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Top Drug & Alcohol News of the Week   Opioid Overdoses Have Shaved 2.5 Months Off Americans’ Life Expectancy Opioid overdoses reduced Americans’ life expectancy by 2.5 months between 2000 and 2015, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read More More Children and Teens Arriving in Emergency Rooms Dependent on Opioids More children and teens are arriving in U.S. emergency rooms dependent on or addicted to opioids, HealthDay reports. Read More   Google Restricts Ads for Addiction Treatment Google has announced it is restricting ads for addiction treatment. “We found a number of misleading experiences among rehabilitation treatment centers that led to our decision,” a company spokeswoman said. Read More Some Insurance Companies Restrict Access to Less Addictive Pain Medications Some insurance companies are restricting patients’ access to pain medicines with a lower risk of dependence or addiction, while making it easier to get generic opioid drugs, The New York Times reports. Read More FDA Approves Marketing of First Mobile App to Help Treat Substance Use Disorders The Food and Drug Administration has permitted marketing of the first mobile app to help treat substance use disorders. The app is designed to be prescribed by a doctor and used along with counseling, CNBC reports. Read More Other Headlines of Interest We’re Undercounting Opioid Overdoses by Thousands (Mother Jones) An inside look at the hunt for fentanyl, the deadly opioid driving the overdose crisis (USA Today) Fentanyl Seized In Record NYC Bust Was Enough To Kill 32 Million (The Huffington Post) Unbudgeted: How the opioid crisis is blowing a hole in small-town America's finances (Reuters) How Do We Talk To Kids About Drug Use In Schools? (Texas Public Radio) Enlisting Virtual Reality to Ease Real Pain (The Wall Street Journal) Commentary: Could Legalizing All Drugs Solve America’s Opioid Epidemic? (Fortune) Register for The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders hosting the “Advancing Therapeutic Development for Pain and Opioid Use Disorders through Public-Private Partnerships” Workshop – October 11-12 in Washington D.C. Leaving Your Lover (Part II): Weighing the Pros and Cons of Sobriety Keeps It Going (Rehabs.com) Millennials are turning out better than anyone expected — and it may be thanks to their parents (Business Insider)

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