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Stop Using Fentanyl – CleanSlate Can Help You Safely Recover
WKYT Lexington· 6 days agoWe know the risks of exposure to fentanyl. To safely transition you into recovery while minimizing...
New WA program streamlines access to opioid addiction medications
Crosscut· 1 day agoIn this Nov. 14, 2019, photo, Jon Combes holds his bottle of buprenorphine, a medicine that prevents...
Matthew Perry and the ketamine boom: Expensive, dangerous and very ‘en vogue’
Tampa Bay Times· 3 days agoWhen Los Angeles County medical examiners worked last year to determine how Matthew Perry died, they...
Reforms meant to combat opioids are hampering addiction care | Times News Online
Times News· 3 days agoBuprenorphine, the only drug currently available at pharmacies to treat opioid use disorder, is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain. It’s an unfortunate side effect ...
Opinion | Miami’s Overdose Deaths Are Dropping. What’s the Secret?
New York Times· 5 hours agoMs. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. The force...
WA health officials turn to emergency rooms in fight against opioid epidemic
Oregon Capital Chronicle via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWashington health officials announced a new program to help emergency room clinicians prescribe...
US, Florida overdose fatalities fall but deaths still at ‘historical high’
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 1 day agoYBOR CITY — Colt Baker was the kid who had to jump from the highest step. He broke the most...
How opioid prescriptions to Medicaid patients in Florida stack up
WJXT Jacksonville· 5 hours agoAlmost 20 years after the first wave of opioid overdose deaths in the U.S., more than 75% of drug...
Drug treatment clinic in Rochester, NH one of six to close after doctor's indictment
Foster's Daily Democrat via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThey said they expect emergency departments may see an increase in patients experiencing withdrawal...
Opioid Deaths May Have Peaked. Demand-Side Policies Could Be Working
Forbes· 1 day agoIllicit fentanyl was the primary culprit. The steepest rise in annual overdose deaths occurred from...