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Top Drug & Alcohol News of the Week   Families Say Trump’s Budget Cuts Run Counter to His Promises to Battle Addiction Family members of young people who have struggled with or died from opioid addiction say President Trump’s budget proposal, which would reduce funding for addiction treatment, runs counter to his promises to help solve the problem, the Associated Press reports. Read More NIH Announces Partnerships With Drug Companies to Create New Addiction Treatments The National Institutes of Health will partner with drug companies to spur research on new treatments for opioid addiction and pain medications that are not addictive, according to The Wall Street Journal. Read More   Drug Thefts at VA Hospitals Continue, Despite New Prevention Efforts Drug thefts by employees at Departments of Veterans Affairs hospitals are continuing, despite new prevention efforts, according to data obtained by the Associated Press. Read More Express Scripts Sues Maker of Injectable Naloxone The prescription management company Express Scripts is suing the maker of the injectable naloxone drug Evzio. The price of the drug, which reverses opioid overdoses, quintupled last year. Read More 35 Percent of Canadian Teens Admit to Riding With Driver Who Had Been Drinking A new study finds more than 35 percent of Canadian high school students admit to having been in a car with a driver who had been drinking, while 20 percent reported ever riding with a driver who had been using marijuana. Read More Other Headlines of Interest More victims of ODs: First responders suffer compassion fatigue (USA Today) How some California drug rehab centers exploit addiction (The Mercury News) Tiger Woods DUI Caused By Prescription Drugs, Not Alcohol (CBS/AP) At this Boston Medical addiction clinic, many of the clients are teens (The Boston Globe) Substance Use Prevention Initiative to Reach all Public Middle Schools in Massachusetts (The Herren Project) Blog: Why I Share My Story as a Father of Sons in Recovery (Partnership for Drug-Free Kids) How to talk to your kids about addiction (Chicago Tribune) Opinion: The GOP's War on Drugs – and Itself (U.S. News & World Report) The Tech Startup Bringing Addiction Recovery To The Workplace Through Science And Design (Forbes) Traveling the world in search of good, sober fun (The Boston Globe)

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