by Jordana Choucair | Feb 24, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
Addiction Professionals of North Carolina Executive Director Sarah Potter authored a blog sharing her thoughts on the current harm reduction controversy playing out at the federal level. Sarah states that while harm reduction isn’t a cure-all, it is “part of a...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 21, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
The mediator for the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy settlement case reported that the Sackler family is willing to pay at least $1.2 million more to settle the case. According to a third interim report filed on Friday, the family proposed to pay between $5.5 million and $6...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 17, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
Several Democrat Senators sent a letter asking the Department of Justice (DOJ) to consider possible criminal charges for Sackler family members on top of the department’s previously resolved civil and criminal investigations into Purdue. The senators noted that...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 17, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
The CDC reported that overdose deaths hit a record high last year as the COVID-19 pandemic upended society and daily lives. According to the agency, 104,288 people died from an overdose in the 12-month period that ended in September 2021, marking an increase of nearly...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 11, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
The CDC released draft updated guidelines for prescribing opioids that would give doctors more flexibility. Guidelines issued in 2016 included specific recommendations, including often limiting opioid prescriptions for acute pain to three days and not exceeding a dose...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 8, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
A bipartisan congressional commission released a report outlining a multi-pronged strategy to combat the opioid epidemic. The report states that the drug overdose epidemic in the U.S. costs the nation roughly $1 trillion a year and recommends five “pillars” for...
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