Top headlines of the week from Friday, January 29- Thursday, February 4, 2016.
President Obama is asking for more than $1 billion in new funding to address the opioid epidemic, USA Today reports. The funding would expand access to treatment for prescription drug abuse and heroin use.
Top headlines of the week from Friday, January 22- Thursday, January 28, 2016.
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Top headlines of the week from Friday, December 11- Thursday, December 17, 2015.
About 100 jails and prisons nationwide are providing departing inmates with Vivitrol, a drug that treats opioid addiction, to reduce rates of addiction and reincarceration, The Boston Globe reports.
Top headlines of the week from Friday, December 4- Thursday, December 10, 2015.
An approach to dealing with addiction that engages families is gaining ground, The Boston Globe reports. Through Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT), family members motivate loved ones to seek help for addiction.
A growing number of the elderly are becoming addicted to prescription painkillers, experts tell U.S. News & World Report. Caretakers and doctors often fail to spot the signs of addiction in older patients.
Top headlines of the week from Friday, November 20- Thursday, December 3, 2015.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse will award $100,000 to researchers who develop apps for addiction research, according to Fortune. The apps must be built using Apple’s medical research framework.
Top headlines of the week from Friday, November 13- Thursday, November 19, 2015.
Top headlines of the week from Friday, November 6- Thursday, November 12, 2015.
A number of Republican presidential candidates are talking about substance abuse on the campaign trail, according to The Washington Post. They are telling personal stories that are gaining a lot of media attention.
Top headlines of the week from Friday, October 30- Thursday, November 5, 2015.
Top headlines of the week from Friday, October 23- Thursday, October 29, 2015.
President Obama visited West Virginia on Wednesday, a state ravaged by one of the deadliest epidemics in the nation, to talk with leaders and listen to parents who have lost, or who have nearly lost, children to addiction, reported The New York Times.
Top headlines of the week from Friday, October 16- Thursday, October 22, 2015.
Top headlines of the week from Friday, October 9- Thursday, October 14, 2015.
A new study finds 80 percent of people with an opioid addiction are not receiving treatment. The study examined addiction treatment rates over the past decade, when heroin overdose deaths quadrupled.
Top headlines of the week from Friday, October 2- Thursday, October 8, 2015.
A rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. to draw attention to the problem of addiction drew thousands of people Sunday, The Washington Post reports. The event, called UNITE to Face Addiction, included government officials and celebrities.
Top headlines of the week from Friday, September 25- Thursday, October 1, 2015.
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