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• Covering the opioid epidemic: Despair, bravery, helplessness, iron will and too much death, Terry DeMio, Cincinnati Enquirer via USA Today, Dec. 15, 2019
• ​`Safer opioid’ has sparked a crisis in vulnerable countries, AP News, December 13, 2019
• Prescription Opioid Use Steady, NHANES Data Show-But what this means for the opioid epidemic is unclear, Medpage Today, by Judy George, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today, December 05, 2019
• Prenatal Opioid Use Linked to Increased Mortality for Moms, Medscape, Medscape > News > Medscape Medical News, by Liam Davenport, November 28, 2019
• ​Hospitals Take Shot at Opioid Makers Over Treating Uninsured for Addiction, Medscape, News > Kaiser Health News, Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio, October 30, 2019
• ​Understanding America's Surge in Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Opioids, The Rand Corporation, October 2019 
• ​Pain Societies Told to Disclose Financial Ties to Opioid Makers, Medscape, Medscape News > Medscape Medical News > News Alerts, by Megan Brooks, July 02, 2019
• ​Chronic Opioid Prescribing in Primary Care, Factors and Perspectives, Sebastian T. Tong, MD, MPH; Camille J. Hochheimer; E. Marshall Brooks, PhD; Roy T. Sabo, PhD; Vivian Jiang, MD; Teresa Day; Julia S. Rozman; Paulette Lail Kashiri, MPH; Alex H. Krist, MD, MPH; Ann Fam Med. 2019;17(3):200-206. 
• ​NIH scientists call attention to the impact of opioids on women and children, NIH News, Tuesday, May 28, 2019
• ​Opioid epidemic is increasing rates of some infectious diseases. Health, substance use professionals must work together to thwart public health crisis. National Institutes of Health (NIH), News Releases. Wednesday, April 3, 2019
• Stop Limiting Access to Opioid Addiction Meds, Experts Say. Treat Opioid Use Disorder as Chronic Disease Kerry Dooley Young, Medscape, News > Medscape Medical News > Psychiatry News, March 22, 2019
  Diagnosis, Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy Tied to State Laws in US, Medscape, Medscape > News > Reuters Health Information, By Marilynn Larkin, March 17, 2019
• Gabapentin Plus Opioids for Chronic Pain? Small study shows no superiority over opioids alone. By Judy George, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today, March 10, 2019
• Asthma More Common in Opioid-Dependent Patients. Also, women taking opioids have greatest asthma risk, MedPage Today, Meeting Coverage > AAAAI, by Salynn Boyles, Contributing Writer, February 24, 2019
• These states have been hit the hardest by America's opioid epidemic. By Ben Tinker, CNN, Updated 11:30 AM ET, Fri February 22, 2019
• More States Say Docs Must Offer Naloxone With Opioids. But is co-prescribing the solution? Medpage Today --> Pain Management --> Opioids. By Barbara Feder Ostrov, February 21, 2019
• Monthly buprenorphine injections effective for opioid use disorders. Study results on long-acting injection formulation now published. US Dept. of Health & Human Services (HHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Tuesday, February 19, 2019
• Opioid Oversupply After Joint and Spine Surgery, A Prospective Cohort Study, Medscape-->Anesthesia & Analgesia, 
  Mark C. Bicket, MD; Elizabeth White, RN; Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD; Christopher L. Wu, MD; Myron Yaster, MD; G. Caleb Alexander, MD, MS, Anesth Analg. 2019;128(2):358-364. 
• Two decades of data reveal overall increase in pain, opioid use among U.S. adults, Researchers measured pain’s impact on normal work activities, people’s health status, and health care use. National Institutes of Health, US Dept. of Health & Human Services, Wednesday, February 13, 2019
  Endorsing Cannabis as an Opioid Substitute 'Irresponsible', Medscape, Medscape--> News > Medscape Medical News > Psychiatry Newsby Alicia Ault, February 12, 2019
• ​​​Fighting the Opioid Crisis: NIH HEAL Initiative Takes on Addiction and Pain Management, Plan is engaging multiple institutes across NIH, NIHMedlpinePlus Magazine, US National Library of Medicine.
