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Top Drug & Alcohol News of the Week   FEATURED NEWS: Rapid Response to Fentanyl Overdose is Critical Fentanyl overdoses share many characteristics with heroin overdoses with some important differences, according to an addiction specialist at Boston Medical Center’s Grayken Center for Addiction. Read More More Than Half of Opioid Overdose Deaths Caused by Synthetic Drugs More than half of opioid overdose deaths are caused by synthetic drugs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read More   White House Lawyer Named New Head of DEA White House lawyer Uttam Dhillon has been named the new head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Reuters reports. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend People Addicted to Opioids Much More Likely to End Up in Criminal Justice System People addicted to opioids are up to 13 times more likely to be involved in the criminal justice system compared with people who don’t use opioids, a new study finds. Read More Teens Tweet About Juul E-Cigarette Use at School Teens are bonding over Juul e-cigarettes on social media, a new study suggests. Read More Some People Use Fitness Tracking Devices to Monitor Heart Rate During Drug Use Some people are using fitness tracking devices such as Fitbit or Apple Watch to monitor their heart rate while they are using illicit drugs in an effort to prevent overdoses, CNBC reports. Read More Other Headlines of Interest Fighting for the Lives of Our Children (The Washington Post) Opioid addiction and overdoses in children devastate their parents (The Washington Post) Bystanders To Fatal Overdoses Increasingly Becoming Criminal Defendants (NPR) Stunning turnaround by a formerly addicted mom whose baby was adopted by a police officer (CNN) Worse than AIDS: Opioid epidemic is public health crisis CDC director fears most (The Washington Times) I Overcame Opioid Addiction and So Can You (U.S. News & World Report) The Critical Group We're Ignoring in the Opioid Crisis (Fortune) A Restaurant Takes On the Opioid Crisis, One Worker at a Time (The New York Times) Jada Pinkett Smith discusses past sex addiction, alcohol dependency: 'I am a binger' (USA Today) The next state to legalize marijuana could be North Dakota? (The Washington Post) A PSA About Self-Harm and Substance Abuse Will Air at the End of Every Sharp Objects Episode (People) Sobering Truths: Inside country music’s complex — and increasingly lucrative — love affair with alcohol (The Washington Post)

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