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Top Drug & Alcohol News of the Week   Deaths During Opioid-Related Hospital Stays in U.S. Quadrupled A new study released earlier this week confirms that deaths in opioid-related hospital stays in the U.S. have quadrupled between 1993 and 2014, PBS NewsHour reports. Read More Group of Surgeons Tries Prescribing Fewer Opioids To Combat Addiction Risks NPR reports that a group of surgeons at the University of Michigan has devised an approach that could lead to significant changes in how opioids are prescribed and help curb the nation’s opioid epidemic — prescribing fewer opioids after surgery. Read More   Criminal Justice System Could Play Key Role in Better Treatment for Opioid Addiction A new study published in the December issue of Health Affairs, found that just 5 percent of people referred for opioid addiction treatment by the U.S. criminal justice system receive the best treatment, according to HealthDay. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend FDA Approves First Monthly Injection to Treat Opioid Addiction The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first ever buprenorphine injection for the treatment of moderate-to-severe opioid use disorder in adult patients. Read More St. Louis Police Saving Fewer Lives with Heroin Antidote Amid Stronger Opiates The number of people that police in St. Louis have been able to save using the heroin overdose antidote naloxone, or Narcan, has declined by approximately 30 percent this year, compared to last year, according to the Associated Press. Read More Other Headlines of Interest Video: The Way to Save Opioid Addicts | Moving Upstream (The Wall Street Journal) Mother uses pain of son's overdose death to wage war against addiction (The Tennessean) Parents looking for help with kids using drugs get a hotline and maybe a coach (The Tennessean) Opinion: We Can't Arrest Our Way out of Addiction; Attorney General Jeff Sessions has a disastrous plan for combating the opioid epidemic. (U.S. News & World Report) Fentanyl bust nets enough drugs to wipe out population of Ohio (Fox News Channel) Is Marijuana Legalization Boosting College Enrollment? (The Best Schools Magazine) Commentary: Reaching The Cannabis Tipping Point (MediaPost) Why the CVS-Aetna Merger Could Benefit Consumers (The New York Times Upshot) November’s Top 5 Posts: Stories of Recovery, Coping During the Holidays and Advice on Searching for Addiction Treatment (Partnership for Drug-Free Kids) Report reveals substances Chester Bennington ingested before suicide (Mercury News)

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