by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2018/7/27/17619750/drug-testing-job-market-marijuana-opioids-cost-benefit Mark A.R. Kleiman Testing urine for traces of drugs. Photofusion/UIG/Getty Images Outside contributors’ opinions and analysis of the most important issues...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/americas-heroin-epidemic/new-synthetic-opioids-are-killing-even-more-people-cdc-says-n890726 Maggie Fox Members of a hazmat team at the scene of a suspected carfentanil overdose that killed two people in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wendy-williams-opens-up-on-cocaine-addiction/ By ANDREA PARK CBS NEWS July 19, 2018, 6:13 PM Wendy Williams opens up about cocaine addiction Wendy Williams is known for her candor, and now the daytime talk show host is talking openly about...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/industry-dx/signs-and-symptoms-of-addiction-medical-professionals Stephanie Abraham An estimated 24.6 million Americans age 12 or older — 9.4 percent of the population — have used an illicit drug in the past month, according to National...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/Abstract/publishahead/Who_Leaves_Early__Factors_Associated_With_Against.99459.aspx Pytell, Jarratt D., MD; Rastegar, Darius A., MD Objective: To determine if certain patient, clinical, and disease factors are...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Uncategorized
http://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/394828-the-future-of-addiction-treatment-does-not-include-secret-medical-records JEREMIAH GARDNER Congress is debating dozens of bills related to the nation’s opioid crisis. Most are useful and very much welcome, but few are...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/10/dining/addiction-recovery-restaurant-dv8-kitchen-kentucky.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosvitals&stream=top Priya Krishna A Kentucky couple realized that restaurants have an...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.statnews.com/2018/07/12/senate-report-opioids-distribution/ Lev Facher Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)WIN MCNAMEE/GETTY IMAGES W ASHINGTON — A Senate report released Thursday lays out systematic failures in the reporting system for suspicious opioid orders,...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-gregg-opioid-crisis_us_5b44ce62e4b048036ea2ff25 Jessica Gregg PURERADIANCEPHOTO / GETTY IMAGES Many of us have inadvertently harmed our patients by overprescribing what we now know are addictive opioids. I’m a...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://alert.psychnews.org/2018/07/opioid-prescribing-for-teens-exceeded.html Between 2005 and 2016, opioid prescriptions for adolescents generally were written for longer than three days, and the number of prescriptions filled for four and five day supplies...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2685627 James S. Goodwin, MD1,2,3; Yong-Fang Kuo, PhD1,2,3; David Brown, MD4; et al Abstract Importance The causes of the opioid epidemic are incompletely understood. Objective To explore the overlap...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/guidance-for-families-dealing-with-substance-use-disorders/2018/06/29/8ab02c1c-762b-11e8-9780-b1dd6a09b549_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.bed9586b7a1b By Alexandra Rockey Fleming Licensed professional...