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Top Drug & Alcohol News of the Week   FDA Investigates Whether E-Cigarette Companies are Illegally Marketing Products The Food and Drug Administration is investigating whether e-cigarette companies are marketing their products illegally, according to The Washington Post. Read More Rural Americans Say Drug Addiction is Most Urgent Health Problem Rural Americans say drug or opioid addiction is the most urgent health problem, according to a new poll. They are as concerned about opioid addiction in their communities as they are about local jobs and the economy. Read More   Sales of Recreational Marijuana Begin in Canada Sales of recreational marijuana began this week in Canada, NPR reports. Anyone over the age of 18 is allowed to possess less than 30 grams (just over an ounce) of the drug. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend Five Doctors Charged With Writing 8.5 Million Unnecessary Opioid Prescriptions Five doctors in New York have been indicted by federal authorities for writing more than 8.5 million allegedly unnecessary oxycodone prescriptions, NBC News reports. Read More Deadly Heart Infection Jumped 10-Fold in People Injecting Drugs in North Carolina Cases of a potentially fatal heart infection have increased 10-fold among people injecting drugs in North Carolina, HealthDay reports. Read More Other Headlines of Interest Herbert D. Kleber, Pioneer in Addiction Treatment, Dies at 84 (The New York Times) With Gratitude to Our Long-Time Friend, Dr. Herb Kleber (Partnership for Drug-Free Kids) A Mother’s Pain, a Daughter’s Addiction (The New York Times) VIDEO: Addiction (NOVA on PBS) Medical Marijuana for Chronic Pain (The New England Journal of Medicine) What Happens To Immigrants Who Face Addiction (Forbes) Opinion: We cannot let e-cigarettes become an on-ramp for teenage addiction (The Washington Post) How to take a break from alcohol so you'll actually stick with it (NBC News) Heineken to introduce nonalcoholic beer nationwide as health-conscious consumers ditch beer (CNBC) Opinion: We can't nibble around the edges of the overdose crisis (The Baltimore Sun) Here’s what happened when I quit drinking a year ago (The Washington Post) ABC's 'The Conners' Spotlights Drug Addiction Issues With Death Of Roseanne Barr's Character (Forbes) Obituary for woman with opioid addiction inspires donations (Associated Press) Mom of 3: I got addicted to opioids after my caregiver was paid to prescribe them (NBC News) Opinion: ‘Take Charge’ of your recovery from addiction (Gallipolis Daily Tribune) How Ohio voters could upend the state’s war on drugs this November (Vox) State, county launch program to hire workers recovering from addiction (Dayton Daily News) New Discussion Guide for “Beautiful Boy” (Partnership for Drug-Free Kids)

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