California and New York Propose Prescription Opioid Tax
Recovery advocates in New York and various lawmakers in California are proposing a tax be added to prescription opiates such as OxyContin,…
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Health Agencies Urge Doctors to Prescribe Naloxone
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that “opioid overdoses have quadrupled since 1999, accounting for a record 33,091 deaths…
Study: Buprenorphine May Reduce Mental Pain Related to Suicide
An Israeli study conducted in 2015 and published in The American Journal of Psychiatry found that buprenorphine, a drug normally used to…
Study: Men More Likely to be referred to Detox after ER Visits than Women
A study conducted by researchers at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University found that “men were 2.69 times more likely…
Heroin-Related ER Visits among Millennials on the Rise in California
Emergency room (ER) visits related to heroin have been rising steadily in California among all age groups, but recent statistics have shown…