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U.S. Death Rates Decline, In Part Due to Drop in Fatal Drug Overdoses Death rates in the United States have declined for the first time since 2014, in part due to the drop in fatal drug overdoses, NPR reports. Read More House Passes Bill to Temporarily Extend DEA Ban on Variants of Fentanyl The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill this week that would extend the Drug Enforcement Administration’s ban on variants of fentanyl for another 15 months. Read More   Surgeon General Warns Too Many Smokers Not Routinely Advised to Quit In a new report on smoking cessation, the U.S. Surgeon General says 40% of smokers are not routinely counseled by their physicians to quit. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend 1% of Health Providers Prescribe Almost Half of All Opioid Doses: Study Just 1% of health care providers accounted for nearly half of all opioid doses and 27% of all opioid prescriptions in 2017, according to a new study. Read More Federal Government Failed to Protect Youth From Flavored Tobacco Products: Report The federal government has repeatedly failed to take action to protect youth from flavored tobacco products, according to a new report by the American Lung Association. Read More Other Headlines of Interest Opinion: Are we making progress or stuck in neutral with the opioid crisis? (The Hill) Opinion: How to fend off the next drug crisis (Newsday) Could You Save a Life From Opioid Overdose? (HealthDay) A Toast To The Sober Curious (WGBH) Pulled Apart by Addiction (The New York Times) How to Break an Addiction (Slate) Disposable E-Cigarettes, Sweet and Fruity, Escape FDA Restrictions (The Wall Street Journal) ‘Four Good Days’ is another cookie-cutter addiction movie (New York Post) Opinion: Weaponizing Truth Against Opioids (The New York Times) Insys founder Kapoor sentenced to 66 months in prison for opioid scheme (Reuters) Confiscated California vape pens contained dangerous additives, regulators say (USA Today) Feds say this SF firm pushed opioids with a pop-up. Now it’s paying the price (San Francisco Chronicle) Lena Dunham says she ‘didn’t want to live’ amid prescription drug addiction (Page Six) Dogs, the other victims of the opioid crisis (National Geographic) In Addiction Recovery, a Matter of the Mind (U.S. News & World Report)

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