by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2017.304132 Jon E. Zibbell PhD, Alice K. Asher PhD, Rajiv C. Patel MPH, Ben Kupronis MPH, Kashif Iqbal MPH, John W. Ward MD, and Deborah Holtzman PhD Objectives. To compare US trends in rates of injection drug use...
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.wnyc.org/story/mark-strickland-death-sex-money/ Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email a Friend ( Mark Strickland ) i Dec 13, 2017 SummaryTranscript Mark Strickland knew he wanted to be a first responder when he was five years old. “It was a way to...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.vox.com/first-person/2017/8/9/16119194/methadone-pregnancy-heroin-opiates Updated by Elizabeth Brico She wouldn’t stop crying. Lying in her crib in the NICU, her tiny body clenched into a ball, she let out a shrill, eerie wail that no infant should ever...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(17)30313-6/fulltext Christopher J. Ruhm, PhD Introduction An important barrier to formulating effective policies to address the rapid rise in U.S. fatal overdoses is that the specific drugs involved are frequently not...
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
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.7b03334 Paul T. Bremer† , Joel E. Schlosburg‡, Matthew L. Banks‡, Floyd. F. Steele‡, Bin Zhou†, Justin L. Poklis‡, and Kim D. Janda* Heroin is a highly abused opioid and incurs a significant detriment to society worldwide. In...
