Sentences with phrase «about opioid abuse»

«With no ambiguity about opioid abuse being a public health crisis, New Yorkers hold many groups responsible for the current epidemic,» said Siena College Research Institute Director Don Levy.

That question will be one of many to be addressed by a newly formed public awareness task force about opioid abuse.

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There are some startling stats behind the idea: 65 % of opioid abusers get them from unwitting family and friends, and about one third of medications sold go unused, meaning they're more readily available for abuse.

After all we're just talking about social media, this isn't a campaign to raise awareness about illegal drugs or the abuse of prescription opioids.

The 2018 bill boosts federal health spending by about $ 10 billion, including increases for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and specifically dedicated opioid crisis funding...

Opioid overdose and death are a real threat for teens experimenting with drugs, so parents must take every opportunity to talk with their children about drug abuse.

Visit www.combatheroin.ny.gov for more information on addressing heroin and prescription opioid abuse, including a Kitchen Table Tool Kit to help start the conversation about the warning signs of addiction and where to get help.

There were also questions about whether the money would supplement existing anti-addiction programs or start new efforts to fight the opioid abuse epidemic sweeping New York and other states.

As part of that campaign, SUNY and CUNY personnel will be working alongside State Police to raise awareness about the dangers of heroin and opioid abuse.

De Blasio talked about his safety initiatives, affordable housing plan and efforts to address mental health and opioid abuse, among other plans

Members of the panel spoke about warning signs of addiction, advice for parents who fear their child is using opiates, local resources for addiction and the dangerous repercussions that follow opioid abuse.

Our goal was to have an open, free - flowing dialogue with students and the audience about opioid prevention, abuse and the dangers of addiction.

The new commissioner will have to cope with a $ 511.2 million budget, 3,540 authorized positions, 2,907 of which are filled, and their costly contracts, due to expire at the end of 2018, as well as major concerns about gangs and opioid abuse.

Instead, he was asked about how to best combat the nationwide opioid abuse epidemic.

For the 12 - week, $ 170,000 pilot project, which is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and will begin later this month, Young's team plans to recruit about 60 patients from the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center who are experiencing chronic pain, are on long - term opioid therapy, and have reported other behaviors — such as drug or alcohol abuse — that put them at high risk of addiction.

To help bolster its campaign against an epidemic of opioid abuse that now kills about 90 people a day, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last year called for help from an independent advisory panel.

Chicago, Illinois About Blog Addiction Treatment Forum reports on substance abuse news of interest to opioid treatment programs and patients in medication - assisted treatment.

A fair number of the education stories on the opioid crisis have been about schools choosing to stock up on the anti-opioid overdose drug, naloxone — and the worry that some critics have that it would end up encouraging students to abuse heroin and opioids.

Chicago, Illinois About Blog Addiction Treatment Forum reports on substance abuse news of interest to opioid treatment programs and patients in medication - assisted treatment.