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Top Drug & Alcohol News of the Week   Children’s Accidental Exposure to Buprenorphine on the Rise Children’s accidental exposure to the opioid addiction medication buprenorphine is increasing, according to new data from U.S. poison control centers. Read More Stores Install Blue Lights in Bathrooms to Discourage Drug Use Some retailers are installing blue lights in bathrooms to make it more difficult for people to see their veins and inject drugs, the Associated Press reports. Read More   Justice Department Targets “Dark Web” Drug Vendors The Justice Department announced it has charged more than 35 people with selling drugs on the “dark web.” The New York Times reports this is the first time federal prosecutors have targeted sellers of illegal goods rather than operators of illicit online marketplaces. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend Internet Companies Must Do More to Shut Down Illegal Opioid Sales: FDA This week, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said large Internet companies must do more to prevent illegal online opioid sales, according to The Wall Street Journal. Read More CDC Stepping Up Efforts to Combat Opioid Epidemic, New Director Says The new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the agency is increasing efforts to combat the opioid epidemic. Read More Other Headlines of Interest Rejected by A.A.: How the 12 Step program and its decades-old philosophy are exacerbating the opioid crisis (The New Republic) Blog: Substance Abuse: Increasing Empathy, Reducing Stigma Matters (Psychology Today) Opinion: Where are the marches for drug abuse victims? (New York Daily News) Scientists Pinpoint Brain Region That May Be Center of Alcohol Addiction (Scientific American) 'Why could he not just quit?' How addiction impacts an entire family (Courier Journal) Opinion: Most healthcare providers don't know how to treat drug addiction (Courier Journal) The Trump Appointee Who’s an Addiction Specialist (The New York Times) When an Iowa Family Doctor Takes On the Opioid Epidemic (The New York Times) Dealing With an Aging Parent’s Alcohol Problem (The Wall Street Journal) Marijuana addiction is real but many users don’t realize that (The Washington Post)

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