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  Advocates for Responsible Treatment - Southern California

National Opioid AND OVERDOSE EpidemicS

News about the Combined Epidemics

6/25/18    DA Ryan speaks to Reading Rotary Club on opioid crisis (MA)
6/21/18   
‘If I could go back in time:’ A mother reflects on her son’s overdose (KY)
6/21/18    
Opioid addiction affecting more seniors in recent years (FL)
6/12/18   
Who should pay for the cost to cities of opioid abuse?
            Cities and states are suing Purdue Pharma.
6/8/18       
Big Pharma’s avoidable role in the man-made opioid epidemic
            Purdue Pharma’s unique marketing practices played a significant role in the opioid epidemic.
6/3/18       
UPDATE: Huntington Police & Fire Departments No Longer Respond to Overdoses (WV)
5/27/18   
Progress made on opioid crisis, but state must do more (NY)
5/9/18       
Milwaukee addict recovery home facing questions after five OD deaths since 2017 (WI)
5/8/18       
aTAcK addiction offers three ideas to end overdose deaths in Delaware (DE)
​5/4/18       
One Senator’s Push to Curb Opioid Abuse - and to Rein in the Facilities That Shelter Addicts
            Covering Sen. Pat Bates’ work on the issue.
5/2/18       Florida Doctor Convicted in Woman’s Fatal Opioid Overdose (FL)
5/1/18       
More schools stocking NARCAN amid growing opioid epidemic
            Important step for saving lives
4/28/18   
Amid the opioid epidemic, white means victim, black means addict
            Characterizing addiction by race.
4/26/18    
Undercover operation leads to Modesto doctor’s arrest in opioid-prescription fraud
            Doctor selling prescriptions for cash.
4/17/18   
Patrick Kennedy profits from opioid-addiction firms
            The representative behind the Mental Health Parity Act of 2008 is paid by industry and doesn’t see a conflict.
3/30/18    
When fighting an opioid addiction, prepare for years of vigilance and long-term medication
            People addicted to opioids face staggering relapse rates of 80% to 90% within 90 days 
            if they try short-term rehab or detox programs that wean them off the drugs without 
            assistance from medications, says Richard Rawson, a UCLA psychiatry professor emeritus.
3/30/18    
Opioid manufacturers to pay New York $100M a year
            A reason for San Clemente to sue them.​
3/23/18    
Quitting Heroin in the Sunshine State (FL)
3/22/18    
Omissions on Death Certificates Lead to Undercounting of Opioid Overdoses
           As well as deaths associated with treatment.
3/19/18    
Trump’s opioid plan to take three-pronged approach, including death penalty for high-volume traffickers
          Our President on the issue.
​3/14/18    Panel: Opioid Epidemic a Social as Much as a Medical Problem
          Suggestion is better social cohesion.
3/2/18       
Pennsylvania cuts red tape for medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction (PA)
3/2/18       
Scammers, Fraudsters Capitalize on Opioid Addiction Treatment
          Insurance is paying for unknown treatment.
2/27/18    
New DOJ Opioid Task Force Complements Ongoing E&C Investigation
          AG Jeff Sessions convenes “Prescription Interdiction and Litigation” Task Force.  
          Two Congressional Committees holding hearings… more on the opioid crisis than on residential recovery.
2/14/18    Westchester couple sues sober home over Rye High School senior Hank McWilliam’s OD death (NY)
2/12/18    
Patent Brokering: Making profit off opioid addiction
           Brokers admit to receiving thousands of dollars from referrals.
2/10/18    
End of an era: Purdue to stop marketing opioids to doctors
           Purdue Pharma, behind the overprescription of opioids, stops marketing them.
2/6/18       
Data: Opioid Epidemic Driving More Children Into Foster Care (IN)
2/6/18       
Alabama sues OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma over opioid epidemic
           Another state sues Purdue for its role in spreading the fiction that OxyContin isn't addictive
2/5/18       
Sanders Demands Investigation into Pharma’s Role in Opioid Epidemic 
           Insists pharmaceutical companies testify before Congress.
2/10/18    
End of an era: Purdue to stop marketing opioids to doctors
           Purdue Pharma, behind the overprescription of opioids, stops marketing them.
​2/6/18       
Alabama sues OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma over opioid epidemic
           Another state sues Purdue for its role in spreading the fiction that OxyContin isn't addictive
2/5/18       
Sanders Demands Investigation into Pharma’s Role in Opioid Epidemic 
           Insists pharmaceutical companies testify before Congress.
11/30/17 
An overlooked solution to the opioid epidemic
           Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCHC) are expanding Medication-Assisted Treatment.
11/11/17 
Proven treatment for opioid addiction underused
            How to reconcile using another drug, suboxone, to reduce addiction to opioids?
10/26/17 
Trump Declares Opioid Crisis A “Health Emergency” But Requests No Funds
            Aides said he would soon do so.
10/26/17 Drug company founder indicted in US-wide opioid conspiracy
            Fraud and racketeering case brought against founder of an opioid medication.
9/29/17     “The greatest drug fiends in the world": an American opioid crisis — in 1908
            A history of how the US handled a previous opioid crisis.
9/17/17    Amid Opioid Crisis, Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Pain Killers
            “… Some question whether insurers have played a role, too.”
9/7/17       Opioid Epidemic May Be Keeping Prime-Age Americans Out of the Workforce
            “Thousands of children have been affected by the widespread abuse of opioids by their parents, swelling the ranks of foster care…”
9/6/17       What to understand how big pharma helped create the opioid epidemic?  Read this report
            A federal Senate report indicates Insys Therapeutics lied and misrepresented its drug.
8/30/17    For Trump, Opioids Are Still Not A Crisis
            Time Magazine weighs in on the policy response.
8/21/17    Trump Misdiagnoses the Opioid Crisis
            
