by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2017/p0905-opioid-funding.html The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is awarding more than $28.6 million in additional funding to 44 states and the District of Columbia to support their responses to the opioid overdose...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://time.com/4950199/affordable-care-act-opioid-relapse/?utm_source=time.com&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the-brief&utm_content=2017092111am&xid=newsletter-brief Dave Aaronberg As so often happens, a frantic mother called us about her...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.ncadd.org/blogs/addiction-update/it-all-comes-down-to-your-choices Geoff Kane, MD, MPH “It all comes down to your choices,” said a man in his fifties as he completed treatment following a brief return to drinking lots of alcohol. In the company of...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2017/08/29/the-opioid-epidemic-needs-a-strategy-for-teens Dr. Scott Hadland, Dr. Sarah Bagley closemore Shortly after President Trump declared the opioid overdose crisis a national emergency, the Centers for Disease Control and...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction, Functional & Integrative Medicine
http://www.maps.org/news/media/6786-press-release-fda-grants-breakthrough-therapy-designation-for-mdma-assisted-psychotherapy-for-ptsd,-agrees-on-special-protocol-assessment-for-phase-3-trials Key highlights Breakthrough Therapy Designation ensures that FDA will work...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/09/the-addicted-brain/ By Fran Smith Photographs by Max Aguilera-Hellweg MAGAZINE How Science Is Unlocking the Secrets of Addiction We’re learning more about the craving that fuels self-defeating habits—and how new...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/09/02/upshot/fentanyl-drug-overdose-deaths.html By JOSH KATZ SEPT. 2, 2017 The first governmental account of nationwide drug deaths in 2016 shows overdose deaths growing even faster than previously thought Drug overdoses killed...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.asam.org/resources/publications/magazine/read/article/2017/08/28/vha-advances-asam-follow-up-measure by ASAM Staff | August 28, 2017 ASAM’s Journal of Addiction Medicine recently published the Predictive Validity of Outpatient Follow-up After...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://tpr.org/post/hurricane-harvey-addicted-and-evacuated-can-be-harsh-combination#stream/0 By DAVID MARTIN DAVIES • AUG 30, 2017 TweetShareGoogle+Email As coastal Texans flee the flood waters of what was once Hurricane Harvey, some evacuees being treated for opioid...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/08/22/545115225/hospitals-could-do-more-for-survivors-of-opioid-overdoses-study-suggests ANDREA HSU Hospital emergency departments are tasked with saving the lives of people who overdose on opioids. Clinicians and...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/17/us/new-hampshire-art-addiction-trnd/index.html By Laura Diaz-Zuniga, CNN The oil painting that started Anne Marie Zanfagna’s “Angels for Addictions” project is of Jacqueline Zanfagna, the artist’s daughter. Story...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.ksat.com/news/opioid-addiction-adding-to-hiv-infection-rates By Adrian Ortega SAN ANTONIO – For years, Bexar County has been fighting to reduce the rates of infection of HIV among residents. But there is a wrinkle in those efforts that has not been...
