News Top Drug & Alcohol News of the Week   Drug Overdose Deaths Reach 70,000 in U.S., Setting New Record A new government report finds more than 70,000 people in the United States died of drug overdoses last year, setting a new record. Read More More Than 20 Percent of High School Students Use E-Cigarettes More than three million U.S. high school students—20.8 percent—use e-cigarettes, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read More   Naloxone Maker Increased Price of Drug More Than 600 Percent: Senate Report Naloxone maker Kaleo exploited the opioid crisis by increasing the price of its drug EVZIO by more than 600 percent, according to a Senate subcommittee report. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend Federal Judge Rules Man Facing Jail Sentence Cannot be Denied Access to Methadone A federal judge has ruled that a Massachusetts man facing a jail sentence cannot be denied methadone to treat his opioid addiction. Read More Meth-Related Hospitalizations Skyrocketing in the United States Hospitalizations due to methamphetamine use have risen sharply in the United States, NBC News reports. Read More Other Headlines of Interest The Price of Cool: A Teenager, a Juul and Nicotine Addiction (The New York Times) Blog: How to Talk With Your Kids About Vaping [GUIDE] (Partnership for Drug-Free Kids) Opinion: The FDA’s new tobacco rules are a victory for public health (The Washington Post) California Fire Hits ‘Rehab Riviera,’ Putting Addiction Care in Jeopardy (The New York Times) Opioid Industry Fights Efforts to Make It Pay for Crisis (The Wall Street Journal) America’s Health-Care System Is Making the Opioid Crisis Worse (The Atlantic) Fixes for the US drinking problem are hard to sell (USA Today) Rhode Island Prisons Push To Get Inmates The Best Treatment For Opioid Addiction (NPR) Homeless people are synthetic drugs’ latest victims. This activist has had enough. (The Washington Post) This City’s Overdose Deaths Have Plunged. Can Others Learn From It? (The New York Times) One of the biggest challenges of kicking addiction is getting and keeping a job (The Washington Post) Alcohol is killing more people, and younger. The biggest increases are among women (USA Today) Quitting alcohol can be deadly: Hundreds in the US die each year (USA Today) Amanda Bynes Opens Up About Drug Abuse, "Dark, Sad World" After Retiring From Acting (Hollywood Reporter) First lady Melania Trump calls opioid epidemic 'worst drug crisis in history' (USA Today) Florida Sues Walgreens, CVS, Alleging They Added To State's Opioid Crisis (Associated Press)   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 |