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Top Drug & Alcohol News of the Week   Rising Number of Benzodiazepine Prescriptions a Hidden Epidemic: Expert Doctors are prescribing large amounts of benzodiazepines such as Xanax and Ativan, which can cause deadly complications, an expert tells NBC News. Read More Opioid Prescriptions Remain High, Especially in Elderly With Chronic Pain Opioid prescriptions remain high despite increased awareness of the opioid epidemic and awareness of the drugs’ risks, a new study finds. Read More   Back Pain Shot Used as Alternative to Opioids Carries Severe Risks Some doctors looking for alternatives to opioids to treat back pain are using an injectable drug that carries risks of injury and complications, according to The New York Times. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend Methadone Linked With Lower Rates of Death in Those with Criminal History People with a criminal conviction who have a history of opioid addiction may be less likely to die of an overdose or other causes when they are being treated with methadone, a new study concludes. Read More Poll Finds Strong Support for Medical Marijuana A new poll finds 85 percent of American adults believe marijuana should be legalized for medical use, HealthDay reports. Read More Other Headlines of Interest Blog: Reflecting on My Recovery, My Journey to the Partnership (Partnership for Drug-Free Kids YOU’RE INVITED: Partnership for Drug-Free Kids and the National Institute on Drug Abuse Host Back-to-School Twitter Chat Clean, Sober and $41,000 Deep in Out-of-Pocket Addiction Recovery Costs (The New York Times) Coaching Helps Parents Whose Children Are Addicted To Opioids (nhpr) Opinion: To curb fatal drug overdoses, the U.S. urgently needs safe injection sites. The problem is they're illegal (Los Angeles Times) Blog: Mastering Change Part II: Common Threads Among Maintainers of Change (Rehabs.com) Is it time to do away with job applicant drug testing? (Vox) Now Hiring: A Company Offers Drug Treatment And A Job To Addicted Applicants (NPR) How to save someone from an opioid overdose (New York Post) Rising cigarette prices spark increase in ‘buttlegging’ (New York Post) Keith Urban Shares Advice with Demi Lovato on Combating Addiction: 'It's All Up to Her' (People) America’s doctors can beat the opioid epidemic. Here’s how to get them on board. (Vox) Ohio police chief overdosed on drugs taken from evidence room, investigators say (USA Today) Legendary 'Black Hawk Down' Warfighter Campaigns to Defeat Opioid Addiction Among Veterans (People) Opinion: We can't fight our opioid crisis alone. We need help from countries around the world. (USA Today)

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