expert: Treatment Providers Can Perpetuate Media Stereotypes of Patients
- Sharp Rise in Buprenorphine-Related Emergency Department Visits from 2005 To 2010
- Fatal Drug Overdoses in U.S. Increase for 11th Consecutive Year
- Heroin: Small Cities, Even Rural Towns Face Growing Problems
- Target ‘Super-spreaders’ to Stop Hepatitis C
GOVERNMENT
- Rockefeller Urges Federal Agencies to Take Stronger Steps Against Prescription Drug Abuse
- Affordable Care Act Will Expand Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits and Parity Protections for 62 Million Americans
- Are Drugs Today Really Cheaper, Purer, and More Available Than Ever? Blog by Rafael Lemaitre Communications Director, The Office of National Drug Control Policy
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