Category: Alcohol And Drug Abuse

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Anchor lead: Why is the FDA sounding warnings about the herbal supplement kratom? Elizabeth Tracey reports Kratom is an herbal supplement sold mostly over the internet that is much in the news lately, with the FDA insisting it’s an opioid. …

March 2, 2018 – Kratom and FDA Read more »

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Anchor lead: What’s the best way to handle the opioid crisis? Elizabeth Tracey reports Fewer opioid medications are being prescribed, that much is certain, but have deaths relative to opioid overdose declined? The most recent data haven’t yet shown such …

February 6, 2018 – Managing Crisis Read more »

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Anchor lead: How should opioids be used when someone has surgery? Elizabeth Tracey reports Opioid medications are addictive. But they’re also effective for relieving severe pain. Now a study in the BMJ concludes that careful management of opioids in this …

February 5, 2018 – Few Opioids Read more »

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Anchor lead: Should the US follow the lead of other countries in destigmatizing drug use? Elizabeth Tracey reports Portugal is being put forward as a model for decreasing opioid addiction and overdose death, where destigmatization is the linchpin along with …

October 25, 2017 – Destigmatizing Read more »

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Anchor lead: What would be helpful about declaring opioid overdoses a national emergency? 64,000 people dead from opioid overdoses last year. Those are the dire statistics, and Eric Strain, a drug abuse expert at Johns Hopkins, says their impact is …

October 24, 2017 – Opioid Impact Read more »