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Top Drug & Alcohol News of the Week   FEATURED NEWS: Study Finds “Gender Paradox” in Opioid Overdose Rates Among Young Adults A study of young adults who misuse opioids finds that although women have a higher prevalence of potential risk factors for overdose such as mental health issues and sexual victimization, their lifetime prevalence of overdose is similar to that of men. Read More Attorney General Announces Fentanyl Crackdown in 10 Areas Federal prosecutors in 10 areas especially hard hit by fentanyl overdose deaths will bring drug charges against anyone suspected of dealing the drug, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced. Read More   Hepatitis C and HIV Infections Surge Among People With Opioid Use Disorder The number of cases of hepatitis C, HIV and other infectious diseases is surging among people with opioid use disorder, according to experts who published recommendations to combat the problem. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend Opioid Epidemic Impacting Labor Force, Federal Reserve Chairman Says The nation’s opioid epidemic is impacting the nation’s labor force, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told a Senate committee this week. Read More Alcohol Leads to Rise in Liver Disease Deaths in Young Adults Fatal liver disease is on the rise in young adults, driven by alcohol consumption, researchers report in a new study. Read More Massachusetts Court Rules Judge Can Send Defendants to Jail for Drug Relapse A judge can require defendants with substance use disorders to stay off drugs as a condition of probation, and send them to jail if they relapse, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled this week. Read More Other Headlines of Interest Blog: Are There Any Alternatives When A Physician Offers My Child Opioids for Pain? (Partnership for Drug-Free Kids) How Many Times Should We Save An Addict’s Life? As Many As We Can (WBUR) CDC chief says fentanyl almost killed his son (AP/ NBC News) Do those real-life addiction stories really keep kids off drugs? (Louisville Courier Journal) Amid the opioid crisis, some seriously ill people risk losing drugs they depend on (The Washington Post) A Surge In Meth Use In Colorado Complicates Opioid Recovery (NPR) The shameful way race affects treatment of pain and drug addiction (The Washington Post) Baby dies from ‘lethal combination of drugs’ hours after his mother breastfed him, prosecutors say (The Washington Post) Evolving opioid epidemic poses challenge for public health officials (Politico) Opinion: Consign the drug war to history: We cannot prosecute our way out of the opioid crisis (New York Daily News) The opioid crisis: A grandmother raises her granddaughters (Newsday)

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