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Top Drug & Alcohol News of the Week     Featured News: Tawanda Murray: Revisiting Her Recovery Journey to Help Others Murray, a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist whose work is inspired by personal experience, looks to the past to improve the future for women in recovery. “When I was in recovery programs, I was told what to do but was never asked what I needed.” Read More   McKinsey Affiliate That Runs Addiction Treatment Centers Could Profit From Settlement A $573 million settlement reached between the consulting firm McKinsey & Company and attorneys general, which will go toward opioid treatment, prevention and recovery programs, could financially benefit a hedge fund affiliated with McKinsey, NBC News reports. Read More   Alcohol Use in LGBTQ Community Increasing During Pandemic Several studies suggest alcohol use is on the rise in the LGBTQ community during the pandemic, according to NBC News. Read More       During this time of uncertainty, we're still here to support families.   COVID-19 Resources     Legislators Ask Biden to Let More Doctors Prescribe Buprenorphine A bipartisan group of legislators is asking President Biden to allow more doctors to prescribe buprenorphine to treat opioid addiction, The Washington Post reports. Read More   Study Finds Teen Smoking Unchanged or Increased in 43% of Countries in Last 20 Years A global survey of teen tobacco use found 43% of countries showed no progress in reducing cigarette smoking among 13- to 15-year-olds in the past two decades. Read More Help empower families. Your donation makes a difference.   Donate Now     Other Headlines of Interest Listen now: The Bachelorette’s Zac Clark discusses faking illnesses for narcotics and finding true love Hunter Biden memoir ‘Beautiful Things’ to be published in April, will detail drug addiction and sobriety (CNBC) Opinion: Biden Fumbles Early on Opioid Addiction (The Wall Street Journal) The Lizard Brain: How I Came To Learn that Addiction is a Disease (Variety) Giving Up Alcohol in the Era of Covid-19 (The Wall Street Journal) Mom warns about drug dealers on Snapchat after son, 16, dies from overdose (Today) Abraham Twerski, Who Merged 12 Steps and the Torah, Dies at 90 (The New York Times) In COVID's wake, we need a mandatory mental health curriculum in schools (USA Today) Addiction In The Pandemic: Staying In Treatment While Staying COVID Safe (West Virginia Public Radio) How a powerful corporate consulting firm helped create the opioid epidemic (PBS NewsHour) How to reset your relationship with alcohol beyond Dry January (The Philadelphia Inquirer) Opinion: America’s addiction crisis, compounded by Covid-19, requires immediate action to save lives (STAT)

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