Philadelphia Has a Controversial Plan for Fighting the Opioid Crisis ...

Fortune-Jan 24, 2018

America's opioid epidemic is so brutal and pervasive that it's literally contributing to lower life expectancy across the nation and hitting the U.S. workforce participation rate. Prescription painkiller and opioid overdoses are now killing more than 30,000 Americans per year. The federal government has begun taking some ...

In effort to combat opioid epidemic, Philadelphia plans safe-injection ...
NBCNews.com-Jan 24, 2018

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How the US Postal Service Became Entangled in the Opioid Epidemic

Fortune-Jan 25, 2018

There's little argument that opioids are overprescribed in the United States, but it can still be challenging for some Americans to get the medication after their prescriptions run out, especially with increased scrutiny of late. That has opened a gray market in China, where users can easily buy drugs like fentanyl online without ...

Probe: Chinese opioid sellers exploit US postal service flaw
WOODTV.com-Jan 25, 2018

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Drugs kill more Americans than guns and cars. Kentucky was ...

The Courier-Journal-Jan 28, 2018

Editor's note: More Americans die each year now from drug overdoses than from car crashes and gun homicides combined. Most of the overdoses come from opioids, which since ancient days have been relieving pain, providing pleasure and destroying lives. Today, opioid addiction has become the new American plague, ..

DEA To Target Opioid Over-Prescribers

Hartford Courant-6 hours ago

In Connecticut, the over prescribing of opioids in the past has helped fuel an epidemic of deadly opioid overdoses, as reported by politicians, medical professionals and law enforcement. The state in recent years has taken steps to stymie those prescriptions, capping them to seven days in most cases. In a national effort last ...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks on the fight against the ...
fox4kc.com-Jan 29, 2018

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House panel to begin hearings on bills to fight opioid crisis

The Hill-2 hours ago

The House Energy and Commerce Committee announced Tuesday that it will begin holding legislative hearings on measures to fight the opioid crisis the week of Feb. 26, a step forward in addressing the epidemic. The panel said that there will be multiple hearings to consider legislation aimed at fighting opioid abuse, ...

The Opioid Epidemic: Costs, Causes, and Efforts to Fight It

American Action Forum (press release) (blog)-4 hours ago

While President Trump declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency in late October 2017, it is an issue that has been ravaging American families for decades. The opioid epidemic has now claimed more American lives than the AIDS epidemic at its peak in the mid-1990s, yet unlike the AIDS epidemic, the opioid ...

At least 14 NY counties and NYC suing opioid companies

Press & Sun-Bulletin-4 hours ago

The practice, detailed in one part of a multi-part USA Today Network series, is spreading across New York and the country, with at least 14 states suing opioidmanufacturers, according to data from governing.com. A large number of counties in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia are filing suits separate from their states.

America's racist response to the crack epidemic must inform the way ...
Opinion-NBCNews.com-6 hours ago

Trump administration unclear on continuation of opioid 'emergency'

ABC News-Jan 29, 2018

President Donald Trump's order declaring the opioid crisis a public health emergency in October was set to expire last Tuesday — its 90-day mandate must be renewed upon expiration — leading to a lack of clarity in the commitment of the administration's response. In a statement released Jan. 22, acting Health and Human ...

This Arizona county had more opioid prescriptions than people

AZCentral.com-Jan 29, 2018

In 2016, Mohave County had more opioid prescriptions than people. The vast rural county in northwest Arizona dispensed 127.5 opioid prescriptions per 100 residents that year, making it Arizona's most prolific county by that measure, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC data shows that ...

This is the Wrong Way to Deal With the Opioid Epidemic
In-Depth-Newsweek-Jan 29, 2018

America's opioid epidemic is driven by supply

The Economist (blog)-19 hours ago

LIFE expectancy in America declined for the second year running in 2016 according to data recently released by the Centers for Disease control and Prevention (CDC). Unsurprisingly, one major cause was the opioid epidemic. The CDC reported that deaths from drug overdoses rose from 16,848 in 1999 to 63,632 in 2016.