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1-25-2018

The Trump Administration is planning to cut more than $340 million from the budget of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, CBS News reports.
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants will now be eligible to prescribe and dispense the opioid addiction treatment buprenorphine from their office, Reuters reports.
Teens who use e-cigarettes are at higher risk of transitioning to smoking conventional cigarettes than their peers who don’t use vaping devices, a new report concludes.
Former Democratic Representative Patrick Kennedy, a member of President Trump’s Opioid Commission, said the Republican-led Congress has turned the group’s work into a “charade” and a “sham,” CNN reports.
The National Governors Association called on President Trump and Congress to provide more funds and coordination to fight the opioid epidemic.