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New business model: treat rural addicts

One of the most effective, new tools in the battle against opiate addiction is Suboxone, the FDA-approved medication that helps recovering addicts by blocking cravings. However, access to Suboxone has...

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28 Wisconsin counties sue opiate manufacturers

In recent months, more than 25 other states, cities, and counties, including attorneys general in Ohio and Missouri, have filed lawsuits against manufacturers of opioid pain medications, alleging they...

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Researchers: stronger pot raises strong concerns

The marijuana people smoke today is much stronger than the drug they inhaled in the 1970s or 80s. Researchers say the potency of the most widely used illicit drug in the western world has tripled in...

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New college group sounds “S.O.S.” for campus opiate epidemic

After losing a close friend to an opiate overdose a few months ago, college students Gerald Fraas and Jonah Wendt wanted to take action to prevent future deaths. In September, Fraas (University of...

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Wisconsin going ahead with plan to drug test welfare recipients

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is going ahead with his plan to make Wisconsin the first state to drug test able-bodied adults applying for food stamps. Other states’ attempts to do so have been...

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Colorado’s largest treatment provider closes doors

Tuesday, January 2 was the last day of operation for Arapahoe House in Denver, Colo., the state’s largest provider of substance use disorder treatment. Arapahoe House, which has been providing care...

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Purdue Pharma will stop marketing opioids to physicians

Purdue Pharma, manufacturer of the potent painkiller OxyContin, said it will stop marketing opioid drugs to physicians, in the face of lawsuits blaming the company for helping to cause the opiate...

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Senators introduce update, expansion of Addiction and Recovery Act

A bipartisan group of eight U.S. senators has introduced an update to the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, which became law in 2016. Among its provisions, CARA 2.0 would authorize $1 billion...

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House committee investigating patient brokers

A House committee investigating patient brokering in the addiction treatment industry announced Tuesday it has sent letters to eight call aggregators, businesses who connect people seeking treatment to...

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DOJ report: Purdue Pharma knew about early OxyContin abuse

Last week, the New York Times published a confidential Justice Department report showing drug maker Purdue Pharma  knew about “significant” OxyContin abuse in the painkiller’s earliest years on the...

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