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Top Drug & Alcohol News of the Week   FEATURED NEWS: Study Aims to Reduce Hepatitis C Transmission in Young Adults Who Inject Drugs A new study aims to reduce hepatitis C (HCV) transmission among young adults who inject drugs. The study will equip participants with strategies to avoid situations and practices that put them at risk of contracting HCV. Read More Meth Makes a Comeback Around the Country Meth is making a comeback around the country, say experts who note the drug is more pure, cheap and deadly than ever. Read More   Opioid Crisis in U.S. Has Cost More Than $1 Trillion: Report The cost of the nation’s opioid crisis exceeded $1 trillion from 2001 to 2017, a new report concludes. The epidemic may cost an additional $500 billion by 2020. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend Experts Say $6 Billion to Fight Opioid Addiction Isn’t Enough The recent federal budget deal includes $6 billion in new funding to fight the opioid crisis—an amount addiction treatment experts and some lawmakers say isn’t enough, CNN reports. Read More OxyContin Maker Announces It Will No Longer Market Drug to Doctors Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, said it will no longer market the drug to doctors. The announcement comes in response to lawsuits that blame the company for helping to trigger the opioid crisis, CBS News reports. Read More Connect People With Support Services to Fight Opioid Epidemic: Surgeon General Connecting people with support services such as food and housing is a key step in curbing the opioid epidemic, Surgeon General Jerome Adams said this week. Read More Other Headlines of Interest Drug Industry Wages Opioid Fight Using an Anti-Addiction Ally (The New York Times) Health Care Professionals Share Their Stories About Opioid-Addicted Patients (The New York Times) How addicts and their loved ones find 'strength' in online community (ABC News) Opinion: More effort needs to be on drug prevention, not cure (The Hill) Auto crash deaths multiply after April 20 cannabis parties (Reuters) 'It's a National Problem.' How Hospitals Are Treating Opioid Addiction's Youngest Sufferers (Time) Does Rehab Really Work? This Addiction Psychiatrist Isn't So Sure (WBUR) 30 experts were asked how they’d fight the opioid crisis. None mentioned a border wall. (Vox) Top Kelly deputy leaving to lead drug policy office (CBS News) How a Police Chief, a Governor and a Sociologist Would Spend $100 Billion to Solve the Opioid Crisis (The New York Times) Frances Bean Cobain Talks Addiction, Her Sobriety: 'It Is an Everyday Battle' (Rolling Stone)

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