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Alcohol & Drug Trends

• When Docs Review Drug History, Abuse Decreases Among Medicare Recipients

  (June 23, 2017)

  (Summer 2017) States that mandate physicians look into their patients’ prior drug history in a prescription drug monitoring database have seen a decrease in opioid abuse among their residents on […]

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• More Truck Drivers Involved in Deadly Accidents Test Positive for Drugs

  (June 23, 2017)

  (Summer 2017) The trucking industry recorded an 8% rise in lethal crashes from 2014 to 2015, with almost 4,000 truck drivers killed on the road in 2015. Of these, 185 […]

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• Illicit Drug Sales Rise in “Cryptomarkets”

  (June 23, 2017)

  (Summer 2017) The sale of illegal drugs through covert online areas called “cryptomarkets” is growing. Proceeds in these venues have increased 200% since 2013 and the number of individual sales […]

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• Drugged Driving Surpasses Drunk Driving

  (June 23, 2017)

  (Summer 2017) For the first time, data shows that American drivers who met their death due to a vehicular crash were more likely to have drugs in their systems than […]

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• Huge Need Skyrockets Cost of Naloxone Device

  (June 23, 2017)

  (Summer 2017) Due to the high demand for the opioid-reversal drug naloxone, the cost of Evzio, a tool that administers the antidote, has escalated from $690 in 2014 for a […]

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