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Trone is the co-chair of the Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking, a government commission created to develop solutions to the opioid epidemic. [154] In February 2022, Trone blamed China for causing 64,000 fentanyl deaths in the United States in 2021 "because they are pretty much the lone supplier of [fentanyl] precursor ...
The heroin and opioid abuse epidemic is hitting America hard with heroin use more than doubling in the past decade among young adults, according to the CDC. While the dire statistics tell the ...
The opioid epidemic took hold in the U.S. in the 1990s. Percocet, OxyContin and Opana became commonplace wherever chronic pain met a chronic lack of access to quality health care, especially in Appalachia. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls the prescription opioid epidemic the worst of its kind in U.S. history.
May 16—Washington residents can now order free life-saving opioid overdose reversal kits through the mail, the state attorney general's office announced this week. Naloxone, also known as Narcan ...
Opioids have been used in the Near East for centuries. The purification and isolation of opiates occurred in the early 19th century. [31] In the early 2000s, buprenorphine was one of the first opioid dependence drugs approved in the U.S. to combat opioid abuse, after decades of research led to the development of drugs to fight opioid use ...
A methadone acting clinic is a medical facility where medications for opioid use disorder (OUD) are dispensed—historically and most commonly methadone, although buprenorphine is also increasingly prescribed. Medically assisted drug therapy treatment is indicated in patients who are opioid-dependent or have a history of opioid dependence. [1]
Pregnant women who have used opioids, whether illegally or under medical supervision, often continue opioid use during pregnancy. Program cares for newborns undergoing opioid withdrawals Skip to ...
The last year has seen remarkable progress on the policy front. Lawmakers from both parties are becoming more open to less punitive approaches to the nation’s opioid epidemic, like making sure that drug courts are receptive to medication-assisted treatment. The federal government funded MAT programs and encouraged states to do the same.