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...
View Article28 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...
View ArticleResearchers: 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...
View ArticleNew 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...
View ArticleWisconsin 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...
View ArticleColorado’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...
View ArticlePurdue 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...
View ArticleSenators 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...
View ArticleHouse 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...
View ArticleDOJ 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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