Tuesday, March 23, 2021

In the News: Drug Overdose Death Rates Higher in Urban Areas

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Drug Overdose Death Rates Higher in Urban Areas
 

Drug Overdose Death Rates Higher in Urban Areas

Drug overdose death rates were higher in urban counties than in rural counties from 2016 to 2019, a new government report finds. Read More

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Young Women Driving Increase in Deaths from Alcoholic Liver Disease

Young Women Driving Increase in Deaths from Alcoholic Liver Disease

Cases of alcoholic liver disease have risen sharply over the last year. Young women are driving the rise in deaths from the disease, experts tell NPR. Read More

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Calls to Smoker Quitlines Plunged During the Pandemic

Calls to Smoker Quitlines Plunged During the Pandemic

Calls to smoker quitlines plummeted 27% in 2020, according to the North American Quitline Consortium. Pandemic-related stress and anxiety are likely to blame, the group said. Read More

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Almost Half of Parents Say Pandemic Has Affected Teen Mental Health

A new poll finds 46% of parents say the pandemic has adversely affected their teen’s mental health, CNN reports. Read More

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24 Attorneys General Object to Purdue Pharma Proposed Bankruptcy Plan

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma filed a bankruptcy plan this week that would pay $500 million in cash to settle hundreds of thousands of injury claims linked to the company’s role in the nation’s opioid crisis. A group of state attorneys general immediately rejected the plan, NPR reports. Read More

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Other Headlines of Interest

Former NFL running back Montee Ball says alcoholism cost him his career. He's now helping others avoid that fate. (Insider)

Alcohol made me so anxious, I quit booze for good (Cosmopolitan)

Opinion: Addiction and behavioral health care workers should have access to Covid-19 testing and vaccines (STAT)

Suburban Mother Spreads Awareness of Substance Abuse to Honor Son (NBC Chicago)

New York Lawmakers Ready to Act on Pot With or Without Cuomo (Bloomberg Law)

Judge rejects New York counties' challenge to state opioid deal with McKinsey (Reuters)

'What in the world is going on?': Fareed looks at the opioid crisis (CNN)

New wave of bars creates buzz without the booze (Associated Press)

U.S. states look to pot to undo harm of racially biased drug laws (Reuters)

The Data On Legalizing Weed (NPR)

Opioid overdoses in the US are surging, and it's hitting the people most vulnerable to the pandemic (Insider)

 

 
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