News
- Hearing loss before 50 may raise drug abuse risk (Michael McKee, Mark Ilgen, Michelle Meade, Philip Zazove)
- To keep leftover opioids out of harm’s way, give surgery patients special disposal bags, U-M study shows (Chad Brummett, Jennifer Waljee, Mike Englesbe)
- What Oklahoma’s $270 Million Settlement with Purdue Pharma Means for the 1,000-plus Opioid Cases Still Pending (Rebecca Haffajee)
- Opioid prescriptions after plastic surgery tied to long-term use (Chad Brummett)
- New Part D Policies Address Opioid Epidemic (cms.gov)
- New Report Highlights Successful, Cross-Agency Strategies to Address Substance Use Disorder
- HHS releases additional $487 million to states, territories to expand access to effective opioid treatment; 2019 SOR grants will total $1.4 billion
- NIH to Test Experimental Drug to Curb Opioid Cravings
- D.C. officials plan to distribute 76,000 naloxone kits to counter opioid overdoses
- New York Lawsuit Claims Sackler Family Illegally Profited From Opioid Epidemic
- As nation struggles with opioid crisis, workers bring addiction to the job
- White House touts progress in opioid crisis, but health researchers are skeptical
Resources
- Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Save Lives
- 3 interventions to reduce variation in opioid prescribing
- Identifying Safety-Net Resources at Health Centers to Prevent Infectious Disease Transmission Resulting from the Opioid Epidemic
- Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Fentanyl, 2011-2016 (March 2019)
- Opioid Epidemic Toolkit for Local Health Departments
- Opioid prescriptions after plastic surgery tied to long-term use