by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
The statistics don’t capture the opioid epidemic’s impact on children By CAROL LEVINE When a parent becomes addicted to opioids or dies of an overdose, his or her children also bear the burden.DAVID GOLDMAN/AP The epidemic of drug overdose deaths is a...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.asam.org/resources/publications/asam-weekly/asam-weekly-editorial-comment ASAM Weekly Editorial Comment William Haning, MD, DFASAM, DFAPA Editor-in-Chief In a Businessweek column yesterday, January 10, Michael R. Bloomberg provides “A Seven Step Plan for...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db294.htm Holly Hedegaard, M.D., Margaret Warner, Ph.D., and Arialdi M. Miniño, M.P.H. Key findings Data from the National Vital Statistics System, Mortality In 2016, there were more than 63,600 drug overdose deaths...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.statnews.com/2017/12/28/dr-phil-addiction/ By DAVID ARMSTRONG Todd Herzog appears on the “Dr. Phil” show in 2013.PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: STAT, SCREEN CAPTURE: VIA YOUTUBE LOS ANGELES — He had won “Survivor,” the reality TV test of grit and strength. But Todd...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/29/drugs-are-a-health-and-social-issue-why-do-we-make-it-a-law-enforcement-battle • Dr Alex Wodak AM is president of the Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation We know that drug prohibition doesn’t work. And yet...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.roanoke.com/news/local/roanoke/virginia-researchers-seek-rapid-way-to-treat-opioid-addiction/article_5ccd5659-ffb1-5226-b833-b005701c9b35.html Luanne Rife Virginia researchers won a $1 million grant to determine if beginning medication-assisted treatment in...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.rockefeller.edu/news/21024-brain-research-points-way-new-treatments-nicotine-addiction/ Ines Ibanez-Tallon PhD & Nathaniel Heintz, PhD The interpeduncular nucleus region of a mouse brain, with Amigo1 cells shown in green. As the worldwide death toll...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.ijdp.org/article/S0955-3959(17)30361-4/fulltext Peter J. Davidson Background Supervised injection facilities (SIFs) are spaces where people can consume pre-obtained drugs in hygienic circumstances with trained staff in attendance to provide emergency...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/preventing-overdose-deaths-is-not-one-size-fits-all-2017122212996 Scott Weiner, MD, By now, we all know that the number of opioid-related deaths in the United States has reached epidemic proportions. Despite the Centers for Disease...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/2/16181734/12-steps-aa-na-studies By German Lopez John van Hasselt/Corbis via Getty Images TWEET SHARE Rae Steward, a 33-year-old from California, struggled with alcohol and drug addiction as early as age 14. But it got...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/overcoming-addiction/201705/sobering-truth-about-addiction-treatment-in-america David Sheff Source: Painting by Daisy Sheff The crisis is well documented and reported: More people are dying of drug overdose than any other...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://forms.nsc.org/substance-use-employer-calculator/index.aspx The National Safety Council and national nonprofit Shatterproof have collaborated with an independent research institution, NORC at the University of Chicago to design “The Real Cost of...
