In a hearing peppered with statistics and stories of the nation's opioid crisis, a government official told a congressional panel Thursday that the Trump administration’s plan for addressing the country’s drug crisis lacks goals and objectives and a way to measure success.
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Juul has a new program to pitch its e-cigarette to companies and insurers who want to help their employees stop smoking cigarettes as the company continues to stave off criticism that its product has caused an epidemic in teen smoking.
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Decades of scare tactics haven’t worked. What’s effective is clear information about risks and alternative ways to relieve stress..
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Just as snow begins to hit the windshield, Stuart Masula pulls his blue Ford pickup into a half-empty medical plaza parking lot. He hops out and heads to the RV trailer hitched to the back, flipping on a generator along the way.
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Cigarettes hooked generations of teenagers. Now e-cigarettes might do the same.
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Aspiring Doctors Seek Advanced Training In Addiction Medicine
The U.S. surgeon general's office estimates that more than 20 million people have a substance-use disorder. Meanwhile, the nation's drug overdose crisis shows no sign of slowing.
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For far too long, health insurers have been treating people with mental health and substance use disorders like second-class citizens. A federal court recently ruled that this must stop. Employers and regulators, take note.
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When state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia and Attorney General Letitia James released the findings earlier this month concerning the death of Rochester student Trevyan Rowe, they couldn't have been tougher. They slammed the district for a slew of "systemic failures" in school policies and procedures.
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