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    Heroin Deaths Surpass Gun Homicides for the first time, CDC data shows

    By Christopher Ingraham Opioid deaths continued to surge in 2015, surpassing 30,000 for the first time in recent history, according to CDC data released Thursday. That marks an increase of nearly [...]

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    Baby Boomers on a Bender: Emerging trends in alcohol binge and use disorders among older adults

    Date: December 12, 2016 Source: New York University Trends of self-reported past-month binge alcohol use and alcohol use disorder were examined among adults age 50 and older. The researchers [...]

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    Are social casino gamers the next high-risk gambling generation?

    Social casino gaming is a booming industry; in 2016, revenues were estimated at $1,695 million in North America alone, mostly from advertising. In social casino gaming, no money is won or lost, [...]

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    DEA Releases 2016 Drug Threat Assessment: Fentanyl-related overdose deaths rising at an alarming rate Powerful synthetic opioid often added to heroin, sold as heroin to unsuspecting users

    DEC 06 (WASHINGTON) –DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg today announced results from the 2016 National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA), which details the extent to which illicit drugs are [...]

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    Addiction In America: Rise In Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Seen

    By Amanda Moore, Parent Herald November 18 Substance Abuse Epidemic Growing Worse Than Cancer As opioid, heroin and other substance abuse addiction in America rise, grandparents raising [...]

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    Sign Petition to Provide Legal Protection for Scientists Researching Marijuana

    NAADAC is encouraging its constituents to sign a Citizens Petition to the White House to provide legal protection for scientists working in one of the 28 states (or DC) where marijuana has been [...]

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    Expanded Medicaid for Addiction Services

    When Ashley Hurteau, 32, was arrested in 2015, she faced a list of charges for crimes she committed to finance a drug craving she had struggled with for more than a decade. “I wasn’t using it to [...]

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    US Surgeon General Declares Addiction as a Brain Disease

    LOS ANGELES, Nov. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — The United States Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, issued the first-ever Surgeon General’s report on addiction on Thursday. Dr. Murthy [...]

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