News Top Drug & Alcohol News of the Week   Online Tool Tracks Suspected Opioid Overdoses in Real Time A new online tool allows first responders, public safety and public health officials to track opioid overdoses in real time, NBC News reports. Health officials say the data allows them to quickly allocate resources where they are needed. Read More Medicare Places Few Restrictions on Opioid Prescriptions: Study Medicare has not put significant restrictions in place for opioid prescriptions, despite recent government guidelines that recommend such limits, according to a new study. Read More   First Lady Says She Wants to Help Give a Voice to Families Facing Addiction First Lady Melania Trump this week visited a West Virginia clinic that treats infants exposed to opioids in the womb. She said she wants to give a voice to families facing addiction, The New York Times reports. Read More Uber Use Cuts Drunk Driving Accidents in Some Cities Use of Uber has contributed to a decrease in drunk driving accidents in some cities but not others, according to HealthDay. Read More Health Effects of New “Heat-Not-Burn” Cigarettes Still Unknown The health effects of new products known as “heat-not-burn” cigarettes are still unknown, researchers caution in a new study. Read More Other Headlines of Interest As Overdose Deaths Pile Up, a Medical Examiner Quits the Morgue (The New York Times) How the 'heroin heroine' saves lives from her living room (CNN) Opinion: New models of care for drug addiction treatment (The Baltimore Sun) Fighting the stigma of opioid addiction with stories of recovery (PBS NewsHour) How treating opioids with more opioids has divided the recovery community (PBS NewsHour) In Kentucky, jail is becoming an addict’s last-resort rehab (PBS NewsHour) Indiana Jails Turn to Body Scanners to Address Opioid Crisis (Associated Press) State Department numbers minimize tourist deaths tied to blackouts at Mexico resorts (USA Today) This nurse ‘fell in love’ with a baby born addicted to drugs — and took him home (Miami Herald) How I Learned to Cope With Stress When I Gave Up Alcohol (NBC News) 10 Arrested in Death of L.S.U. Student After Fraternity Drinking Ritual (The New York Times) Sen. Claire McCaskill on the opioid epidemic: pharma “ought to begin looking over their shoulder” (Vox)   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