News Top Drug & Alcohol News of the Week   FDA Calls Youth E-Cigarette Use an Epidemic and Announces Steps to Curb Use Youth e-cigarette use in the United States is an epidemic, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Wednesday. He announced new steps the agency is taking to prevent youth vaping. Read More Bill to Stop Flow of Fentanyl Through Postal Service Expected to Pass in Senate A Senate bill designed to stop the flow of fentanyl and other opioids from China to the United States through the Postal Service is expected to pass this week, The New York Times reports. Read More   Many Factors Contribute to Surge in Naloxone Price, Experts Say The price of the opioid overdose antidote naloxone has surged in recent years, potentially reducing availability of a critical lifesaving treatment, experts tell CBS MoneyWatch. They say a number of factors have led to the price increase. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend Few Young People With Opioid Addiction Receive Recommended Treatment Few young people with opioid use disorder receive medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat their addiction within three months of diagnosis, a new study finds. Read More Doctors Give No Reason for Writing Opioid Prescriptions in 29 Percent of Cases Doctors give no documented reason for prescribing opioids in 29 percent of cases, according to a study published this week in Annals of Internal Medicine. Read More Other Headlines of Interest Most Doctors Are Ill-Equipped to Deal With the Opioid Epidemic. Few Medical Schools Teach Addiction. (The New York Times) OxyContin Billionaire Granted Patent for Opioid Addiction Treatment (Fortune) For a TV anchor who covered the opioid crisis for years, the story becomes personal (CBS News) Mac Miller dead from a suspected overdose at 26 (USA Today) Instagram will send a pop-up about opioid addiction support if you search certain hashtags (The Verge) Ibogaine: One Man's Journey To Mexico For Psychedelic Addiction Treatment (WBUR) Opinion: Ban tobacco sales until age 21. It's a bipartisan way to reduce addiction and death. (USA Today) Many 'Recovery Houses' Won't Let Residents Use Medicine To Quit Opioids (NPR) Naloxone can reverse opioid overdoses, but does the drug belong in elementary schools? (USA Today) Opinion: Support families through addiction and recovery (The Taunton Daily Gazette) NYC DA's 'Decline To Prosecute' Policy To Close 3000 Marijuana Cases (CBS New York) Editorial: The Opioid Crisis Is Now a Fentanyl Crisis (Bloomberg)   DONATE Parent Toll-Free Helpline: 1-855-DRUGFREE drugfree.org © Partnership for Drug-Free Kids 352 Park Ave South | 9th Floor | New York, NY 10010   privacy policy |