by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2756187 Comment; “By 2014, midlife mortality was increasing across all racial groups, caused by drug overdoses, alcohol abuse, suicides, and a diverse list of organ system diseases.” Add to this the...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
“Mom, When They Look at Me, They See Dollar Signs” Comment; I like the statement “Phase 2 of the opioid epidemic” with treatment centers sprouting where opioid over-prescribers had been. Deadly serious problem in need of...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190107110837.htm Comment; Since 2000 there’s been a dramatic increase in both overdose & suicide, most of the overdose deaths & suicides involve opioids. It’s hard to determine suicide vs. accidental...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Workers Overdose On The Job, And Employers Struggle To Respond Comment; It’s unfortunately all to rare that a union or any other organization would take such a proactive stance on the problem in this epidemic. God Bless Them! Jimmy Sullivan has been a bricklayer for...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/acer.13559/abstract Aaron M. White1,*, Megan E. Slater2, Grace Ng3, Ralph Hingson3 and Rosalind Breslow3 Background Acute alcohol consumption and chronic alcohol consumption increase the burden placed on emergency...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.ijdp.org/article/S0955-3959(17)30361-4/fulltext Peter J. Davidson Background Supervised injection facilities (SIFs) are spaces where people can consume pre-obtained drugs in hygienic circumstances with trained staff in attendance to provide emergency...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/30/health/naloxone-reversal-success-study/index.html By Nadia Kounang, As the opioid overdose epidemic continues to surge, public health officials and first responders have turned to naloxone, the drug that reverses overdose, to help combat...
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 | 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...
