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6-14-2018

People with a substance use disorder (SUD) had lower hospitalizations after working with a recovery coach, a study presented at the recent American Society of Addiction Medicine annual meeting suggests. People with a SUD are almost twice as likely to be readmitted to the hospital compared to those without.
A new government report finds suicide rates increased across the country between 1999 and 2016. Increases in the suicide rate were seen across age, gender, race and ethnicity, according to The Washington Post.
Increased regulation of opioids has led to a growing number of sales online, through an underground network of websites known as the “darknet,” Newsweek reports.
New television ads produced by the nonprofit tobacco control group Truth Initiative aim to scare people away from trying opioids.
Law enforcement officials at the state and federal level are aggressively prosecuting fentanyl-related crimes, The Washington Post reports.
Infection with the dangerous bacteria MRSA is on the rise among people who inject drugs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.