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White House Drug Control Strategy Aims to Reduce Deaths from Opioid Overdoses The Trump Administration’s new National Drug Control Strategy focuses on reducing deaths from the opioid crisis, CNN reports. Read More Federal Government Sues to Block First U.S. Supervised Injection Site From Opening Federal prosecutors are suing a nonprofit group that wants to open the nation’s first supervised injection facility in Philadelphia, NPR reports. Read More   Use of Cocaine and Marijuana May Contribute to Young Adults’ Stroke Risk Use of cocaine and marijuana may contribute to the risk of stroke in young adults, a new study suggests. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend Reformulated OxyContin Linked to Increase in Hepatitis C Infections A new study links the reformulation of OxyContin to an increase in the spread of hepatitis C. Read More Underage Marijuana Use Common in States Where Drug is Legal Law enforcement agencies in Colorado and Washington, where recreational marijuana is legal, report underage use of the drug is common, a new study finds. Marijuana-impaired driving is also common, HealthDay reports. Read More Other Headlines of Interest Sackler Scion’s Email Reveals Push for High-Dose OxyContin, New Lawsuit Disclosures Claim (The New York Times) Can CBD Treat Opioid Addiction (Consumer Reports) NYC Cracks Down on Businesses Selling CBD-Infused Food and Drinks (The Wall Street Journal) Combating the opioid crisis one doctor at a time (The Washington Post) Want to know where most drugs cross the border? Look at the Border Patrol’s news releases. (The Washington Post) For N.F.L. Retirees, Opioids Bring More Pain (The New York Times) No smoking? Hawaii lawmaker wants to say goodbye to cigarettes forever (USA Today) Blog: Appalachia's Fight to Lessen the Impact of Substance Misuse (Scientific American) Drinking While Pregnant: An Inconvenient Truth (The New York Times) The opioid epidemic is a crisis, but Trump isn’t treating it like one (Vox) Mother Helps Nonprofit Grow After Son's Fatal Overdose (Associated Press) Editorial: Keep e-cigarettes in the hands of those who need them — but out of the hands of minors (The Washington Post) Alphabet's Verily is building a high-tech rehab campus to combat opioid addiction (CNBC) Police seize almost 7,000 pounds of cannabis from a truck. But the company that bought it says it's all legal (CNN)

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