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Nearly quarter of people on long-acting opioids develop addiction, study reveals
More than one in five people prescribed extended-release painkillers such as OxyContin developed an addiction within a year, ...
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Letter to the editor: Don't dismantle help during opioid crisis
The helplessness I felt as a doctor back then was immense. As a retired psychiatrist who treated opioid addiction in California for 30 years, I respect Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s dedication to ...
Colorado Rep. Brittany Pettersen asks RFK Jr. to maintain funding for naloxone, invokes mom’s opioid battle
U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen implored U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. not to slash funding for ...
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Addiction Specialist Says Opioid Treatment Needs a Dramatic Overhaul
INDIANAPOLIS , May 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Simon Feng says America needs to dramatically change the way we treat opioid addiction. Feng says abstinence or an "all or nothing" approach is ...
'Many more would have died': Federal cuts could harm local group fighting opioid crisis
NEWTOWN, Ohio (WKRC) - Newtown Police Chief Tom Synan, who spearheaded the creation of the Hamilton County Addiction Response ...