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The government has been undercounting opioid overdose deaths up to 35 percent, study says

Originally Published: 03/12/2018
Post Date: 03/13/2018 by Keith Humphreys in Drug War

Federal government estimates of opioid overdose deaths have been...

We’re Undercounting Opioid Overdoses by Thousands

Originally Published: 09/15/2017
Post Date: 09/19/2017 by Julia Lurie ~ at Mother Jones in Drug War

Amid America’s deadliest drug epidemic, data on how many...

New Data on Opioid Use and Prescribing in the United States

Originally Published: 07/06/2017
Post Date: 07/10/2017 by Anne Schuchat, MD1; Debra Houry, MD, MPH1; Gery P. Guy Jr, PhD, MPH1 in Current Trends in Drug Abuse

Too many individuals in the United States are adversely affected...

Data On Drug Use Is Disappearing Just When We Need It Most

Originally Published: 06/29/2017
Post Date: 06/30/2017 by Kathryn Casteel in Current Trends in Drug Abuse

It’s no secret that <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/12/08/heroin-deaths-surpass-gun-homicides-for-the-first-time-cdc-data-show/?utm_term=.c5da1f4c1f5b">heroin</a> has...

A deadly epidemic: Addiction to opioids has put an entire generation at risk

Originally Published: 03/26/2017
Post Date: 03/26/2017 by ERIC RUSSELL STAFF WRITER | Portland Press Herald in Addiction Advocacy Articles and News

A deadly epidemic: Addiction to opioids has put an entire generation...

The deadly connection between prescription painkillers and the economy

Originally Published: 03/03/2017
Post Date: 03/04/2017 by Jeff Guo in General Interest

About 15 years ago, death rates among middle-aged white Americans...

Opioid overdose app could save lives

Originally Published: 02/06/2017
Post Date: 02/07/2017 by Ann Nyberg | News Anchor | WTNH in Current Trends in Drug Abuse

Ann Nyberg of WTNH in New Haven interviews Tim Cheney and Adrian...

Increases in Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths — United States, 2010–2015

Originally Published: 12/16/2016
Post Date: 12/17/2016 by Rose A. Rudd, MSPH; Puja Seth, PhD; Felicita David, MS; Lawrence Scholl, PhD | CDC in Current Trends in Drug Abuse

The CDC latest report From 2014 to 2015, the death rate from synthetic...