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Emergency department visits for opioid overdoses rose 30 percent across the United States between July 2016 and September 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

(NPR, March 8) The opioid epidemic that hit rural America hard is now spreading to urban areas.

(Circa, March 8) About a third of patients between 10 and 19 years old (members of so-called Generation Z) are getting their opioid prescriptions from dentists, according to new guidelines for prescribing opioids.

(The Washington Post, February 6) Last fall, the Food and Drug Administration issued an advisory about the deadly risks of the botanical substance kratom. 

(USA Today, February 7) According to a recent report, life expectancy in the U.S. has dropped for the second year in a row. Drugs, alcohol and suicides are behind the decrease.

(CNN, January 17) According to a recent study, the use of weed or tobacco cigarettes is connected to the increased risk of psychotic-like experiences, which could include hallucinations or delusions.

(The Denver Post, January 22) After a couple of unsuccessful anti-weed ad campaigns, it looks like the Colorado Health Department has come up with a good way to get the public to understand the dangers of marijuana use, according to a recent report. 

(USA Today, January 17) A fifth-grader at a New Mexico school gave her classmates gummy bears she did not know were actually her parents’ medicinal marijuana edibles.

(January 25, 2018) Two federal agencies – the Federal Trade Commission and the Food and Drug Administration – recently warned a dozen companies for “illegally marketing unapproved products” that claim to treat opioid addiction and withdrawal, according to a recent press release.  

(January 25, 2018) Can medication be used to treat cocaine addiction?