Category: Alcohol And Drug Abuse
November 5, 2015 – Marijuana Problems
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Anchor lead: What is happening in the wake of marijuana legalization? Elizabeth Tracey reports More and more people are trying marijuana, new federal data indicate, with another study demonstrating that there are also more people having problems with its use. …
August 21, 2015 – Doc Involvement
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Anchor lead: Physicians are addressing the opioid drug crisis on a number of fronts, Elizabeth Tracey reports Teams of physicians are joining up to create solutions to the prescription opioid medication crisis, the American Medical Association has announced. Eric Strain, …
August 20, 2015 – Naloxone and Opioids
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Anchor lead: Should opioid drugs come with an antidote? Elizabeth Tracey reports There’s an epidemic of prescription opioid overdose in this country, with some experts calling for these potent pain relievers to also come with a dose of an antidote …
January 7, 2015 – Cannabis Availability
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Anchor lead: As more states are decriminalizing marijuana, many experts are sounding a note of warning, Elizabeth Tracey reports Decriminalizing marijuana has already increased the number of high school students in Colorado who’ve tried the drug, with consequences that are …
January 6, 2015 – Heroin Rise
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Anchor lead: Reducing prescriptions for opioids has many turning to heroin, Elizabeth Tracey reports Opioid drug overdose deaths have doubled from 1999 to 2012, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show, with heroin deaths tripling in that …
January 5, 2015 – Naloxone
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Anchor lead: Price gouging for an overdose treatment should be stopped, Elizabeth Tracey reports Naloxone is a generic medication that’s very effective for treating people who have taken an overdose of heroin or other opioids. Now the price of naloxone …