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President’s Commission Recommends Steps for Fighting Opioid Epidemic In July, the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis urged President Trump to declare the nationwide opioid epidemic a national emergency. However, there has been a lack of bold action, and still much more to be done. ... Read More
Volunteers at Pennsylvania Hospital Comfort Drug-Addicted Babies Volunteers at St. Vincent Hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania, are cuddling drug-addicted babies in order to provide comfort as they go through opioid withdrawal. Erie, like many areas throughout the United States, has also experienced a severe increase ... Read More
Florida Governor Announces Plan to Fight Opioid Epidemic On Tuesday, Florida Governor Rick Scott announced his legislative agenda in hopes of fighting the nationwide opioid epidemic, including a three-day cap on pain prescriptions. Similarly, a task force by Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg is proposing ... Read More
CVS Takes Action Against Opioid Abuse CVS is taking serious steps in order to fight the nationwide opioid abuse epidemic, as was announced on Friday. The drug store chain will be implementing their new strategies over the next several months: limiting disbursement of opioid prescriptions over short periods of time, ... Read More
Maryland Opioid Overdose Rates Continue to Worsen Deaths related to opioid overdoses in Harford County, Maryland, surpassed the total for all of 2016 this week. With more than four months left in 2017, the problem is only expected to get worse. As of Tuesday, there were 229 reported overdoses this year, according ... Read More
Opioid Epidemic Causes Overcrowding in Ohio Jail A jail in Marion County, Ohio, is struggling to make room for their large number of inmates, thanks to the national opioid epidemic. The Multi-County Correctional Center, which can hold 202 inmates, is at or over capacity almost every day—there are barely has enough ... Read More
The Opioid Epidemic - What Are Some Doctors Thinking? Amanda recently broke her arm in a horseback riding accident. It was a bad break that required emergency surgery. After the surgery, without asking any questions, the doctor handed her a prescription for Oxycontin. There was no information about the addictive ... Read More
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