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Top Drug & Alcohol News of the Week   FDA Did Not Stop Off-Label Prescribing for Fast-Acting Fentanyl Drugs The Food and Drug Administration did not act to stop off-label prescribing for fast-acting fentanyl drugs, putting patients at high risk of accidental overdose and death, The New York Times reports. Read More Poll Finds More Americans Say Drug Abuse Has Caused Family Troubles A new Gallup poll finds 30 percent of Americans say drug abuse has caused problems in their families—up from 22 percent in 2005, according to The Hill. Read More   Vaping in 9th Grade Linked to Increased Marijuana Use Two Years Later Ninth graders who use e-cigarettes and hookah are up to four times more likely to use marijuana in 11th grade, CNN reports. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend FDA Encourages Development of New Treatments for Opioid Use Disorder The Food and Drug Administration issued new scientific recommendations this week designed to encourage development of new medication-assisted treatment drugs for opioid use disorder. Read More Long-Term Opioid Use May Start With Prescription For Wisdom Teeth Removal Teens and young adults who fill an opioid prescription after wisdom teeth removal are almost three times as likely to use opioids persistently compared with their peers who don’t fill their prescription, a new study finds. Read More Other Headlines of Interest Dr. Robert Newman, Apostle of Methadone Treatment, Dies at 80 (The New York Times) Opinion: Addiction is a disease. My drug-addicted parents showed me that. (The Washington Post) Opinion: Comprehensive health care must include mental substance abuse treatments (The Hill) Why Heroin Addicts Are Being Charged With Murder (Rolling Stone) Singer Demi Lovato speaks out, says will keep fighting addiction (Reuters) Eager to quit opioids, but unable to get meds (Star Tribune) What Is 'Microdosing'? Tiny Hits of Psychedelic Drugs Reduce Anxiety Without the Trip, Study Says (Newsweek) Behind Schedule — Reconciling Federal and State Marijuana Policy (The New England Journal of Medicine) Should America legalize all drugs? This story should give supporters pause. (Vox) How Vaping Company Juul's Anti-Tobacco Ads Could Backfire (WBUR) The 10 States That Consume the Most Alcohol (U.S. News & World Report) U.S. joins lawsuits against Indivior, Reckitt over drug Suboxone (Reuters) Blog: New Jersey High Schools Now Required to Carry Naloxone (Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey)

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