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Addiction Treatment Centers Largely Left Out of Federal COVID-19 Health Funding Addiction treatment centers have been largely excluded from federal COVID-19 health care funding, USA Today reports. Read More FBI Expressed Concern About High Potency of Powerful Prescription Opioid Dsuvia The FBI issued an intelligence bulletin last year expressing concern over the powerful potency of the new prescription opioid Dsuvia, Yahoo News reports. The agency said it “assumes Dsuvia’s high potency will be attractive to criminals seeking to divert and abuse synthetic opioids.” Read More   Some Communities Have Already Shifted Funds From Police to Mental Health Resources Several communities around the country had already shifted some funding from the police into mental health resources before the current calls to “defund the police” arose in the wake of George Floyd’s death, USA Today reports. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend 10% of Americans Use Some Type of Prescription Pain Medication A new government study finds one in 10 U.S. adults used one or more prescription pain medications in the past 30 days, according to HealthDay. Read More Financial Pressures and Social Justice Movement May Spur Marijuana Legalization A combination of financial pressures and social justice initiatives may lead more states to legalize marijuana, CNN reports. Read More Other Headlines of Interest COVID-19: Online and Remote Resources for Addiction Support (Partnership for Drug-Free Kids + Center on Addiction) Probe of Old Drug Cases Raises Questions About 2004 George Floyd Arrest (The New York Times) Opioids, Bribery And Wall Street: The Inside Story Of A Disgraced Drugmaker (Frontline) Former pharmaceutical sales exec says lack of conscience is key to success in selling opioids (60 Minutes) A Native American tribe plans to build an opioid treatment center, but neighbors have vowed to block it (The Washington Post) Drinking Has Surged During The Pandemic. Do You Know The Signs Of Addiction? (NPR) Her Addiction Landed Her in a Prison Segregation Wing. The Man She Says Abused Her Lives Free. (ProPublica) How a Cannabis Expert Spends Her Sundays (The New York Times) Cartels, Chemists, and the Story of Fentanyl in the U.S.(Vice) Opinion: The opioid crisis continues — here's what we need to do (The Hill) A dozen Texas bars temporarily lose alcohol licenses for not following coronavirus protocols (USA Today) Miley Cyrus reveals she's been sober for 6 months now (CNN)

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