by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/Abstract/publishahead/Years_of_Life_Lost_due_to_Opioid_Overdose_in_Ohio_.99325.aspx Comment; Unbelievable devastation, half a million years of life lost, mainly due to surreptitious fentanyl exposure, most of which is...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.thefix.com/trump-calls-china-use-death-penalty-fentanyl-pushers Comment: This is a slippery slope. I am pro-life, don’t believe in death for addicts, but admit it would probably make dealers think twice about cutting cheap heroin with fentanyl… By Paul...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/11/20/18096123/opioid-epidemic-vermont-needle-exchange-buprenorphine Comment; I disagree with needle replacement programs; believe in 12 step programs, but admit that not everybody is ready to quit. By German...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/As-deaths-rise-NY-lawmakers-push-for-addiction-13392779.php Comment; MAT should be mandatory in all penal facilities with referral to outpatient treatment settings on release. MAT is the gold standard of care. It works!...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
The costs of heroin and naloxone: a tragic snapshot of the opioid crisis Comment; What a GREAT solution to the exorbitant cost of Naloxone! By MICHAEL HUFFORD and DONALD S. BURKE Lethally potent street drugs like heroin are increasingly affordable and available, while...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/heroin-fentanyl-remain-among-nations-highest-drug-threats-federal-report-says Comment; Drug epidemic morphs in response to outside pressures, less home-cooked meth, more imported, less opioids, more stimulants-which are more...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/01/health/execution-nevada-fentanyl-opioid/index.html By Jacqueline Howard, At a time when the United States is grappling with an epidemic of opioid-related overdose deaths, one state is turning to a very high-potency opioid for criminal...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Mass General Hospital addiction specialist explains fentanyl threat By Colleen Walsh, Harvard Staff Writer As the opioid crisis rages across the United States, people suffering from addiction as well as the first responders, doctors, and counselors trying to help them...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.dea.gov/druginfo/Fentanyl_BriefingGuideforFirstResponders_June2017.pdf U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the last several years, U.S. Law Enforcement has seen a dramatic increase in the availability of...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
STAT forecast: Opioids could kill nearly 500,000 Americans in the next decade By MAX BLAU @maxblau JUNE 27, 2017 Opioids could kill nearly half a million people across America over the next decade as the crisis of addiction and overdose accelerates. Deaths from...
