Sentences with phrase «like opioid addiction»

Poverty - related issues such as homelessness or family crisis treatment like opioid addiction need more than a simple infusion of cash.

He said Attorney General George Jepsen, who is not running for re-election, has set a good example for the kind of work the state's top attorney needs to do across state lines on issues like opioid addiction and net neutrality.

«There's a big difference between [medical marijuana] and recreational marijuana, and I think when you see something like the opioid addiction crisis blossoming in so many states around this country, the last thing we should be doing is encouraging people,» said Spicer during the briefing.

Not exact matches

(Other naloxone sellers like Kaleo, Mylan, and Adapt Pharma have pursued similar strategies, inspiring the wrath of U.S. Senators who say the firms were taking advantage of America's widespread opioid addiction epidemic and putting profits over patients.)

Like a dog with a bone, Liberal Leader Dr. David Swann (Calgary - Mountain View) has grabbed onto the issue of opioid addiction and, for more than a year, has been hounding the gov» t to declare a stat...

Like a dog with a bone, Liberal Leader Dr. David Swann (Calgary - Mountain View) has grabbed onto the issue of opioid addiction and, for more than a year, has been hounding the govâ $ ™ t to declare a stat...

There is a long history at play here between Kanye's obsession with celebrity, his sense of kinship with bombastic figures like Trump, and his very public struggles with his mother's death in 2007, his mental health, and his recently disclosed opioid addiction.

As people continue to die from heroin and opioid addiction in central and northern New York, communities like Oswego County are offering new treatment programs to combat the crisis.

Speaking on the Senate floor on Wednesday, Gillibrand said she's heard too many parents tell her how they have lost their children to opioid addiction, which began with an overprescription of painkillers like Percocet or OxyContin.

Among the legislative recommendations is a mandate that all licensed health care professionals complete a three - hour course in pain management and addiction and a requirement that pharmacists who dispenses an opioid analgesic, like naloxone, offer counseling to the individual getting the drug.

At a Senate press briefing Tuesday morning, heads of the Senate Joint Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction said that it was time to bolster law enforcement officials» ability to arrest and prosecute drug dealers that put highly addictive heroin and even more dangerous opioids like fentanyl and carfentanyl on the street, after years of legislation aimed at prevention, treatment and insurance coverage.

The CDC laid out new recommendations for opioid drugs like OxyContin, Vicodin, and Percocet, as the risks in the form of addiction and death outweigh their alleged benefits.

This epidemic of addiction has left millions of people dependent on illegal narcotics such as heroin, or to prescription opioid pain relievers like oxycodone (brand name: OxyContin), codeine, and morphine.

The behavioral addiction of the usage of smartphones gradually begins creating neurological brain connections in ways much like how individuals using Oxycontin for relief of pain experience opioid addiction.

Kind of like hemp triggering a positive for marijuana on a drug screen, or the famous «Seinfeld» episode where Elaine's poppyseed muffin habit was flagged as an opioid addiction.

Those foods actually release opioid like chemicals that can lead to food addictions and intense cravings for those thigh expanding foods.

One in 4 children experiences a mental health disorder annually, 73 and half of those who will have a mental health disorder at some point in their life will first be diagnosed at age 14 or younger.74 Furthermore, about half of all children will experience a traumatic event — such as the death of a parent, violence, or extreme poverty — before they reach adulthood.75 And as the opioid epidemic continues to grow, students are coming to school affected by a parent's addiction as well as the havoc and instability that it can wreak on family life.76 In addition, as students experience other issues — such as puberty; family matters, like divorce; and bullying — having supportive trained adults to talk to in school is critical for improving their well - being and attention to learning.

Beverly Fishman's wall reliefs are seemingly sleek abstract compositions that mimic prescription drugs and medications like Prozac and Xanax, referencing the current opioid addiction crisis.

Many times, patients develop addictions to powerful opioid pain relievers, like Oxycontin and Percocet, and for many, heroin and methamphetamines are the next level up.