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September 26, 2017

More than a third of US adults prescribed opioids in 2015

The United States needs to curb excessive opioid prescribing and improve access to pain management techniques, suggests a new government study.

September 26, 2017

Golf Channel host David Feherty announces his son has died at 29

Former professional golfer and television host David Feherty announced on Tuesday his son died from a drug overdose on his 29th birthday.

September 26, 2017

Oversupply of pain pills after surgery helps fuel opioid epidemic

Reuters Health - More than two-thirds of surgery patients in a recent study had prescription opioids left over after they recovered from their operations, and the vast majority failed to safely store or dispose of the often misused and abused pills, researchers say.

September 26, 2017

4 steps to reversing the epidemic of opioid use disorders

Pain rarely kills, while pain pills are killing thousands of Americans. Identifying those at high risk of addiction and other steps can stop this epidemic.

September 26, 2017

DEA proposes cutting production of some opioid painkillers

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Friday proposed a 20 percent reduction in the manufacture of certain commonly prescribed opioid painkillers next year.

September 26, 2017

Opioid epidemic: Prison officials struggle to stem flow of drugs and treat addicts behind bars

While drug use behind bars is far from a new phenomenon – jailbirds trading everything from cigarettes to sexual favors for dope is part and parcel of prison lore. Now, the devastating opioid epidemic hitting the U.S. has flooded jails across the country with addicted inmates and created new addicts, who upon release are forced by their drug habit back into a life of more addicition.

September 26, 2017

Opioid crisis: Colorado hospitals join forces to stem drug abuse

The first large-scale opioid research effort focused on emergency rooms has begun in Colorado.

September 26, 2017

Opioid addiction -- Prevention, treatment, recovery

President Trump, in his briefing on the opioid crisis on Tuesday, pointed out that opioid overdose is now the leading cause of accidental death in the U.S., killing more than 33,000 people in 2015 alone. And he expressed his concern that no one in America is safe.

September 26, 2017

Mexican drug cartels taking over fentanyl market, fueling a rise in overdose deaths

Mexican drug cartels, seeking to increase profit margins, have started to produce fentanyl – an extremely dangerous opioid that has been linked to a spike in overdose deaths across the country, Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ has learned.

September 26, 2017

Opioid crisis: Trump's drug czar vows to take on doctors and dealers, help addicts

The Trump administration is ready for war, and the president's top general in this particular fight says there is no more time to waste.