Sentences with phrase «against opioid abuse»

Maine brings its christian dating login fight against opioid abuse to veterinarians.

«The trend is telling me we are fighting the battle against opioid abuse, and we are clearly having success, but I wouldn't declare victory yet,» said Erie County Medicaid Inspector General Michael R. Szukala.

Hudson Valley mother Stephanie Keegan works, fights against opioid abuse after loosing her son

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As a town lawmaker and a grieving mother, Cheektowaga Councilwoman Christine Adamczyk voted to authorize the town's lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors for contributing to prescription drug abuse and fatalities.

Three Republican county legislators attacked Suffolk Police Commissioner Timothy Sini for reversing himself and running for district attorney, saying the fight against gangs and opioid abuse should be his priorities.

Three Republican county legislators Tuesday attacked Suffolk Police Commissioner Timothy Sini for reversing himself and running for district attorney, saying the fight against gangs and opioid abuse should be his priorities.

By signing this legislation today, Governor Cuomo is sending the message that New York is fighting back against heroin and opioid abuse.

NEW CITY, NY — Rockland County Executive Ed Day announced today that the county is taking legal action against pharmaceutical companies that made and sold prescription opioids that contributed to the epidemic of abuse.

Shelley Mayer is the Change We Need From Yonkers to Bedford, from White Plains to the Sound Shore, Shelley knows our communities and has always been willing to stand up against the status quo to protect Westchester, Her children all attended public schools here, so she's always been an advocate for better school funding and tuition relief, She fought the NRA to pass effective, common - sense gun laws, and defeated big pharma to give us better tools to fight opioid abuse.

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.

In July, the state's Start Talking Maryland Act came into effect and directed schools to take precautionary measures against opioid exposure and abuse.

The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) was recently developed for the WHO by an international group of substance abuse researchers to screen for problem or risky use of tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, amphetamine - type stimulants, sedatives, hallucinogens, inhalants, opioids, and «other drugs» that do not fall into the previous nine categories.40 The ASSIST was found to have high internal consistency (α > 0.80), correlated well against similarly worded items of other questionnaires, and good concurrent validity with a range of substance use and dependence measures.40