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Top Drug & Alcohol News of the Week PLEASE NOTE: We are taking a publishing hiatus the last two weeks of August and will resume service Thursday, September 6. Thank you for being a loyal reader.   Drug Overdoses Killed 72,000 Americans Last Year: CDC Drug overdoses rose 10 percent last year, killing an estimated 72,000 Americans, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read More Doctors Told of Patients’ Opioid Overdose Deaths Less Likely to Prescribe the Drugs A new study finds doctors who were informed of their patients’ deaths from prescription opioids were less likely to prescribe the drugs for new patients. Read More   Pregnant Women Addicted to Opioids When Giving Birth Increases Fourfold The number of pregnant women addicted to opioids when they give birth increased fourfold from 1999 to 2014, according to a new government report. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend Some People May be Using Opioids Intended for Their Pets, FDA Warns Some people may be using opioids that veterinarians have prescribed for their pets, the Food and Drug Administration said this week. Read More Teens with Substance Use Disorder, Conduct Disorder at Higher Risk of Early Death American teens with substance use disorder and conduct disorder are five times more likely to die an early death compared with the general population, a new study concludes. Read More Other Headlines of Interest Nearly 80 overdose on synthetic marijuana at Connecticut park (ABC7NY) Nebraska becomes the first state to use fentanyl in an execution (The Washington Post) When the Reality of Addiction Meets the Fantasies of Pop Stardom (The Atlantic) Florida school districts defying hazy rules on the use of medical marijuana for students (USA Today) New York sues OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma over opioids (Reuters) On Instagram, Banning Drug-Related Hashtags Is Anything But Simple (Refinery29) What the media gets wrong about opioids (Columbia Journalism Review)

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