Enlarge this image U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, shown here testifying before a Senate committee in 2017, says President Trump’s top health…
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From Alaska To Florida, States Respond To Opioid Crisis With Emergency Declarations
by NPR August 11, 2017Enlarge this image Overdoses from heroin and other opioids have led six states to declare public health emergencies. Marianne Williams/Getty Images hide…
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What Could Happen If Trump Formally Declares Opioids A National Emergency
by NPR August 11, 2017Enlarge this image At his golf club in Bedminster, N.J., on Thursday President Trump called the opioid epidemic a national emergency and…
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Enlarge this image Some medical professionals say declaring a national emergency could make Naloxone, a drug that treats opioid overdoses, more readily…
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Enlarge this image The HHS inspector general found that some 22,000 Medicare Part D beneficiaries seem to be doctor shopping for opioids…
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Doctor Who Wrote 1980 Letter On Painkillers Regrets That It Fed The Opioid Crisis
by NPR June 16, 2017Enlarge this image A 1980 letter published in the New England Journal of Medicine was later widely cited as evidence that long-term…
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Enlarge this image Opana ER, a potent extended-release opioid, was approved by the FDA for pain management in 2006. But the agency…
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Enlarge this image A public restroom on the platform of the Central Square MBTA station in Cambridge, Mass., which people have used…