Sentences with phrase «opioid drugs across»

However, Spicer then signaled that the White House sees recreational pot very differently, with the press secretary even attempting to link recreational use of the drug to the abuse of opioid drugs across the U.S. (In fact, there has been little scientific evidence linking marijuana legalization to opioid use, with some studies actually showing a decrease in opioid overdoses in states where legal marijuana is available.)

Not exact matches

Facing a rising death toll from drug overdoses, state lawmakers across the country are testing a strategy to boost treatment for opioid addicts: Force drug manufacturers and their distributors to pay for it.

«Fentanyl abuse is feeding this nation's devastating opioid epidemic that destroys lives and families, and we are taking aggressive action to get these deadly drugs off our streets and protect communities across New York,» Governor Cuomo said.

The «Too Good for Drugs» expansion is part of a comprehensive city effort unveiled on Staten Island Monday to combat opioid misuse deaths across the five boroughs.

The drug, which has rapidly spread across the country in recent years, was the subject of a large package of programs and policies outlined on Tuesday, including easing access to treatment, expanding wraparound recovery services and limiting opioid prescriptions for acute pain to seven days, with some exceptions.

According to Schneiderman, opioids, both prescription and illicit, are driving the rising number of drug overdose deaths across the United States.

But an opioid addiction epidemic spreading across the United States has soured some doctors on the drugs.

«Across the country, and especially in Pennsylvania, there's been a significant effort made by physicians, law enforcement, politicians and others to take necessary steps to address the staggering statistics related to both prescription opioid pain relievers and the street - drug heroin,» says Scott Shapiro MD, president of the Pennsylvania Medical Society.

In November, a presidential commission headed by Mr. Trump's one - time political rival for the Republican presidential nomination, former Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, issued a 56 - recommendation report that included calls for the federal government to set up drug courts across the U.S., retrain medical prescribers on opioid use and reduce incentives for doctors to offer the powerful painkillers.

The current epidemic of opioid use has been called the worst drug crisis in American history with associated overdose deaths building across the nation.