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Opinion: Surgeons give patients too many opioids. A few simple steps could curb excess prescribing
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 3 days agoSome efforts to curb opioid prescribing have shown promise, including prescription drug monitoring...
Study Finds Lower Opioid Prescription Rates in Areas with Cannabis Dispensaries Nearby
High Times· 4 days agoThe results of a recent study found that closer proximity to cannabis dispensaries in a community leads to a lower rate of opioid prescription. Steven J. Dundas of Oregon ...
Risk Factors for Opioid Use Disorder: Personal, Social, and More
Healthline· 7 days agoWhen patterns of opioid use cause significant distress or impairment, you may be experiencing opioid...
Opioid Use Disorder vs. Dependence: Similarities, Differences
Healthline· 6 days agoPhysical dependence is where your body requires opioids to prevent withdrawal. OUD involves an...
Former drug users to help prevent heroin overdoses in Plymouth
BBC News· 13 hours agoA team of former drug users has been trained up to try and stop people in Plymouth dying after using...
Pain-Pill Use Fell As Medical-Cannabis Use Grew, Report Says
Mississippi Free Press· 4 days agoFor years, Elizabeth used prescription pain medicine to relieve her symptoms from her rare and...
Drug overdoses surge in some states: 5 takeaways on numbers that 'are people's lives,' expert says
Fox News· 7 days agoNewly released figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate a...
Are Canada's Safer Supply Programs in Jeopardy?
Medscape· 7 days agoAt safe supply sites, at the discretion of healthcare practitioners, opioids, stimulants, or benzodiazepines may be prescribed as alternatives to toxic...
DeSantis' 2024-25 budget gives a high priority to health care measures
WUSF 89.7· 7 days agoThis year’s legislative session flew under the banner of “Live Healthy," the name given to four...
Growth management, opioid plans head to Carson supervisors
Nevada Appeal· 3 days agoBefore evaluating how best to combat opioid use in the community, the Carson City Board of Supervisors will review a resolution Thursday to set the maximum number of residential building permits ...