• ​​​Overdose Deaths Involving Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs — New York City, 2000–2017, Cody Colon-Berezin, MSPH; Michelle L. Nolan, MPH; Jaclyn Blachman-Forshay, MPH; Denise Paone, EdD; Medscape-->Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2019;68(2):37-40. 
• The Emergency Department as an Opportunity for Naloxone Distribution A Systematic Review; Alexander H. Gunn, MBS, EMT-B; Zachary P.W. Smothers, MBS, EMT-B; Nicole Schramm-Sapyta, PhD; Caroline E. Freiermuth, MD; Mark MacEachern, MLIS; Andrew J. Muzyk, PharmD, MHPE; Medscape--> Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, Western J Emerg Med. 2018;19(6):1036-1042. 
• Opioid Prescribing Rates in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Counties Among Primary Care Providers Using an Electronic Health Record System — United States, 2014–2017, Medscape, Medscape News, Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report by Macarena C. García, DrPH; Charles M. Heilig, PhD; Scott H. Lee, PhD; Mark Faul, PhD; Gery Guy, PhD; Michael F. Iademarco, MD; Katherine Hempstead, PhD; Dorrie Raymond, MA; Josh Gray, MBA. February 4, 2019, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2019;68(2):25-30. 
• Study Links Opioid Epidemic to Painkiller Marketing, Medscape, News > Medscape Medical News, By Gene Emery, January 24, 2019
• Hope in the opioid crisis? Overdose deaths appear to be leveling off as states intensify efforts to save lives, Preliminary data from the CDC show slight declines in overdose deaths in the first few months of 2018, Kim Painter, USA TODAY, Updated 1:29 p.m. EST Jan. 22, 2019
• ​​Odds of dying from accidental opioid overdose in the US surpass those of dying in car accident, by Kevin Flower and Meera Senthilingam, CNN, Updated 10:06 AM ET, Mon January 14, 2019
• ​​Starbucks plans to install needle-disposal boxes in some bathrooms, Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY, Published 5:00 a.m. ET, Jan. 10, 2019
• ​​Federal Task Force Highlights Ways to Limit Opioid Exposure, News > Medscape Medical News, by Kerry Dooley Young, December 31, 2018
• Steer Clear of Driving While Taking Prescribed Opioids?, Medscape, News > Medscape Medical News > Neurology News, by Damian McNamara, December 17, 2018
  Opioid overdose deaths plunge 31 percent in Ohio county thanks to free Narcan, CBS NEWS December 17, 2018, 7:36 AM
• Opioid Crisis: The lawsuits that could bankrupt manufacturers and distributors, 60 Minutes, Bill Whitaker, December 16, 2018. The attorney behind a multibillion-dollar tobacco settlement in 1998 has turned his attention to the opioid epidemic. And he wants drug companies to pay.
• ​Novel 'Blended Therapy' May Help Cut High-Dose Opioid Use, Medscape, News > Medscape Medical News > Conference News > AIPM 2018 by Pauline Anderson, November 19, 2018 
• Suicide Risk Factors Differ by Sex Among Opiate Users at High Risk, Medscape, Medscape News > News > Reuters Health Information, By Lorraine L. Janeczko, October 28, 2018
• HHS Secretary Says Opioid Deaths Starting to Plateau, Medscape, Medscape News > Medscape Medical News, By Alicia Ault, October 23, 2018
• Physicians Prescribe Too Many Opioids for Osteoarthritis, Medscape, News > Medscape Medical News > Conference News > ACR 2018, Allison Shelley, October 22, 2018
• Nonopioid Approaches to Pain: The Hunt Is On, Medscape, News > Medscape Medical News > Neurology News, by Deborah Brauser, October 12, 2018
• Black market for opioid addiction drug helps some: 'I think that's what normal feels like', ABC News, By JAKE HARPER | SIDE EFFECTS PUBLIC MEDIA, Oct 11, 2018, 2:26 PM ET
• Opportunities to Prevent Overdose Deaths Involving Prescription and Illicit Opioids, 11 States, July 2016–June 2017, Weekly / August 31, 2018 / 67(34);945–951
• ​​​FDA warns of pet owners using animals to get opioids, CNN Digital Expansion 2016 By Jacqueline Howard, CNN, Updated 4:55 AM ET, Thu August 16, 2018
