by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2018/05/14/sports-betting-rise-gambling-addiction/608989002/ Josh Peter, USA TODAY Sports Arnie Wexler, former executive director of the Council for Compulsive Gambling, predicts a severe rise in gambling addiction as a result of...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/5/10/17256572/opioid-epidemic-virginia-medicaid-expansion-arts Virginia shows how Medicaid can help end the opioid crisis. By German Lopez@germanrlopezgerman.lopez@vox.com May 10, 2018, 6:00am EDT Photographs by Julia...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/crippling-stigma-drug-addiction-article-1.3971945 By DR. JESSICA GREGG In the grip (sanchairat/Getty Images/iStockphoto) I treat addiction for a living. My patients are often admitted to the hospital after inadvertently injecting...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-meek-mill-detail-struggle-with-opioid-addiction-w519812 By Brittany Spanos Meek Mill spoke candidly about his history with opioid addiction during a press conference with Pennsylvania’s governor. Meek Mill, Jay-Z...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/Abstract/publishahead/Medical_Marijuana_Users_are_More_Likely_to_Use.99476.aspx Caputi, Theodore, L., BS; Humphreys, Keith, PhD Objectives: Previous studies have found a negative population-level correlation...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Opioid addiction treatment helps HIV+ patients stay on meds AMY XIONG APR 27, 2018 STAFF REPORTER Extended-release naltrexone — an FDA-approved treatment for opioid use disorder — may improve treatment outcomes for HIV-positive people released from prison or jail who...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.npr.org/2018/05/06/608868114/san-francisco-to-vote-on-ban-of-flavored-e-cigarettes-and-tobacco SHIA LEVITT San Francisco tried to ban candy-flavored vape cigarettes, but a tobacco industry-funded campaign has put that ban on the ballot for public vote....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/14/the-promise-of-vaping-and-the-rise-of-juul By Jia Tolentino “Smoking is gross,” a high schooler said. “Juuling is really what’s up.” Photograph by Elizabeth Renstrom for The New Yorker If I get addicted to vaping, I...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/05/02/west-virginia-opioids-immigrant-doctor-solution-218118 By BRIANNA EHLEY Craig Hudson for POLITICO Magazine LETTER FROM WEST VIRGINIA The Immigrant Doctor Who’s Solving West Virginia’s Opioids Crisis A data-driven...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.asam.org/resources/publications/asam-weekly/asam-weekly-editorial-comment This past weekend, I participated in several graduation events, with graduates of all stripes: Bachelors, Masters, PhD, MD. We do not have dental or osteopathic graduates here, our...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/02/magazine/money-issue-insys-opioids-kickbacks.html BY EVAN HUGHES ILLUSTRATIONS BY FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLAMAY 2, 2018 INSYS THERAPEUTICS PAID MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO DOCTORS. THE COMPANY CALLED IT A “SPEAKER PROGRAM,” BUT...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/28/opioid-epidemic-selects-white-victim-black-addict Brian Broome is an MFA fellow at the University of Pittsburgh Amid the opioid epidemic, white means victim, black means addict Opioids crisis Guardian Selects America’s...
