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Top Drug & Alcohol News of the Week   FEATURED COMMENTARY: More, Better Research Needed on Marijuana’s Effects on Teens and Young Adults A recent retrospective review published in JAMA Psychiatry demonstrates how little we know about the effects of marijuana use, particularly on teenagers and young adults. Read More Too Few People Who Survive Opioid Overdose Get Medication-Assisted Treatment A new study concludes too few people who survive an opioid overdose receive medication-assisted treatment that will reduce the chance of another overdose. Read More   Meth Use is Surging in Communities Already Struggling With Opioid Crisis Methamphetamine use is surging in communities around the country that are already struggling with the opioid crisis, NPR reports. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend 42 Percent of Millennials Know Someone Who Has Dealt With Opioid Addiction A poll of young adults finds 42 percent say they know someone who has dealt with an opioid addiction, according to NBC News. Read More People Who Survive Opioid Overdose Remain at Increased Risk of Dying People who survive an opioid overdose remain at increased risk of dying from a variety of causes, including drugs, other medical problems or suicide, according to a new study. Read More NIH Terminates Study on Alcohol in Light of Questions About Industry Ties The National Institutes of Health has announced it is ending a study on the benefits and risks of moderate alcohol consumption, in light of questions about industry funding for the study. Read More Other Headlines of Interest Facebook to redirect users searching for opioids to federal crisis help line (STAT News) Should People with Drug Addictions Be Forced Into Rehab? (Healthline) How America got hooked on a deadly drug (NBC News) Taking the Opioid Crisis Personally (U.S. News & World Report) Smoking reaching all-time low with US adults, government report shows (USA Today) I Overdosed On Opioids Three Times. Here's What Finally Saved Me (Newsweek) Would you smoke a joint in front of your kids? (The Boston Globe) US needs to invest 'tens of billions or hundreds of billions' to fight opioid epidemic (CNBC) Beyond Opioids: How A Family Came Together To Stay Together (NPR) Opinion: Access to addiction treatment restricted for middle class (The Baltimore Sun) Opinion: When We Talk About Suicide, We Need to Talk About Addiction (The Daily Beast) Canada sets October start for legal marijuana sales (Reuters) Running (or Walking Briskly) Away From Addiction (U.S. News & World Report)

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