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Top Drug & Alcohol News of the Week   FEATURED NEWS: Young Adults Willing to Test Drugs for Presence of Fentanyl: Study Most young adults who use illicit drugs are willing to test them for the presence of fentanyl by using a rapid test strip, a study presented at the recent American Society of Addiction Medicine annual meeting suggests. Read More One-Fifth of Deaths Among Young American Adults Are Related to Opioids One-fifth of deaths among young American adults are related to opioids, according to a new study. Read More   High School Seniors Who Use Heroin Also Likely to Misuse Other Drugs High school seniors who use heroin also commonly use multiple other drugs, according to researchers at New York University. On average, these students use five other drugs. Read More More Teens Say They Would Try Marijuana Or Use It More Often If It Were Legal One-fourth of high school seniors in the United States said they would try marijuana or use it more often if the drug were legalized, according to the nationwide Monitoring The Future survey. Read More Naloxone Recalled Because of Particulate Matter on Syringe Plunger The opioid overdose antidote naloxone has been recalled by its manufacturer because of loose particulate matter on the syringe plunger, CNN reports. Read More FDA Commissioner: Tobacco Companies Need to Stop Kids From Vaping Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said this week that tobacco companies need to speed up their efforts to stop kids from using e-cigarettes. Read More Other Headlines of Interest White House launches opioid education campaign that targets young people using shock value (USA Today) Opinion: Education's Opiates: Prescribing Selective Colleges (Forbes) She Went to Jail for a Drug Relapse. Tough Love or Too Harsh? (The New York Times) Treatment for addiction should be like that for a heart attack: swift, sure and standardized (USA Today) Blog: How to Know if Your Kid is Vaping Marijuana — and What to Do About It (Partnership for Drug-Free Kids) Bubble pop? Brownie batter? Vapes’ added flavors fuel e-cigarette debate (USA Today) Blog: Fentanyl: Time to Open Our Eyes to Today’s Biggest Driver of the Opioid Crisis (Part II) (Rehabs.com) Boston Medical Center establishes a lifeline for parents of addicted teens, adults (The Boston Globe) From Tough Love To Empathy: Coaching For Parents With Opioid-Addicted Children (WBUR) New Hampshire Mothers Struggling With Opioid Addiction Fight To Keep Their Children (New England Public Radio) 6 Strategies for Safely Disposing of Prescription Drugs (U.S. News & World Report In Rural Ohio, An Opioid Crisis Becomes A Meth Crisis (NPR) Grayken Center for Addiction, Partnership for Drug-Free Kids Announce New Statewide Resources for Families in Crisis N.J. students have a ball with Trump and Mariano Rivera at the White House (Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey)

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