Two years after passing legislation to limit pharmaceutical companies from flooding the market with painkillers, two Senators are now urging the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to adjust opioid ...
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The U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) said it has seen a 64 percent reduction in the use of prescription opioids for patients over the past eight years. According to a statement by the VA, ...
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Adolescents who use e-cigarettes have double the risk of smoking traditional cigarettes, according to a recent European study. Between 2013 and 2018, e-cigarette use in young people spiked from 5 p...
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Four U. S. Senators have introduced legislation that hopes to reduce and prevent suicide, burnout and mental health/behavioral health conditions among health care professionals during the COVID-19 pan...
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The Task Force for Global Health’s Public Health Informatics Institute (PHII) recently launched a project that aims to improve health outcomes of mothers and babies who suffer from opioid addiction....
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A new bill introduced by U.S. Reps. Filemon Vela (D-TX) and Alex Mooney (R-WV), the Saving America’s Future by Educating Kids (SAFE) Kids Act, proposes to allow the development and use of an evidenc...
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The Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE), an organization working to find solutions to the opioid crisis, recently awarded a grant of more than $550,000 to Michigan State University and the U...
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The Trump Administration’s Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) said Monday its latest report shows the program is continuing to reduce youth substance use. In the 2020 Drug-Free Commu...
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Rep. Madeline Dean (D-PA) announced Friday that she was introducing legislation to eliminate cost-sharing for opioid treatment and recovery support. The legislation, called the MORE Savings Act, m...
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A national medical organization’s focus group on the opioid epidemic issued a list of policies and procedures Friday to protect the health of substance use disorder patients in the midst of the COVI...
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U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced a bill Wednesday that they hope will improve mental health crisis care and reduce suicide. The Crisis Care Improvement and Suicide P...
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Healthcare professionals should discuss the availability of naloxone with patients and caregivers, both when beginning and renewing treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), according to the U.S. Food ...
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U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Cory Gardner (R-CO) introduced legislation Wednesday that would direct states to use five percent of their Mental Health Block Grants for crisis care services. On...
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In a bicameral bill, two Congressmen hope to address the opioid crisis through a wide range of initiatives. U. S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA) introduced the Addiction P...
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As cases of COVID-19 continue to rise across the country, millions of Americans face an unparalleled health insurance crisis. The economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to job losses fo...
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Legislation aimed at bolstering federal aid for local suicide crisis centers has advanced out of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce to the House floor for consideration, said U.S. Rep. Jo...
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The House Energy and Commerce Committee recently advanced two bipartisan bills focused on suicide prevention. The National Suicide Hotline Designation Act would designate “9-8-8” nationwide as ...
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Policymakers should support measures expanding access to evidence-based opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment for the incarcerated, according to an American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) public p...
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Recently released data indicates that overdose deaths in 2019 rose past the peak of overdose deaths in America seen in 2017. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) said on Wednesday that preliminary data from th...
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A bill introduced in the U.S. House would provide temporary flexibility in the Drug Free Communities (DFC) Support Program during the pandemic. The DFC program supports community-based coalitions t...
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