Naloxone Rescue Before Prince’s Death Highlights Challenge of Overdose Antidote - Partnership for Drug-Free Kids

Naloxone Rescue Before Prince’s Death Highlights Challenge of Overdose Antidote - Partnership for Drug-Free Kids: The news that Prince was rescued from an overdose of the painkiller Percocet with the drug naloxone six days before he died underscores the challenge of using the life-saving tool, public health experts tell The Wall Street Journal.

Insurance Plans Not Covering Necessary Services for People with Addiction: Report - Partnership for Drug-Free Kids

Insurance Plans Not Covering Necessary Services for People with Addiction: Report - Partnership for Drug-Free Kids: A new report finds insurance plans around the country are not covering the necessary services for people with addiction. The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse reviewed addiction benefits offered in the 2017 Essential Health Benefits benchmark plans and found more than two-thirds violate the Affordable Care Act.

FDA: Abuse or Misuse of Anti-Diarrhea Drug Can Cause Heart Problems and Death - Partnership for Drug-Free Kids

FDA: Abuse or Misuse of Anti-Diarrhea Drug Can Cause Heart Problems and Death - Partnership for Drug-Free Kids: The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Tuesday that taking higher-than-recommended doses of the over-the-counter diarrhea drug loperamide (Imodium) can cause serious heart problems that can lead to death. There have been a growing number of reports of people using the drug to manage their opioid addiction or to get high.

DEA Increasingly Alarmed Over Illicit Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Drugs - Partnership for Drug-Free Kids

DEA Increasingly Alarmed Over Illicit Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Drugs - Partnership for Drug-Free Kids: The Drug Enforcement Administration has become increasingly alarmed over the proliferation of illicit fentanyl and other synthetic drugs, the acting head of the agency told a Senate committee Tuesday.

Senators: Allow Doctors to Treat 500 Patients at a Time With Buprenorphine - Partnership for Drug-Free Kids

Senators: Allow Doctors to Treat 500 Patients at a Time With Buprenorphine - Partnership for Drug-Free Kids: A group of senators is urging the Department of Health and Human Services to raise the number of patients a doctor can treat with the opioid addiction medication buprenorphine to 500, The Huffington Post reports.

U.S. Efforts to Eliminate Cocaine in Colombia a Bad Return on Investment: Study - Partnership for Drug-Free Kids

U.S. Efforts to Eliminate Cocaine in Colombia a Bad Return on Investment: Study - Partnership for Drug-Free Kids: Two anti-cocaine efforts in Colombia, funded by American taxpayers, were not cost-effective, according to an analysis by two economists. The interventions “are inefficient and socially costly ways of reducing drug consumption,” they conclude.