by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-dea-agent-opioid-crisis-fueled-by-drug-industry-and-congress/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7d&linkId=43533589 Whistleblower Joe Rannazzisi says drug distributors pumped opioids into U.S. communities — knowing that people were dying...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/opioid-addiction-epidemic-in-6-charts/ ANDREW KOLODNY Drug overdose deaths, once rare, are now the leading cause of accidental death in the U.S., surpassing peak annual deaths caused by motor vehicle accidents, guns and HIV infection. As a...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/gwu-grr100517.php The research team at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences will look at how cocaine use affects HIV infection, replication, and transcription GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON (Oct. 5,...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/Fulltext/2017/10000/Mindfulness_based_Relapse_Prevention_for_Substance.8.aspx Grant, Sean DPhil; Colaiaco, Benjamin MA; Motala, Aneesa BA; Shanman, Roberta MS; Booth, Marika MS; Sorbero, Melony PhD; Hempel, Susanne PhD...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/mp2017193a.html?foxtrotcallback=true D B Hancock, Y Guo, G W Reginsson, N C Gaddis, S M Lutz, R Sherva, A Loukola, C C Minica, C A Markunas, Y Han, K A Young, D F Gudbjartsson, F Gu, D W McNeil, B Qaiser, C...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/commission-makes-recommendations-for-tackling-opioid-crisis-in-north-america/article36455285/?cmpid=rss1&ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com ANDREA WOO The Global Commission on Drug Policy has issued...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/press-announcements/201709291000 Friday, September 29, 2017 New federal mandatory guidelines for workplace drug testing will become effective on October 1, 2017, and will include the authority to test for four semi-synthetic opioids:...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://attcppwtools.org/LearnASkill/Documentary.aspx About the Film About the Film Addiction is a family disease. Yet mothers are often treated in isolation from their children and partners, having to choose between getting treatment and keeping their families...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://This Woman’s Opioid Relapse Could Change Drug Laws Forever Maia Szalavitz Julie Eldred was ordered to stay sober as a condition of probation after repeatedly stealing to get heroin. She thinks that’s unconstitutional—and she’s not alone. Image...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/sober-nih-offers-tool-find-good-care-50246801 By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP MEDICAL WRITER https://www.samhsa.gov/data/substance-abuse-facilities-data-nssats/reports The phone calls come — from fellow scientists and desperate strangers...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.planagainstpain.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/PlanAgainstPain_USND.pdf Surgery-related over-prescribing results in 3.3 billion unused pills available for misuse Notwithstanding increased efforts to reduce opioid use in the surgical setting, nine in 10...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/Fulltext/2017/10000/Sex_Differences_in_Cannabis_Use_Disorder_Diagnosis.5.aspx Zhu, He PhD; Wu, Li-Tzy ScD, RN, MA Objectives: The study examined sex differences in trend and clinical characteristics of cannabis use...
