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Top Drug & Alcohol News of the Week   Addiction Experts: Increasing Buprenorphine Availability Outweighs Diversion Risk Making the opioid addiction medication buprenorphine more widely available outweighs the risk the drug will be diverted, addiction experts tell NPR. President Trump is expected to sign a bill that would increase access to the medication. Read More Americans Are Divided on Harms and Benefits of E-Cigarettes A new poll finds Americans are divided about the risks and benefits of e-cigarettes. Read More   Insurers Aren’t Promoting Alternatives to Opioids Enough for Back Pain: Study Private and public insurers aren’t doing enough to promote alternatives to opioids for back pain, according to a new study. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend Fatal Doses of Fentanyl Increasingly Found in Counterfeit Medications Counterfeit drugs sold online are increasingly being laced with fatal doses of fentanyl, The Wall Street Journal reports. Read More Blue Cross of Massachusetts Pilot Program Provides Naloxone Training Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts announced a pilot program that will train people to use the opioid overdose antidote naloxone, The Boston Globe reports. Read More Other Headlines of Interest Evaluating The Promise And Potential Of The Parity Act On Its Tenth Anniversary (Health Affairs) Ben Affleck opens up about battle with alcohol addiction (CNN) A Couple's Tough Trek Back From Opioid Addiction (HealthDay) Brett Kavanaugh's college drinking culture never went away. Young men like me still feel that pressure to conform. (NBC News) The Health 202: Jerry Brown vetoes bill to allow nation's first safe injection site (The Washington Post) Congress Is Getting Frustrated With the White House’s Pot Policy (Rolling Stone) Retraining Workers for New Jobs and New Lives After Prison and Addiction (The New York Times) How Fentanyl Is Contaminating America’s Cocaine Supply (Rolling Stone) Trapped by the ‘Walmart of Heroin’ (The New York Times) 'Come And Arrest Me': Former Pa. Governor Defies Justice Department On Safe Injection (NPR) MADD points out dangers of underage drinking after LeBron James says his sons drink wine (USA Today) Deep Systemic Change: My 10 Steps to Transform Addiction Treatment (Filter)

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