News Top Drug & Alcohol News of the Week PLEASE NOTE: We are taking a publishing hiatus for the remainder of December and will resume service Thursday, January 3. Happy holidays and thank you for your readership!   Fentanyl Most Commonly Used Drug Involved in Overdose Deaths Fentanyl was involved in almost 29 percent of all overdose deaths in 2016, making it the most commonly used drug involved in overdose fatalities, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read More Heroin, Oxycodone and Cocaine Are the Most Expensive Addictive Substances: Study A new study that looks at the long-term costs of addiction finds heroin, oxycodone and cocaine rank as the top three most expensive substances. Each addiction costs more than a million dollars to support over a 50-year period, CNBC reports. Read More   Review of Medically Supervised Drug Use Facilities Finds Mixed Results A review of medically supervised drug consumption facilities finds no clear answer about whether they lower a community’s rate of drug overdose deaths, The Washington Post reports. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend Study Highlights Risk of Combining Opioid Painkillers with Other Medications A new study finds one-fourth of people who take prescription opioid painkillers for long periods are at risk of an overdose from unsafe combinations of prescription medication. Read More Tobacco and Alcohol Companies Moving into the Marijuana Business Tobacco and alcohol companies are starting to move into the cannabis business, The New York Times reports. Read More Other Headlines of Interest How Do You Recover After Millions Have Watched You Overdose? (The New York Times) Google Searches Could Predict Heroin Overdoses (Scientific American) For One Rural Community, Fighting Addiction Started With Recruiting The Right Doctor (NPR) Patrick Kennedy: Parity Still Needed for Mental Health, Addiction Care (U.S. News & World Report) Children of the nation's drug crisis face long-term health effects (CBS News) Marijuana education or illegal drug-selling? Instagram’s not sure. (The Washington Post) Is America Ready For Prescription Heroin? (NPR) Blog: The Forgotten Addiction (Psychology Today) Emergency rooms once offered little for drug users. That’s starting to change (The Boston Globe) Older Americans Are Flocking to Medical Marijuana (The New York Times) Shaken not slurred: James Bond had ‘a severe chronic alcohol problem,’ public health experts say (The Washington Post) Nurse Denied Life Insurance Because She Carries Naloxone (NPR) One month of abstinence from cannabis improves memory in adolescents, young adults (Massachusetts General Hospital) Did Free Pens Cause the Opioid Crisis? (The Atlantic) One month of abstinence from cannabis improves memory in adolescents, young adults (Massachusetts General Hospital) How a New Hampshire Museum Is Using Art to Reach Families Affected by the Opioid Crisis (Smithsonian Magazine) Pennsylvania’s recovery month events and PRO-A's recent 20th year anniversary celebration/service awards (Pennsylvania Recovery Organizations-Alliance)   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 |