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Top Drug & Alcohol News of the Week   Surgeon General Releases Report on Ways to Prevent, Talk About Addiction U.S. Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams released a report Thursday that recommends ways families, doctors, educators and business leaders can talk about and prevent addiction, according to The Washington Times. Read More Number of People Starting Heroin Use Dropped By More Than 50 Percent Last Year The number of Americans who started using heroin decreased by more than 50 percent in 2017 compared with the previous year, according to the latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Read More   Senate Votes 99-1 to Approve Package of Bills Aimed at Combating Opioid Crisis The U.S. Senate this week voted 99-1 to approve legislation designed to combat the nation’s opioid crisis, NBC News reports. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend Political Ads in 25 States Focus on Opioid Epidemic The opioid epidemic is emerging as an important issue in this fall’s midterm campaigns, The Wall Street Journal reports. Read More More Than 2 Million Teens Have Used Marijuana in an E-Cigarette: Study One of every 11 U.S. high school students says they have used marijuana in an e-cigarette, according to a nationwide survey. That equals more than 2 million teens, HealthDay reports. Read More Other Headlines of Interest FDA approves new dosage strength of buprenorphine and naloxone sublingual film as maintenance treatment for opioid dependence (FDA) Opinion: Keeping Faith: Bringing Hope and Healing in the Midst of the Opioid Crisis (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services) Opinion: The Federal Agency That Fuels the Opioid Crisis (The New York Times) Experts Say New Data in the Opioid Crisis Could Offer a Glimmer of Hope (Mother Jones) Koch-Funded Gyms Help Opioid Addicts Recover (The Wall Street Journal) Making Successful Amends After Addiction: Keys to Repairing Relationships (U.S. News & World Report) Blog: Gabapentin: Uses, Medical Misuses, and Illicit Uses (Rehabs.com) The Health 202: Obscure provision in House opioids' bill could restart war on drugs (The Washington Post) Opinion: Trump administration making progress in fight against opioid epidemic: HHS Secretary (USA Today) Opinion: To combat the opioid crisis, we left the stigma and bias at the door (The Hill) Demi Lovato's mom opens up about the singer's overdose and not knowing for 'two days if she was going to make it or not' (Yahoo! Entertainment) New Survey from Caron Treatment Centers Shows Parents Lack Awareness About the Extent and Consequences of Pressure They Put on Teens (Caron Treatment Centers) Kavanaugh's accuser says he was drunk at the time. What studies say about alcohol and memory loss (CNN) Three hard lessons about addiction we learned after Mac Miller’s death (USA Today) Are Music Festivals to Blame for Overdose Deaths? (The New York Times) New Jersey Volunteers to Fight Opioid Epidemic on Knock Out Opioid Abuse Day (Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey) Kentucky STD rates are on the rise. Why? Blame the opioid crisis. (Courier Journal)

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