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Featured Commentary: Partnership for Drug-Free Kids and Center on Addiction are Merging Both nonprofits have merged to transform how our nation addresses addiction, explains Creighton Drury, CEO at Center on Addiction. Read More Odds of Dying From Opioid Overdose Now Greater Than Vehicle Crash Death Americans are more likely to die of an accidental opioid overdose than a motor vehicle crash for the first time in U.S. history, according to the National Safety Council. Read More   Drug Overdose Deaths Among Middle-Aged Women Soar Drug overdose deaths among women ages 30 to 64 more than tripled between 1999 and 2017, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend Program Helps Pay Back Student Loans for Some Addiction Treatment Providers A new federal program will help pay back student loans for addiction treatment providers who are willing to work in high-need, underserved areas, according to U.S. News & World Report. Read More Critics Question Motives of Juul Labs’ New TV Ad Campaign Juul Labs has launched a $10 million TV ad campaign that aims to convince smokers to switch to the company’s popular vaping device for health reasons. The company’s attempt to become a public-health crusader is drawing skepticism from critics, according to The New York Times. Read More Rise in Meth Overdoses Highlights Need for Treatment Options The rate of methamphetamine overdose deaths is rising, but there are no drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat meth addiction, Kaiser Health News reports. Read More Other Headlines of Interest Prosecutor: Drug Maker Pushed OxyContin Despite Danger Signs (The New York Times) The Best Rx for Teens Addicted to Vaping? No One Knows (U.S. News & World Report) Why vaping is so dangerous for teens (CNN) Can Anyone Look Cuul Smoking a Juul? (GQ) Samuel L. Jackson Talks Past Struggle with Crack Abuse: 'I'd Been Getting High Since ... 15, 16' (People) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez finds a Republican ally for legal pot (CNN) Do drug treatment facilities really lower property values? Finally, an answer (MarketWatch) Is Kratom Nature’s Answer to Opioids? (The New York Times) Mass drug overdose in California kills 1 person and leaves 12 more hospitalized (CNN) How to leave money to a family member with an addiction (MarketWatch) The Reasonable Way to View Marijuana’s Risks (The New York Times) Protecting babies born to opioid abusers: Is there an app for that? (The Washington Post) Fraction of US outpatient treatment centers offer medication for opioid addiction (EurekAlert) 'It doesn't get easier': Mom reflects on daughter's opioid overdose death 2 years later (ABC News) Are Narcan parties real? 'Sounds like something for Hollywood,' addiction expert says (USA Today) Medical marijuana goes on sale in Ohio, as some hope it may ease state's opioid epidemic (NBC News) America’s Opioid Crisis: Access to Medication-Assisted Treatment in Cities Webcast 1/25 (Pew Trusts)

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