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    Researchers point to a devastating new development: Fentanyl is making swift inroads in the western U.S., where it used to be rare.
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    Street Fentanyl Surges In Western U.S., Leading To Thousands Of Deaths

    Nov 17, 2020
    New research shows the use of the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl spreading fast in Los Angeles, Phoenix and Seattle. Chinese companies are routing the street drug through cartels in Mexico.
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    The federal government estimates one in 10 healthcare workers experience substance use disorder. There is rising concern that medical professionals are stealing powerful opioid pain medications meant for their patients.
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    Some Health Workers Suffering From Addiction Steal Drugs Meant For Patients

    Oct 05, 2020
    The Drug Enforcement Agency relies on hospitals to identify nurses and doctors who misuse drugs such as morphine and fentanyl. But "only a fraction of those who are diverting drugs are ever caught."
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    To Stop Deadly Overdoses, 'The Opioid Fix' Urges Better Use Of Tools We Already Have

    Jul 21, 2020
    Early data suggest the pandemic may be driving up overdoses. Author Barbara Andraka-Christou says the solution to the addiction crisis is right before us: Improve access to life-saving medication.
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    A January report found that 40% of U.S. counties don't have a single health care provider approved to prescribe buprenorphine, a medicine integral to helping many patients beat opioid addiction. Permitting more-distant doctors to evaluate patients online
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    Coronavirus Crisis Spurs Access To Online Treatment For Opioid Addiction

    Apr 20, 2020
    The federal government has waived a law that required an in-person doctor's visit before patients could be prescribed drugs that quell withdrawal symptoms. That's a boon for patients, counselors say.
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    Ethan Howard was among 235 people in the southern Indiana community of Austin, Ind., to be infected with HIV in an outbreak that hit in 2015. It was fueled by injection drug use.
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    5 Years After Indiana's Historic HIV Outbreak, Many Rural Places Remain At Risk

    Feb 16, 2020
    Fewer than a third of the 220 counties deemed by the federal government as vulnerable to similar outbreaks have active syringe exchange programs which can stop the spread of the infection.
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    A Widow, Not A Wife: 'Smacked' Explores An Ex-Husband's Secret Addiction

    Feb 04, 2020
    Eilene Zimmerman didn't learn of her ex-husband's addiction to cocaine and opioids until after his death. "This had happened in front of us, and we hadn't recognized it," she says.
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    Insys Therapeutics founder John Kapoor was convicted in a bribery and kickback scheme that prosecutors said helped fuel the opioid crisis.
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    Pharmaceutical Executive John Kapoor Sentenced To 66 Months In Prison In Opioid Trial

    Jan 23, 2020
    His sentencing is the culmination of a months-long criminal trial that resulted in the first successful prosecution of pharmaceutical executives tied to the opioid epidemic.
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    Dr. Angela Gatzke-Plamann is the only full-time physician in Necedah, Wis., and the only physician in Juneau County, Wis., who has the required training to prescribe the addiction medicine buprenorphine.
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    In Rural Areas Without Pain Or Addiction Specialists, Family Doctors Fill In The Gaps

    Dec 30, 2019
    In rural America, chronic pain and opioid addiction are common, but treatment is often harder to come by. In the village of Necedah, Wis., population 916, one doctor is changing that.
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    The MX908 can check for the presence of fentanyl mixed with other drugs and such testing may help prevent overdoses. Sarah Mackin of the Boston Public Health Commission prepares the machine for testing some samples.
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    Built For Counterterrorism, This High-Tech Machine Is Now Helping Fight Fentanyl

    Nov 27, 2019
    Public health officials are adopting a law-enforcement tool, the mass spectrometer, to instantly identify potentially deadly levels of opioids in local drug supplies.
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    An infant is monitored for opioid withdrawal in a neonatal intensive care unit at the CAMC Women and Children's Hospital in Charleston, W.Va., in June. Infants exposed to opioids in utero often experience symptoms of withdrawal.
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    In The Fight For Money For The Opioid Crisis, Will The Youngest Victims Be Left Out?

    Nov 22, 2019
    The opioid epidemic is intergenerational, with tens of thousands of babies born every year dependent on opioids. Advocates worry lawsuits against the drug industry might overlook these children.
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    The Bristol Regional Medical Center, now part of Ballad Health, was among hundreds of hospitals that have joined lawsuits against opioid makers.
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    Some Hospitals Sue Opioid Makers For Costs Of Treating Uninsured For Addiction

    Oct 24, 2019
    A few hundred hospitals have banded together to sue drugmakers in state courts, but far more are staying on the sidelines to avoid 'unflattering attention' about their role in the opioid crisis.
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    Sometimes doctors rapidly taper their chronic pain patients' opioid doses. Now a federal agency recommends against this.
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    Don't Force Patients Off Opioids Abruptly, New Guidelines Say, Warning Of Severe Risks

    Oct 10, 2019
    Researchers say chronic pain patients can feel suicidal or risk overdose when taken off medication too quickly. The warnings seek to course-correct after doctors felt pressured to taper drugs rapidly.
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    Bags of heroin, some laced with fentanyl, picked up in a 2016 New York City drug bust. "Basically, [fentanyl] is so cheap to produce and it's so powerful, that drug dealers began realizing it was a way to increase their profits," <em>Fentanyl, Inc. </em>
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    Fentanyl As A Dark Web Profit Center, From Chinese Labs To U.S. Streets

