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Top Drug & Alcohol News of the Week   Crack Cocaine Increasingly Laced With Fentanyl A Philadelphia hospital is reporting a spike in the number of patients who are being treated in the emergency room for overdoses from crack cocaine laced with fentanyl. Experts say fentanyl is being mixed with a number of drugs, including heroin, cocaine and ketamine. Read More Some Emergency Rooms Have Begun to Offer Addiction Treatment Some emergency rooms in Maryland have begun to offer addiction treatment, The Washington Post reports. Read More   Altria Will No Longer Sell Pod-Style E-Cigarette Devices The tobacco company Altria announced it is pulling its MarkTen and Green Smoke pod-style e-cigarette devices from the market, according to The Wall Street Journal. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend Methamphetamine “Back With a Vengeance”: DEA Agent Methamphetamine use is at an all-time high across the country, according to a Drug Enforcement Administration agent. Read More Teens Who Stop Smoking Marijuana for a Month Improve Their Ability to Learn A new study finds teens who stop smoking marijuana for a month improve their ability to learn, HealthDay reports. Read More Other Headlines of Interest Trump’s ‘Big Dent’ in the Opioid Crisis (The Atlantic) Trump’s DEA Chief Vetted Candidates and Then Took the Job Himself, Riling Police Groups (The Wall Street Journal) A Rural Community Decided To Treat Its Opioid Problem Like A Natural Disaster (NPR) Viral Opioid Obituary — And Police Chief's Response — Show Journey Of Addiction, Resilience (WBUR) Opioid Antidote Can Save Lives, But Deciding When To Use It Can Be Challenging (NPR) Opinion: On Election Day, will two more states go to pot? (USA Today) Pot Is Now Legal In Canada. But Admitting To Using It Can Get You Banned From The U.S. (NPR) Social Stigma Is One Reason The Opioid Crisis Is Hard To Confront (NPR) What If Jackson Maine Had A Different Disease? - An Addiction Doctor's Take On 'A Star Is Born' (Forbes) Opinion: 'A Star is Born': What the movie gets wrong about treatment for alcohol, opioid addiction (USA Today) In Massachusetts, Almost 1 in 20 Adults and Older Kids Abuse Opioids (HealthDay) Writers In Treatment’s 6th Annual New York REEL Recovery Film Festival & Symposium Partnership Resources Featured in “Opioid and Substance Use Prevention Guide” Webinars (Partnership for Drug-Free Kids)

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