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High Number of Youths Using Prescription Opioids
November 8, 2019 Pat Anson By Pat Anson, PNN Editor A large new analysis of drug use by teenagers and young adults in the U.S. has found a surprisingly high level of prescription opioid use. In a survey of over 56,000 youths, researchers found that 21% of teens and 32% of young adults said they had…
Study Finds Only 1.3% of Overdose Victims Had Opioid Prescription
October 18, 2019 By Pat Anson, PNN Editor It’s long been a popular belief that prescription opioids fueled the nation’s opioid crisis and play a major role in overdose deaths. The CDC’s 2016 opioid guideline says as much. “Sales of opioid pain medication have increased in parallel with overdose deaths,” the guideline states. “Having a…
Is the DEA Branching Out Into Regulating Medicine?
September 23, 2019 10:22AM By Jeffrey A. Singer The Drug Enforcement Administration, having virtually eliminated the diversion of prescription pain relievers into the underground market for nonmedical users, appears to be setting its sights on regulating the medical management of pain, a mission not suited for law enforcement. Acting under the authority of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention…
Letter: Prescriptions aren’t the problem
BILL MURPHY Edward J. Roy Dr. Manchester Aug 29, 2019 Updated Aug 29, 2019 Prescriptions aren’t the problem To the Editor: Doctors “over-prescribing” opioids did not cause our “drug crisis.” In New Hampshire, over 93 percent of the 470 drug overdose deaths in 2018 were caused by illicit drugs: fentanyl, heroin, meth, etc., not prescription…
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