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Doctor-Targeted Marketing Linked With Rise in Deaths From Opioid Overdoses Increased marketing of opioid drugs to doctors is associated with higher opioid prescribing rates and higher rates of overdose deaths, according to a new study. Read More FDA Holds Hearing on Drug Therapies to Help Youth Quit E-Cigarettes The U.S. Food and Drug Administration held a hearing last week to consider the potential role of drug therapies in helping teens quit e-cigarettes, CNN reports. Read More   Many Treatment Centers Do Not Offer Medication to Treat Opioid Addiction A new study finds only 36 percent of outpatient facilities that treat substance use disorder offer medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend FDA Takes Step to Allow Drug Companies to Sell Naloxone Without Prescription The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has taken a step to make it easier for companies that make the opioid overdose antidote naloxone to sell the drug without a prescription, CNBC reports. Read More Motor Vehicle Crashes Up 6 Percent in Four States With Legalized Marijuana Motor vehicle crashes are up 6 percent in four states with legalized recreational marijuana, compared with four neighboring states where the drug is illegal or restricted, according to Consumer Reports. Read More Other Headlines of Interest Fatal opioid overdoses by state (USA Today) ‘I’m trying not to die right now’: Why opioid-addicted patients are still searching for help (Politico) Beer lobby struggles with shutdown (The Hill) Addictive Drugs Should Not be Marketed, Period (Tonic) Inside Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Plan to Legalize Weed in New York (Rolling Stone) Babies of the opioid crisis face lifetime of health problems (NBC News) Is Medically Prescribed Heroin the Answer to the Opioid Crisis? (Healthline) Trump Says That His Wall Will Stop Opioids—Two High-Profile Legal Cases Suggest That He’s Wrong (The New Yorker) Emergency rooms open new paths for opioid overdose survivors (USA Today) Teen smoking was almost eliminated. Then came the vapes (Salon) Why 2019 Could Be Marijuana’s Biggest Year Yet (Politico) CBS rejects Super Bowl ad on benefits of medical marijuana (USA Today) California Doctors Alarmed As State Links Their Opioid Prescriptions to Deaths (NPR) Here’s Why Anne Hathaway Is Giving Up Alcohol (Vogue) Inside the Specialized 'Recovery' High Schools Designed Just for Teens With Addiction (Time) Blog: Encouraging Kids to Communicate: An Excerpt from the New Book HIGH by David and Nic Sheff (Center on Addiction)

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