Sentences with phrase «on opioid addiction»

I've worked with adults who have substance use disorders, with additional focus on Opioid addiction, as well as co-occurring diagnoses (e.g, anxiety, depression).

At least $ 500 million in new funds will be targeted to research on opioid addiction.

Fresh grist was offered with a proposal to spend up to a million dollars to fight the war on opioid addiction.

Paul Giardina issued a policy position on opioid addiction last week.

A political novice, Bruso faults the legislative process because of the reluctance of legislators to cross party lines, but he commended the bipartisan effort behind the county's war on opioid addiction.

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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions» wide - ranging new crackdown on drug offenders could exacerbate one of America's most persistent public health tragedies: the heroin and opioid addiction epidemic that's been ravaging the country and killed nearly 35,000 Americans in 2015 alone.

Since opioid painkillers slow breathing and act on the same brain systems as heroin, they carry serious risks of overdose and, in rarer cases, addiction.

President Donald Trump revealed his new plan to combat the opioid crisis on Monday in New Hampshire, a state hard - hit by painkiller and heroin addiction and overdose in recent years.

Other pain points included drug pricing and how approving more generics may affect costs (Gottlieb parried that question by noting the FDA doesn't have the authority to negotiate prices or consider pricing when approving a drug) and his alleged softness on opioid drug makers due the aforementioned financial ties and pro-industry ideology (the nominee noted that he considers opioid addiction and overdoses a public health crisis «on the order of Ebola and Zika»).

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Enter a wave of startups creating innovative ways to aid people battling opioid addiction, thus taking on one of the gravest health challenges of our time.

Kratom has been promoted as both a healing cure for opioid addiction as well as a drug to be added on to existing opioids to enhance the euphoric high (it's also used purely recreationally by some people).

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will unveil a plan on Monday to combat the opioid addiction crisis that includes seeking the death penalty for drug dealers and urging Congress to toughen sentencing laws for drug traffickers, White House officials said on Sunday.

«All too often, the Christy Clark government relies on crisis management responses to urgent issues in B.C., and our two - year crisis in opioid addiction is yet another example.

April 18 Kentucky's attorney general on Wednesday sued Johnson & Johnson, accusing the pharmaceutical manufacturer of devising a deceptive marketing scheme that mischaracterized the risk of opioid abuse and addiction.

Several of the addiction professionals interviewed for this article sent lists of the proper terminology to use when writing about opioid addiction, and instructions on how to write about it in a caring way.

Opioid addictions are on the rise, as is the number of families impacted by the hardship the epidemic inflicts.

Opioid addiction now costs employers $ 2.6 billion - and more than half of that is spent on workers» CHILDREN

Opioid addiction has been an issue seized on by Senate Republicans, who have emphasized efforts to help and find treatment for those addicted — a stance that some have felt stands in stark contrast to the rhetoric surrounding drug epidemics in the 1980s.

At 6:30 p.m., the Senate Joint Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction holds a second forum, Penn Yan Middle School Auditorium, 515 Liberty St., Penn Yan.

He must apologize immediately and should relinquish his role on the Senate's Opioid Addiction task force.»

Sen. Martin Golden on Friday apologized after he was criticized for saying in an interview that heroin is not a «ghetto drug» and suggesting the opioid addiction crisis was impacting upper income people.

The budget resolution backed by Republicans in the state Senate on Thursday rejects $ 1 billion in tax increases while also seeking to spend $ 265 million on fighting the opioid addiction epidemic and bolster school security in the wake of a high school shooting in Florida.

Those include a tax on vapor products, a 2 - cent per milligram tax on opioid prescriptions framed as a way to combat the heroine addiction epidemic, and a «windfall profit fee» on health insurance companies.

The Senate panel studying the issue of heroin and opioid addiction on Monday announced another round of public forums on the topic.

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At 5 p.m., the Senate's Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction holds a public meeting, Binghamton University's Innovative Technologies Complex, Center of Excellence Building, Rotunda, 85 Murray Hill Road, Vestal.

Republicans also point to a package of heroin prevention measures that had come in part from a task force in the Senate on heroin and opioid addiction.

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At 6:30 p.m., the state Senate Joint Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction holds a public meeting to gather information and testimony regarding sober homes and existing regulations, Pace University, Willcox Hall, Stephen J. Friedman Room, 861 Bedford Road, Pleasantville.

The ad highlights his family and personal ties to the district and his trips around the area, part of a 163 - town campaign as well as his stances on Social Security, health care, as well as combatting opioid addiction and gun violence.

Cuomo's two percent tax on opioids is getting strong pushback from both the pharmaceutical industry and addiction treatment advocates.

Murphy, a co-chair of the Senate's task force on heroin and opioid addiction, is touting legislation the governor signed into law on his campaign website.

Vivitrol, on the other hand, is designed to block opioid receptors in the brain, which prevents users from getting high and, in theory, helps break their addiction.

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.

In May, after 18 months of hearings throughout the state, Republicans who control the state Senate issued a report on heroin and opioid addiction.

The agreement contains one new tax, a fee on opioid manufacturers and distributors intended to fund efforts to combat addiction.

The forum will focus on sports injury and opioid addiction.

New York State Senator Jim Tedisco (R,C,I,REF - Glenville) today was appointed as a new member of the Senate Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction by Senate Majority Leader John J. Flanagan.

From 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., the Senate Joint Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction will be holding a forum, Niagara University, Castellani Art Museum, 5795 Lewiston Rd.

Last week, the Governor and legislative leaders reached an agreement on multiple bills that include new programs and insurance reforms to improve treatment options for individuals suffering from heroin and opioid addiction; measures to strengthen penalties and put in place additional tools for law enforcement to crack down on the distribution of illegal drugs; provisions to ensure the proper and safe use of naloxone, an overdose antidote; and support for enhanced public awareness campaigns to prevent drug abuse.

For upstate lawmakers, there's scrutiny on how the state will continue to combat heroin and opioid addiction.

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand brought her campaign to fight the scourge of opioid addiction and death to the City of Newburgh on Friday where she announced new legislation that will target the epidemic at one of its key sources: opioid pain medication prescriptions.

ALBANY, N.Y. — A public protection budget hearing focusing on crime and opioid addiction is underway at the Capitol.

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.

Senator Phil Boyle, Chairman of the Senates Joint Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction, said, Todays bill signing demonstrates what government can do when working together to confront a crisis.

At 6:30 p.m. Thursday, the state Senate Joint Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction will meet at Pace University's Pleasantville campus for a public hearing to «gather information and testimony regarding sober homes and existing regulations, or lack thereof.»

At 10:30 a.m., Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Senate Joint Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction co-chairs Sens. George Amedore, Fred Akshar, and Chris Jacobs will announce the Senate's next steps in the fight against the state's heroin and opioid epidemic, Room 124, state Capitol, AOpioid Addiction co-chairs Sens. George Amedore, Fred Akshar, and Chris Jacobs will announce the Senate's next steps in the fight against the state's heroin and opioid epidemic, Room 124, state Capitol, Aopioid epidemic, Room 124, state Capitol, Albany.

[15] As a local councilman, he was tapped to serve on both the New York State Assembly Task Force on Crime on Our Communities, also known as the Sex Offender Watch Task Force, as well as the Senate Task Force of Heroin and Opioid Addiction.

ALBANY — State efforts to combat heroin and opioid addiction got a boost Wednesday with the opening of a $ 25.6 million residential treatment center on Wards Island.