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Even Kindergartners Get Lessons on Dangers of Opioids
Schools are going beyond "Just Say No" as they teach students as young as kindergartners about the dangers of opioids in the hope that they don't later become part of the growing crisis, the AP...
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ER Docs All Over the Map on Doling Out Opioids
Scientists trying to better understand the nation's rising opioid addictions have uncovered an interesting wrinkle: A patient's risk of getting hooked might depend on which ER doctor they happen to...
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Cherokees Sue: CVS, Walmart 'Flooded' Them With Opioids
Native American communities experience some of the highest substance-abuse rates in the US: Babies are born addicted to prescription drugs due to exposure in utero, while Native American high school...
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Major Insurer Takes Big Step on OxyContin
A big change for a huge insurance company: Starting Jan. 1, Cigna will stop covering most OxyContin prescriptions in its group plans. OxyContin, an opioid painkiller, is an extended-release version of...
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Stuck With Leftover Opioids? Walmart Has a Solution
Walmart is helping customers get rid of leftover opioids by giving them packets that turn the addictive painkillers into a useless gel. The retail giant announced Wednesday that it will provide the...
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Cost of This Drug in 2013: $138. Cost Now: $2,979
A painkiller that cost $138 a bottle less than five years ago now hovers at close to $3,000—the latest price hike to put the pharmaceutical industry in the spotlight. CNNMoney reports Horizon Pharma's...
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Jamie Lee Curtis: I 'Freebased' With Dad Tony Curtis
Jamie Lee Curtis has been open about her struggle with addiction and her recovery journey; she's been sober 20 years. She gets even more open in a new interview with Variety for its "recovery issue,"...
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Court Overturns $465M Opioid Ruling Against Johnson & Johnson
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a $465 million opioid ruling against drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, finding that a lower court wrongly interpreted the state's public nuisance law in...
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CDC Proposes Softening Guidance on Opioids
The nation's top public health agency on Thursday proposed changing—and in some instances softening—guidelines for US doctors prescribing oxycodone and other opioid painkillers. The CDC's previous...
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