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New York doctors are now required to prescribe naloxone to some patients on opioid painkillers
by Michelle Andrews Without opioid painkillers to dull the ache in his knees and other joints, Arnold Wilson wouldn’t be able to walk half a block. The 63-year-old former New York City nurse has crippling arthritis for which he takes OxyContin twice a day and oxycodone when he needs additional relief. For the past several…
Study taps pharmacies as addiction treatment option during opioid crisis
January 11, 2023 Martha Bebinger There are medications that help people addicted to opioids stop using these powerful drugs and avoid a potentially deadly overdose. But fewer than 15% of patients who could benefit receive them. Researchers in Rhode Island tested one possible remedy. They created an addiction care program in six pharmacies. WBUR is…
Pa.’s criminal legal system increases overdose deaths and makes recovery impossible | Opinion
Eight-five percent of the prison population has an addiction, or were jailed for a crime involving drugs or drug use January 9, 2023 By Sean Fogler and Carla Sofronski In 2021, over 5,300 Pennsylvanians lost their lives to a preventable drug overdose. Pennsylvania policy makers and local government officials have led the charge in fueling…
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