by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/grassroots-activists-are-leading-the-way-on-the-addiction-crisis_us_593a0a93e4b014ae8c69df33 Ryan Hampton, Contributor On Thursday, the three major television networks suspended their daytime programming to broadcast the testimony...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/06/lawsuit-pharmaceutical-companies-opioids/529020/ ALANA SEMUELS Sam Quinones, the author of Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic, Brought this point up forcefully, eloquently. It started about a...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction, Spirituality & Catholicism
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317809.php Catharine Paddock PhD A new study concludes that even moderate alcohol consumption is linked to a raised risk of faster decline in brain health and mental function. The researchers say that their findings support the...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/world/violence-is-soaring-in-the-mexican-towns-that-feed-americas-heroin-habit/?utm_term=.c3b21911cfa4 Story by Joshua Partlow May 30, 2017 TELOLOAPAN, MEXICO — In this skittish town on Mexico’s heroin highway, civilians...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Spirituality & Catholicism
It’s time to recognize mental health as essential to physical health By JOHN CAMPO MAY 31, 2017 T he human brain is a wonder. Through folds of tissue and pulses of electricity, it lets us perceive, attempt to understand, and shape the world around us. As science...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28379504 Cheatle MD1, Gallagher RM2,3, O’Brien CP1. This prospective study suggests that patients without a recent or prior history of substance use disorder who were prescribed primarily short-acting opioids in low doses for...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/report_2740/ShortReport-2740.html Rachel N. Lipari, Ph.D., and Struther L. Van Horn, M.A In 2014, 3.3 percent of people aged 12 or older (an estimated 8.7 million people) used smokeless tobacco in the past month. Past...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/05/upshot/opioid-epidemic-drug-overdose-deaths-are-rising-faster-than-ever.html?_r=1 By JOSH KATZ JUNE 5, 2017 New data compiled from hundreds of health agencies reveals the extent of the drug overdose epidemic last year....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.asam.org/quality-practice/asam-weekly/asam-weekly-editorial-comment William Haning, MD, DFASAM, DFAPA Editor-in-Chief June 13, 2017 To provide balance to this week’s excellent technical and policy content, we remark the passing of an anniversary on...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsr1706626#t=article Nora D. Volkow, M.D., and Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. May 31, 2017DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsr1706626 Opioid misuse and addiction is an ongoing and rapidly evolving public health crisis, requiring innovative...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS
http://wspa.com/2017/05/22/moms-heartbreaking-obituary-for-daughter-exposes-heroin-dangers/ By Addie HamptonPublished: May 22, 2017, 5:44 pm Updated: May 22, 2017, 9:45 pm GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA-TV) – An Upstate obituary is going viral and shining light on a growing...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317555.php Written by Ana Sandoiu Published: Monday 22 May 2017 More and more people in the United States are opting for bariatric, or weight loss, surgery. However, new research finds that one of the most common forms of...