• Notification of patient overdose deaths reduces clinician opioid prescriptions, NIH-funded study shows clinicians reduced prescriptions following behavioral “nudge”. US Dept. of Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Thursday, August 9, 2018
• State Strategies to Address Opioid Abuse, The Council of State Governments, By Matt Oster|Friday, August 17, 2018 at 11:12 AM
• Statement by FDA Commissioner, Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on the FDA’s new resource guide to support responsible opioid prescribing for pain management in animals, US Dept. of Health & Human Services, US Food & Drug Administration, August 15, 2018
• The Changing Opioid Epidemic: State Trends, 2000-2016, State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC), August 09, 2018
• Learning about fatal opioid overdoses changes prescribing behavior, NIH Research Matters, National Institutes of Health (NIH), August 28, 2018
• Opioid Use Disorder Documented at Delivery Hospitalization — United States, 1999–2014, CDC, NNMR Weekly / August 10, 2018 / 67(31);845–849
• To reduce opioid prescriptions, tell doctors when their patients overdose and die, USA Today, Jason Doctor and Jonathan Lucas, Opinion contributors Published 2:00 p.m. ET Aug. 9, 2018 | Updated 5:42 p.m. ET Aug. 9, 2018
• Notification of patient overdose deaths reduces clinician opioid prescriptions, NIH-funded study shows clinicians reduced prescriptions following behavioral “nudge”, NIH News Release, Thursday, August 9, 2018
• My husband committed suicide after doctors restricted his pain medication, USA TODAY NETWORK, Meredith Lawrence, Tennessean, Opinion, Published 7:55 a.m. ET July 25, 2018
• ​​​Opioid Prescribing in Teens Still High, but Tide May Be Turning, Medscape, by Megan Brooks, July 17, 2018
• Medications reduce risk of death after opioid overdose, NIH, News & Events, NIH Research Matters, July 10, 2018
• New Opioid 'Roadmap' Offers Suggestions to Combat Abuse, Medscape, by Kerry Dooley Young, June 21, 2018
• ​​​Methadone and buprenorphine reduce risk of death after opioid overdose, NIH research confirms effective treatments for opioid use disorder are underutilized. Tuesday, June 19, 2018
• NIH Outlines New Game Plan to Combat Opioid Crisis, Medscape, by Megan Brooks, June 13, 2018
• ​​​U.S. House Panel Questions FDA's Track Record Combating Illegal Opioids, Medscape via Reuters, By Sarah N. Lynch, June 12, 2018
• Opioid Epidemic Turning Around, AMA Says, Medscape, by Megan Brooks, June 08, 2018
• ​​​Origins of an Epidemic: Purdue Pharma Knew Its Opioids Were Widely Abused. A confidential Justice Department report found the company was aware early on that OxyContin was being crushed and snorted for its powerful narcotic, but continued to promote it as less addictive. New York Times, By Barry Meier, May 29, 2018
• NIH study explains why opioid therapy may not always work well for chronic pain, National Institutes of Health, Thursday, May 24, 2018
• Opioid Overprescription Targeted by New Plans, Medscape, May 19, 2018 
• Author Recounts How Opioids Took Hold in America, NIH Record, May 18, 2018, BY DANA TALESNIK
• ​​​Study upends conventional view of opioid mechanism of action, National Institutes of Health, Thursday, May 10, 2018
• ​​​House Panel Advances Opioid Legislation, Readies More, Medscape, by Kerry Dooley Young, May 09, 2018
• Individual Docs Underestimate Their Opioid Prescribing Habits, Ricki Lewis, PhD, Medscape Medical News, March 30, 2018 
• The more opioids doctors prescribe, the more money they make, CNN Exclusive, March 12, 2017
• Opioid Overdoses Treated in Emergency Departments, CDC, Vital Signs, March 6, 2018
• Emergency Department Data Show Rapid Increases in Opioid Overdoses, CDC Newsroom, March 6, 2018
• Vital Signs: Trends in Emergency Department Visits for Suspected Opioid Overdoses — United States, July 2016–September 2017, Early Release / March 6, 2018 / 67, CDC, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Opioid Prescribing, CDC, Vital Signs, July 6. 2017
• Opioid Painkiller Prescribing, CDC, Vital Signs, July 2014

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