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☆ Hunter Biden trial puts America’s addiction crisis back into focus
  + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Josh Campbell | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +5 min
Hunter Biden has pleaded not guilty to charges of illegally purchasing and possessing a gun while abusing or being addicted to drugs, a violation of federal law. Another question probed whether potential jurors or their close associates had ever sought treatment for drug use. During their, at times, emotional answers, prospective juror after juror described how drug use had afflicted people they knew. About 42% of adults in the United States say they personally know at least one person who died from a drug overdose, according to survey findings published earlier this year by the nonprofit research institute RAND Corporation. In addition to illuminating the sheer number of Americans impacted by addiction, Hunter Biden’s trial is also creating critical awareness around the very language used to describe drug use.
Persons: Hunter Biden, Wilmington’s J, Caleb Boggs, “, ”, Scott Hadland, Hunter Biden’s, Andy Mendenhall, Bob Day, McPhillips, Marshall Cohen, Jacqueline Howard Organizations: Mental Health Services Administration, CNN, RAND Corporation, Children, Concern, Portland Police Locations: Delaware, United States, Oregon
☆ How much you drink could have an influence on how your teen drinks, study shows
  + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +5 min
CNN —If you want to keep your kids from drinking, start by looking at your own consumption. Binge drinking is defined as at least four drinks for women and five drinks for men on one occasion, the study said. Over 45% of kids who started drinking at age 13 or younger develop alcohol problems, Dick said. “We actually know that (teens who drink at home) are more likely to use with their friends in irresponsible and risky ways,” she said. “Adolescents are making healthier choices than many of us did when we were that age,” Dick added.
Persons: ”, Marissa Esser, Danielle Dick, Dick, Rutgers Robert Wood, Scott Hadland, Dick said, ” Dick, “, —, Hadland, Rosamund Dean, Dean, it’s Organizations: CNN, Adolescent Health, US Centers for Disease Control, Rutgers Addiction Research, Rutgers, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Harvard Medical School Locations: Piscataway , New Jersey, Massachusetts, Boston
☆ FDA advisors recommend over-the-counter use of life-saving opioid overdose treatment Narcan
  + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +7 min
Narcan nasal spray quickly reverses an overdose from heroin and prescription painkillers. The Food and Drug Administration's independent advisors on Wednesday unanimously recommended over-the-counter use of the nasal spray Narcan to reverse opioid overdoses, which would significantly expand access to the life-saving treatment. Emergent BioSolutions ' Narcan is the most commonly sold treatment for opioid overdoses. Emergent BioSolutions said Narcan would be available for the over-the-counter market by late summer if the FDA approves it next month. Opioid overdose deaths spiked 17% during the pandemic from about 69,000 in 2020 to nearly 81,000 in 2021.
☆ FDA opens door to make opioid overdose antidote available over the counter
  + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Berkeley-Lovelace-Jr.Jpg | Berkeley Lovelace Jr. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +4 min
The Food and Drug Administration is pushing for drugmakers to apply for over-the-counter approval for naloxone, the opioid overdose antidote. Naloxone is only offered as a prescription, though many states have found work-arounds to make the drug easier to get. By making the medication available over the counter, it removes stigma, said Dr. Scott Hadland, an addiction specialist at Mass General for Children in Boston. Nearly 20,000 deaths from overdose, between 1999 and 2020, have been prevented by the self-administering of naloxone, according to the FDA. The FDA noted that over-the-counter naloxone will not divert supplies away from community-based naloxone distribution programs and hospitals.
☆ More adolescent e-cigarette users report vaping within five minutes of waking up, study finds
  + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Jacqueline Howard | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +7 min
The data included a total of 151,573 survey respondents, all in middle or high school in the United States. ‘Concerning’ trends in the intensity of useThe overall prevalence of e-cigarette use peaked in 2019 and then declined. But by 2019, more e-cigarette users were using within the first five minutes of waking up each day compared with traditional cigarette users. “It is encouraging that the prevalence of e-cigarette use has declined among U.S. adolescents from 2019 to 2021. “Unfortunately, early nicotine addiction could overturn the significant tobacco control progress made over many decades,” she said.
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