Medications
Stigma continues to hamper response to opioid epidemic
Efforts to reverse the nation's opioid epidemic remain beset by the stigma associated with drug use, a group of OHSU researchers write in a year-end review.
Jan 10, 2018
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U.S. life expectancy drops as opioid deaths surge
(HealthDay)—The opioid epidemic continues to chip away at the average American life span, federal health officials reported Thursday.
Dec 21, 2017
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Baby-boomers and millennials more afflicted by the opioid epidemic
Baby-boomers, those born between 1947 and 1964, experienced an excess risk of prescription opioid overdose death and heroin overdose death, according to latest research at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. ...
Nov 21, 2017
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Researchers struggle to turn the tide of the opioid epidemic
The numbers tell the story of the opioid epidemic. And the story is tragic.
Nov 9, 2017
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The opioid epidemic is finally a national emergency – eight years too late
"It has been many long, hard, agonizing battles for the last few years and you fought like a warrior every step of the way. Addiction, however, won the war. To the person who doesn't understand addiction, she is just another ...
Aug 28, 2017
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Addiction
Drug overdose epidemic top cause of US injury deaths
Drug overdoses have reached epidemic levels in the United States where they are the leading cause of injury deaths, surpassing car accidents and gunshots, the Drug Enforcement Administration said Wednesday.
Nov 4, 2015
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Drug overdose epidemic to recede soon
A study by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health is the first to apply Farr's Law on the rise and fall of epidemics to an outbreak that isn't, strictly speaking, infectious in origin: drug overdoses.
Jan 6, 2015
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US health chief says overdose deaths beginning to level off
The number of U.S. drug overdose deaths has begun to level off after years of relentless increases driven by the opioid epidemic, health secretary Alex Azar said Tuesday, cautioning it's too soon to declare victory.
Oct 23, 2018
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NY doctors charged over opioid prescriptions amid epidemic
Prosecutors unveiled charges on Thursday against five New York doctors, a pharmacist and associates for allegedly illegally distributing millions of oxycodone pills and fueling the nation's opioid addiction crisis.
Oct 12, 2018
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