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Health Jul 22

How the pandemic is complicating America’s addiction crisis

By William Brangham, Mike Fritz

Health Jan 30

For 1st time in 4 years, U.S. life expectancy rises, but only a little

The rise is mostly due to lower death rates for cancer and drug overdoses.

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

Health Jul 17

Broken glass and a discarded needle are seen near a heroin encampment in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 7, 2017.
Number of U.S. overdose deaths appears to be falling

Overdose deaths had been climbing each year since 1990, topping 70,000 in 2017.

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

Health May 08

A billboard in Frederick, Maryland, displays the number of opioid overdoses and deaths in 2017. As the deadly illicit opioid fentanyl spreads, state and local governments are accelerating their public health and law enforcement responses. Photo by The Pew Charitable Trusts
As fentanyl death toll spikes, states step up their interventions

With the advent of fentanyl and other highly potent synthetic drugs, many states are amplifying those policies and adding new programs to protect drug users from deadly contaminants in heroin, cocaine and other illicit drugs.

By Christine Vestal, Stateline

Education Dec 27

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This West Virginia school is caring for students, when addicted parents can’t

In opioid-stricken West Virginia, this school is taking on the role of parent. Lisa Stark of Education Week visits Cottageville Elementary, where students often lack food, clothes and transportation because of drug-addicted parents. In addition to increasing communication with local…

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Oct 06

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How drug companies helped drive the opioid crisis

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The abuse of opioids has become a major public health concern; more than 28,000 people died by overdose in 2014. According to reporting by STAT News, drug companies downplayed the addictive effects of opioid drugs in the late 1990s, assuring…

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Dec 18

Deaths from drug overdoses reach record-high levels in 2014

By Joshua Barajas

Nearly 50,000 people died from drug overdoses in the U.S. in 2014, a new record driven by the deaths of heroin addicts and people misusing prescription painkillers, new federal statistics showed.

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