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FDA Weighs Recommendation to Prescribe Naloxone Along With Opioids

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is weighing whether to recommend prescribing the opioid overdose antidote naloxone along with opioid prescriptions, CNN reports. Read More

Study: FDA, Drug Makers Allowed Prescribing of Fentanyl to Ineligible Patients

A new study concludes the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and drug manufacturers allowed the widespread prescribing of a fentanyl painkiller to ineligible patients. Read More

Insurance Rules Limiting Access to Buprenorphine May Worsen Opioid Epidemic

The growing use of insurance pre-authorization rules has limited prescriptions of the addiction medication buprenorphine among Medicare patients in the past decade, a new study finds. Read More

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Young Adults Engaging in Binge Drinking Later Into Their 20s

A growing number of young adults are binge-drinking into their mid to late 20s, according to an analysis from the Monitoring the Future study. Read More

Binge Drinking in Teen Years Can Have Long-Term Effects on Brain

Binge drinking during the teen years can have long-lasting effects on the part of the brain involved in emotion, fear and anxiety, researchers have found. Read More

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Trump claims that you can’t smuggle drugs at ports of entry, which would likely surprise Border Patrol (The Washington Post)

Discharged, Dismissed: ERs Often Miss Chance To Set Overdose Survivors On ‘Better Path’ (Kaiser Health News)

How Massachusetts Will Pilot An Addiction Treatment Rating System (WBUR)

With opioid deaths up, Maryland looks to medical marijuana as possible treatment (The Washington Post)

Klobuchar: Drug companies should pay for opioid treatment (CNN)

Trump Said China Doesn't Have a Drug Problem. The Data Tells a Different Story (Time)

Drug company used rap video to push for higher fentanyl doses and sales (PBS NewsHour)

Legalize Pot? Amid Opioid Crisis, Some New Hampshire Leaders Say No Way (The New York Times)

Indivior launches generic version of its Suboxone opioid drug (Reuters)

Parents: Keep medical marijuana dispensaries away from kids (Science Daily)

Oklahoma could provide first test of who will pay for the opioid crisis — and how much (The Washington Post)