The Johns Hopkins prof, according to the April 8 defense filing, estimated that the cost of providing treatment, preventativ
Read more…For First Time, Pharmaceutical Distributor Faces Federal Criminal Charges Over Opioid Crisis
The charges against the wholesaler, Rochester Drug Cooperative, and two of its former executives marked a new tactic for prosecutors in tackling the epidemic
Read more…Here is a link to a YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qCKR6wy94U
Here is a link to the "Sackler Gallery" starring four famous actors: https://www.sacklergallery.com/
Read more…Last week, the NIC convened a webinar titled, "Getting Upstream of the Opioid Crisis - The Critical Role of Prevention". Its description reads as follows: "Our next Deeper Dive webinar will focus on the critical importance of “getting upstream” to mo
Read more…What does the population you work with look like? Mary Ann Cooney, provided some examples of "Face of the problem", what stood out is the cross over with SocialDeterminants of Health and the role of stigma in understanding root causes of substance u
Read more…San Diego Sues Opioid Manufacturers and Distributors
“Opioid manufacturers have profited handsomely from the human suffering they intentionally inflicted through manipulation and deceit,” Elliott said in a written release." is this the direction need
Read more…California's New Laws To Address The State's Opioid Crisis
The California Legislature looked at more than 20 bills last year designed to address the ongoing opioid crisis, passing 14. The laws cover a few approaches to bringing opioid death numbers d
Read more…Study: Long-term opioid use by one or more family members was associated to persistent opioid use by adolescents prescribed opioids after common
New York Times Opinion:
Contrary to media portrayals, overdose deaths are ravaging communities of color.
By Abdullah Shihipar
FDA takes fresh look at whether opioids are effective for chronic pain
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CNN/JAMA: These states have been hit the hardest by America's opioid epidemic
Link: https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/22/health/opioid-deaths-states-study/index.html
(CNN)While there's early evidence that the explosive rate of opioid deaths has started to sl
Read more…Bloomberg: How the ‘Worst’ Launch in Pharma History Spurred Opioid Surge
Excerpt:
Kapoor ripped into his underlings, calling it the “worst
Read more…Health Affairs: A Transitioning Epidemic: How The Opioid Crisis Is Driving The Rise In Hepatitis C
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05232
The hepatitis C virus is responsible for more deaths in the United States
“Deaths of Despair” – Prevention for a Growing Crisis
https://www.milbank.org/2019/01/deaths-of-despair-prevention-for-a-growing-crisis/
"...to be effective we must recognize the economic and social equivalents of public health prevention – the opioid
Read more…The Director of the Office of National Drug Control has published the first national strategy for drug control under the Trump administration, and it calls for a 3-pronged approach to drug control--prevention, treatment and making the drugs less acce
Read more…Vox: The opioid epidemic is a crisis, but Trump isn’t treating it like one
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/2
Read more…Municipal water testing as an innovative approach to track + measure drug use.
Key Findings:
San Francisco — where drug addicts outnumber high school students
San Francisco has more drug addicts than it has students enrolled in its
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