“The crisis, he said, is the fault of the Mexicans and Chinese who allow drugs to be sent from their nations to ours.”
8/14/17     What Trump’s National Opioid Emergency Should Look Like
            Coming soon to a neighborhood near you: Medication-Assisted Addiction Treatment (MAT) (suboxone and methadone) reduces relapse and                  mortality.
8/14/17    Doctors trained at lowest-ranked medical schools prescribe more opioids
            Study suggests better training would help physicians make wiser prescriptions.
8/14/17    Why the opioid epidemic has reached a ‘new level of crisis’
            “Researchers say that mortality rates and treatment costs have climbed drastically in recent years."
8/11/17    To fix the opioid epidemic, we must address the causes
            Psychologist recommends the President should, “… provide meaningful economic, social and treatment opportunities for our young people…"
6/27/17    An EMT’S view from the front lines of America’s heroin crisis.
6/10/17    
Breaking Our Addiction to Rehab
            Author argues that we need evidence based, medical treatment for addiction.
6/5/17       Drug Deaths in American are Rising Faster Than Ever
            Data suggests that between 59,000 and 65,000 people died in 2016 from drug overdoses.
5/11/17    New hepatitis C infections triple due to opioid epidemic
​            Infections tripled between 2010-2015.
4/26/17    The opioid epidemic’s startling age divide
            Younger American are dying of heroin overdoses; older Americans are dying of prescription opioid overdoses.  The problem is most serious in                the Northeast and Midwest.
4/26/17    The opioid epidemic may be deadlier than we think
            A chart showing increasing deaths from addiction, ending with data in 2015.
4/20/17    How Surgery Helped Fuel the Opioid Epidemic
            Painkillers after surgery implicated.
4/8/17       Opioids, My Mom’s Death, and Why People Trust Science Less
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4/7/17       States hit hardest by opioid epidemic lacking proper rehab services
            “Regions of the country hit hardest by the wave of opioid misuse and abuse in recent years — The Great Plains and the Southeast — do not                        have enough facilities or programs to treat those who need help… Those that fared best included California…"
​2/27/17    
More White Americans Are Getting Addicted to Opioid Painkillers
           “… and women are the fastest-growing group of individuals who become addicted."
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2/16/17    China’s fentanyl ban a “game-changer’ for opioid epidemic, DEA officials say
            China will ban the manufacture and sale of four variations of the synthetic drug fentanyl, starting March 1 
2/15/17    Long-Term Opioid Use Could Depend on the Doctor Who First Prescribed It
            A study found “that the prescribing patterns of whichever physician… were an important factor in their future opioid use."
​1/19/17    A quiet epidemic: SLO County's opioid problem
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1/6/17       Inside a Killer Drug Epidemic: A Look at America's Opioid Crisis
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12/24/16 Opioids Contribute to Rising Death Toll: 28,657 in 2014
​10/11/16 California Has Most Opioid-Related Deaths in Nation: Report
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9/27/16    New California law aims to curb doctor shopping by opioid addicts
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9/23/16    Opiate epidemic can affect anyone
9/16/16    In America's drug death capital: how heroin is scarring the next generation
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