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JAN

14

Need for Multiple Naloxone Doses on the Rise

The percentage of people treated for a drug overdose who need more than one dose of the opioid overdose antidote naloxone is on the rise, a new study ...

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JAN

12

Association Found Between Non-Cigarette Tobacco Product Use and Future Cigarette Smoking Among Teens

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), some teens who use e-cigarettes and other non-cigarette tobacco products report smoking ciga...

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JAN

12

Sessions Allows More Aggressive Enforcement of Federal Laws Against Marijuana

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has rescinded a policy that discouraged prosecutors from enforcing federal laws against marijuana in states that have d...

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JAN

10

Recreational Marijuana Sales Begin in California

Recreational marijuana sales began on January 1 in California. California, the nation’s most populous state, is the sixth state to allow sales of recr...

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JAN

09

New England States Report Fewer Opioid Overdose Deaths in 2017

New England states saw a decrease in opioid overdose deaths in 2017, The Wall Street Journal reports. State officials say efforts including widespread...

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JAN

08

Deaths Rise From Unintentional Drug and Alcohol Overdoses in the Workplace

Deaths from unintentional drug and alcohol overdoses in the workplace rose more than 30 percent in 2016, a new report concludes. According to The Wall...

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JAN

06

Black Americans Hard Hit by Drug Overdoses in Urban Counties

Drug overdoses are on the rise among black Americans, especially in urban counties where fentanyl has become pervasive. The New York Times reports the...

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JAN

06

Rise in Opioid Deaths Contributes to Reduction in U.S. Life Expectancy

A new government report finds life expectancy in the United States decreased for the second consecutive year in 2016, in part due to an increase in fa...

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JAN

05

What’s Behind the Addiction Crisis in Rural America?

People in rural America are dying from drug overdoses at a faster rate than Americans who live in other parts of the country, and opioid poisonings in...

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DEC

27

Social Media is Bringing Our Teens Down

According to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there was a 33% increase in the number of teens experiencing depression,...

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Need for Multiple Naloxone Doses on the Rise

Association Found Between Non-Cigarette Tobacco Product Use and Future Cigarette Smoking Among Teens

Sessions Allows More Aggressive Enforcement of Federal Laws Against Marijuana

Recreational Marijuana Sales Begin in California

New England States Report Fewer Opioid Overdose Deaths in 2017

Deaths Rise From Unintentional Drug and Alcohol Overdoses in the Workplace

Black Americans Hard Hit by Drug Overdoses in Urban Counties

Rise in Opioid Deaths Contributes to Reduction in U.S. Life Expectancy

What’s Behind the Addiction Crisis in Rural America?

Social Media is Bringing Our Teens Down

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