by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
As drug deaths mount, lawmakers pursue ambitious approach for treating addiction in Maine By Meg Haskell It’s hardly a rapid solution to a deadly epidemic that last year claimed 418 Maine lives, but lawmakers and advocates in Augusta moved closer this week to...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180314145034.htm Source:Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Samir S. Soneji, PhD The popularity of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) has grown rapidly in the United States over the past decade. E-cigarettes may help...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/what-does-it-mean-when-we-call-addiction-a-brain-disorder/?wt.mc=SA_Twitter-Share By Nora D. Volkow Credit: jkt_de Morguefile As a young scientist in the 1980s, I used then-new imaging technologies to look at the...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://news.doximity.com/entries/11612578?authenticated=false J. WESLEY BOYD, MD, PHD | PHYSICIAN a physician has a substance use or mental health problem, it is in everyone’s interest — the physicians themselves, their patients and their families — for them to get...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://khn.org/news/are-there-risks-from-secondhand-marijuana-smoke-early-science-says-yes/ This story is part of a reporting partnership with NPR, local member stations and Kaiser Health News. Marissa Ortega-Welch, KALW: @radiomarissa (iStock/Getty Images) This...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/iraq-war-opioid-addiction-veterans_us_5aa17569e4b0d4f5b66eb332 By Erin Schumaker and Anna Almendrala JI SUB JEONG/HUFFPOST When Cpl. Darin Adams got back from serving in Iraq in 2009, he suffered from sharply painful back spasms ―...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://time.com/5205467/donald-trump-death-penalty-drug-traffickers-opioid/ By MAYA RHODAN President Donald Trump announced a new plan on Monday to combat the opioid crisisthat includes sentencing some drug traffickers to the death penalty when appropriate under...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/ama-survey-says-prior-authorizations-hurting-clinical-outcomes/519366/ Les Masterson A new American Medical Association survey found that 92% of physicians report prior authorizations have a negative impact on patient clinical...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.asam.org/resources/publications/magazine/read/article/2018/03/19/asam-response-to-administration-initaitive Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his Initiative to Stop Opioids Abuse and Reduce Drug Supply and Demand to address the opioid crisis in...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/05/health/opioid-crisis-judge-lawsuits.html JAN HOFFMAN Alarmed by the opioid epidemic, Judge Dan Polster wants to quickly settle some 400 lawsuits against drug makers and distributors. Lawyers are skeptical he can pull it...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/brown-joins-ohio-physician-to-urge-health-insurers-to-step-up-efforts-in-opioid-fight WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined Cincinnati physician and President of the Ohio Society of...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/13/17020002/prison-opioid-epidemic-medications-addiction By German Lopez@germanrlopezgerman.lopez@vox.com Javier Zarracina/Vox SHARE For once, Casey is optimistic about his future. After 16 years of struggling with drug...
