4-19-2018

A new study finds the rise in drug overdose deaths in the United States has contributed to an increase in organ transplants, CNN reports.

Google will once again accept advertising from U.S. addiction treatment centers, Reuters reports. A company based in Portland, Oregon will vet the ads. Last year, Google suspended treatment center ads after it was found many of them were deceptive and misleading.

President Trump’s plan to combat opioid use includes a push to expand medication-assisted treatment, according to the Associated Press.

The Drug Enforcement Administration this week proposed changing rules that govern the amount of prescription opioids that drug manufacturers can produce each year. The changes could sharply reduce the annual production of opioids, Reuters reports.

Almost two-thirds of teens and young adults who use Juul e-cigarettes don’t know they contain nicotine, according to a new study.