    Sep 04, 2019
    Fentanyl, Inc. author Ben Westhoff says the opioid, while useful in hospitals, is killing more Americans as a street drug than any other in U.S. history. Here's how it moves from China to your corner.
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    Judge Thad Balkman ruled that Johnson & Johnson is responsible for fueling Oklahoma's opioid crisis. He announced his decision in Norman, Okla., Monday.
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    Johnson & Johnson Ordered To Pay Oklahoma $572 Million In Opioid Trial

    Aug 26, 2019
    In a landmark ruling, Judge Thad Balkman ruled in favor of Oklahoma in its lawsuit to hold the drugmaker accountable for the costs of opioid addiction in the state.
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    Judge Thad Balkman will rule Monday in the Johnson & Johnson opioid trial.
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    Oklahoma Judge To Rule In Landmark Opioid Case

    Aug 26, 2019
    Oklahoma has argued that the drugmaker's marketing of painkillers contributed to thousands of overdose deaths and other harms in the state and is asking for a multibillion-dollar award.
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    Addiction Clinics Market Unproven Infusion Treatments To Desperate Patients

    Aug 22, 2019
    Some addiction treatment clinics offer IV infusions of a mix of supplements — including something known as NAD. The treatment isn't proven to work and is not FDA-approved for addiction.
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    A rock of crystal methamphetamine lifted from a suspect in Orange County, Calif. This fall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects to begin collecting more local information about the rising use of meth, cocaine and other stimulants.
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    Seizures Of Methamphetamine Are Surging In The U.S.

    Jul 29, 2019
    The amount of meth seized in the U.S. more than doubled from 2017 to 2018. That translates to lots more meth, along with cocaine and other stimulants, on the streets — and likely more deaths.
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    Nationally, drug overdose deaths reached record levels in 2017, when a group protested in New York City on Overdose Awareness Day on August 31. Deaths appear to have declined slightly in 2018, based on provisional numbers, but nearly 68,000 people still
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    U.S. Overdose Deaths Dipped In 2018, But Some States Saw 'Devastating' Increases

    Jul 18, 2019
    Provisional overdose data for 2018 show a note of hope in an overall bleak picture. But in some states, the numbers actually got worse. What explains the disparities?
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    Federal Judge Orders Release Of Dataset Showing Drug Industry's Role In Opioid Crisis

    Jul 16, 2019
    As addiction has soared, drugmakers, distributors and pharmacies profited off opioids. Newly released data details who made the pills, where they were sold, and which communities were hit hardest.
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    More Kids Are Getting Placed In Foster Care Because Of Parents' Drug Use

    Jul 15, 2019
    With drug use surging in the past decade and a half, many parents are losing custody of their kids. But is foster care the best solution?
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    Supplies sit on a check-in desk at a model of a hypothetical injection site in San Francisco, pictured here in September 2018. Local leaders from San Francisco are among a dozen local officials urging a federal court to allow an effort to open a supervis
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    Leaders From 13 States Urge Federal Court To Allow Supervised Injection Sites

    Jul 11, 2019
    The Justice Department has mounted a legal challenge to block the effort, claiming such a site violates federal drug laws and would enable opioid users.
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    Powder methamphetamine packaged in foil for an illegal street sale. Across the U.S., more and more opioid users report using methamphetamine as well as opioids — up from 19% in 2011 to 34% in 2017, according to one study.
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    Meth In The Morning, Heroin At Night: Inside The Seesaw Struggle of Dual Addiction

    Jun 17, 2019
    Many users now mix opioids with stimulants such as meth and cocaine. Researchers say efforts to get doctors to reduce opioid prescriptions may have driven some users to buy meth on the street instead.
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    Volunteers help pay for and disseminate overdose kits, including the overdose antidote, naloxone, in Summit County, Ohio. The costs of battling the addiction crisis are a burden on many local municipalities.
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    Cities And States Look To Big Pharma To Cover Costs Of The Opioid Epidemic

    May 27, 2019
    The pharmaceutical industry is facing hundreds of lawsuits around the country from state and local officials, who want the industry to help pay to tackle the opioid epidemic.
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    The drug buprenorphine blocks the cravings associated with addiction. It comes in tablets and dissolvable film. The only injectable form available is a drug called Sublocade; a rival drug is ready for market but may be blocked for several years by the FD
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    In Midst Of Opioid Crisis, FDA May Block New Addiction Drug From Market

    May 24, 2019
    A quirk in the law gives an older opioid addiction treatment "orphan drug" status — and a period of exclusive market access. That may prevent some new therapies from reaching patients for years.
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    Many jails and prisons won't give prisoners buprenorphine, a drug which controls heroin and opioid cravings, known also by the brand name Suboxone.
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    Setting Precedent, A Federal Court Rules Jail Must Give Inmate Addiction Treatment

    May 04, 2019
    Many jails and prisons refuse to offer medication for opioid addiction, even to inmates who had been in treatment before incarceration. A recent ruling in a federal court says that's not acceptable.

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