News Top Drug & Alcohol News of the Week   People Who Know Someone Addicted to Opioids Less Likely to Say Economy is Good A new report by the Federal Reserve finds people who know someone who has been addicted to opioids are less likely to give the national or local economy a favorable rating. Read More Postal Service Struggles to Catch Fentanyl Delivered by Mail The U.S. Postal Service is struggling to catch packages of fentanyl delivered from overseas by mail, NPR reports. Read More   Poison Control Centers Getting More Calls About ADHD Medications Calls to poison control centers about children’s and teens’ exposure to medications used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder grew more than 60 percent from 2000 to 2014, according to a new study. Read More Use of Involuntary Commitment for Drug Addiction is Increasing Use of involuntary commitment for drug addiction is on the rise, according to the Associated Press. Read More House Democrats Urge Trump Administration to Lower Price of Naloxone A group of Democrats in the House is urging the Trump Administration to use federal authority to reduce the price of the opioid overdose antidote naloxone. Read More Other Headlines of Interest Drugs fuel rising number of women behind bars (USA Today) What I’d Say to the Drug Dealer Who Gave My Sister a Fatal Dose of Heroin (Time) America’s 150-Year Opioid Epidemic (The New York Times) Treat Addiction Like Cancer (The New York Times) Young People Choosing Marijuana Over Alcohol and Cigarettes as Their First Drug (Newsweek) Dollars Versus Medicine In Addiction Recovery Treatment (WBUR) What You Should Know About Drug Cocktailing (Teen Vogue) John Oliver Walks Us Through the Most Outlandish Methods Used to Treat Addiction in the Rehab Industry (Slate) How Addiction Keeps Pulling Him Back (The New York Times) Incarcerated opioid addicts often have to tough out withdrawal. Some jails say they have a better way. (USA Today) Starbucks Says Drug Use, Sleeping Unacceptable as It Clarifies Guest Policy (The Wall Street Journal) Trump’s opioid strategy ‘missing in action’ as 115 people die every day (The Washington Post) With compassionate outreach, a city cuts its drug overdose rate in half (The Christian Science Monitor) Opioid Crisis Compels New York to Look North for Answers (The New York Times) Opinion: The problem isn’t opioids — it's how we're raising our kids (The Hill) The Addiction Solutions Campaign Releases Opioid Settlement Priorities (Partnership for Drug-Free Kids)   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