Oct 26, 2017 – KVUE AUSTIN – Here in Central Texas, Austin-Travis County EMS officials say opioid abuse is a problem, but it’s not a crisis. The Travis County Medical Examiner’s annual report for 2016 shows drug-related deaths account for just more than one quarter of accidental deaths in the … Continue to full story .......
July 19, 2017 — Drug enforcement agents have launched a new website in a bid to crack down on illegal drug use by college students and stop later-life addiction.
The website — campusdrugprevention.gov — was created by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to reduce the amount of substance experimentation
April 26, 2017 — The opioid epidemic has led to the deadliest drug crisis in US history — deadlier than the crack epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s. Drug overdoses now cause more deaths than gun violence and car crashes. They even caused more deaths in 2015 than HIV/AIDS did … Continue to full story .......
Nov. 18, 2016 — USNEWS.com — The U.S. Surgeon General’s office has issued the agency’s first-ever report on addiction, which includes proposals for restricting alcohol access that critics say go too far and could end up targeting usage among even casual drinkers.
The report, Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon
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