Enlarge this image Lorenzo Gritti for NPR Lorenzo Gritti for NPR When patients arrive in the emergency room, nearly all but those…
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States Seek More Federal Funding For Opioid Treatment, Not More Promises
by Penci March 1, 2018Enlarge this image Colorado State Rep. Brittany Pettersen (right) is advocating for more treatment money for opioid addiction, in part because of…
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Enlarge this image Ashley Copeland (right) talks to her mom Sue Iverson in the Swedish Medical Center emergency department, near Denver. Copeland…
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Cost Of U.S. Opioid Epidemic Since 2001 Is $1 Trillion And Climbing
by Greg Allen February 13, 2018Enlarge this image A young man uses heroin under a bridge in the Kensington section of Philadelphia, a neighborhood that has become…
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Jan. 31, 2018 — CDC Director Brenda Fitzgerald, MD, has resigned after it was revealed that she invested in several food, drug,…
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HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Jan. 29, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Using fentanyl or other opioids alongside other illicit drugs could trigger possibly permanent…
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An Uncle’s Overdose Spurs Medicaid Official To Change Course
by Emmarie Huetteman January 26, 2018Enlarge this image The revelation that a favorite uncle had died from a long-hidden drug habit shook Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky to his…
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Enlarge this image A needle exchange program at the Austin Community Outreach Center in Austin, Ind., is aimed at stopping spread of…