News Top Drug & Alcohol News of the Week   Opioid Misuse on the Rise Among Older Americans: Report Misuse of opioids, including heroin and prescription painkillers, has risen among adults 50 and older, according to a new government report. Rates of opioid misuse have decreased among young adults. Read More Almost 44 Million Americans Had Mental Illness in the Past Year Almost 44 million American adults—18 percent—had some type of mental illness in the past year, according to a report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Read More   Prosecutors Try to Fight Opioids with Homicide-Related Charges Against Drug Dealers Some prosecutors are trying to fight the opioid epidemic with homicide-related charges against drug dealers in cases involving overdoses, The New York Times reports. Read More Medically Supervised Opioid Withdrawal an Option for Pregnant Women, Doctors Say While medication-assisted treatment is the recommended therapy for pregnant women addicted to opioids, medically supervised withdrawal is an option if a woman does not accept treatment, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists said this week. Read More Poison Control Center Calls Involving Dietary Supplements on the Rise Calls to poison control centers regarding dietary supplements increased by almost 50 percent between 2005 and 2012, according to a new study. A majority of the calls involved children 6 years old and under. Read More Other Headlines of Interest An overdose, a young companion, drug-fueled parties: The secret life of USC med school dean (Los Angeles Times) There’s a highly successful treatment for opioid addiction. But stigma is holding it back. (Vox) Blog: What Drug and Alcohol Treatment Should Look Like: An Interview With Dr. Robert Schwebel (Rehabs.com) Economy Needs Workers, but Drug Tests Take a Toll (The New York Times) On Reddit, Intimate Glimpses of Addicts in Thrall to Opioids (The New York Times) Lawyers Hope to Do to Opioid Makers What They Did to Big Tobacco (The Wall Street Journal) How fentanyl is making deadly drugs even deadlier (Popular Science) Rise in drug-addicted babies prompts judge's controversial solution (CBS News) Boy, 6, revived with Narcan after possible opioid overdose (CNN) US warns travelers about tainted alcohol in Mexico (CNN)   DONATE Parent Toll-Free Helpline: 1-855-DRUGFREE drugfree.org © Partnership for Drug-Free Kids 352 Park Ave South | 9th Floor | New York, NY 10010   privacy policy | manage email preferences