As America grapples with alleviating the opioid addiction crisis that killed more than 30,000 people in the country in 2015, …

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Last Thursday, President Donald Trump announced to reporters that he would be declaring America’s opioid crisis a national emergency, as …

http://www.addiction.news/2017-08-16-trumps-solution-to-the-opioid-epidemic-crisis-more-spending-on-mental-health.html

If you think that America’s opioid epidemic hasn’t touched your life, statistics show there is a good chance you are …

http://www.addiction.news/2017-08-03-america-on-drugs-shocking-one-third-of-u-s-adults-are-prescribed-opioids.html

More than 25 million American adults – roughly 11.2 percent of the population – report having chronic pain, according to …

http://www.addiction.news/2017-07-20-painkillers-chronic-pain.html

Fentanyl is the most powerful opioid that has ever been mass-marketed. Quick to kick in and powerful enough to conquer …

http://www.addiction.news/2017-07-09-how-doctors-got-rich-pushing-big-pharmas-addictive-opioids.html

I know people who suffer with severe unrelenting pain. People for whom the only relief is an opiate medication. But …

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Federal health officials strengthened drug label warnings for addictive painkillers on Tuesday and called for more addiction treatment, citing continuing …

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