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Top Drug & Alcohol News of the Week   More Americans Should Carry Naloxone: Surgeon General U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams released a public health advisory Thursday urging more Americans to carry the opioid overdose antidote naloxone, NPR reports. Read More Nerve Pain Medication Gabapentin Linked With Increasing Overdose Deaths Public health officials say the nerve pain medication gabapentin is being found in an increasing number of overdose deaths, according to CBS News. Read More   Schools Confront Sudden Increase in Easily Concealed Vaping Devices Middle schools and high schools are struggling to cope with a sudden increase in students using easily concealed vaping devices called Juul, which resembles a flash drive. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend FDA Calls on Online Companies to Police Opioid Sales Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb this week called on Internet service providers and social media companies to more carefully monitor online sales of opioids. Read More FDA to Host Meeting on Patient-Focused Drug Development for Opioid Use Disorder The Food and Drug Administration will host a public meeting April 17 on patient-focused drug development for opioid use disorder, in collaboration with the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Read More Other Headlines of Interest Bill Clinton on the opioid crisis: 'Nobody gets out of this for free' (USA Today) ‘When did it all begin to fall apart?’ A son’s addiction, and a mother’s guilt (The Washington Post) Addiction Rehab is Broken. Can Technology Fix It? (Wired) Cooking classes aim to restore health after addiction (Associated Press) Two deaths, 54 other cases of severe bleeding tied to fake weed in Illinois (CNN) Ohio pharmacists must reveal cheaper drug options after 'gag order' removed (USA Today) When fighting an opioid addiction, prepare for years of vigilance and long-term medication (Los Angeles Times) Opinion: Opioid Abuse Isn't 'Victimless.' What About the Kids? (Bloomberg) 'Tough Talk' With Your Aging Parents Is Now More About Prescription Drug Abuse Than Finances (Forbes) How Hangovers Fueled My Disordered Eating (Self) John Goodman used to drink at work during struggle with alcoholism (New York Daily News) Opinion: There’s no such thing as an ‘opioid-addicted’ newborn (The Washington Post) Opinion: Ordering Five Million Deaths Online (The New York Times)

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