Connecting the Dots – May 2019
The information contained in the videos below is a summary of current events, synthesizing various news articles and blogs from the past month. For your convenience, we have also included links to a few of the sources referenced in the videos that you can read to get additional information on the topic.
Legal & Legislative Updates
Alcohol & Other Drug Trends
Related Articles for More Information
Legal & Legislative Updates
- Trump to keep fighting opioids ‘until our job is done’ (0:07, Opioid Updates: Lawsuits & Funding)
- Lawsuits lay bare Sackler family’s role in opioid crisis (0:57, Opioid Updates: Lawsuits & Funding)
- For the first time, U.S. files criminal charges against an opioid distributor (1:27, Opioid Updates: Lawsuits & Funding)
- Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid (ARPO) Strike Force takedown results in charges against 60 individuals, including 53 medical professionals (2:05, Opioid Updates: Lawsuits & Funding)
- Mass. Prisons start offering medication to treat addiction (2:31, Opioid Updates: Lawsuits & Funding)
- DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27, 2019 (2:47, Opioid Updates: Lawsuits & Funding)
- No more oxycontin for injured workers In Ohio (0:05, Changes in Substance Availability)
- You have to be 21 to smoke in Illinois. Will new law affect teen vaping? (0:26, Changes in Substance Availability)
- FDA has given Walmart, Kroger, 7-Eleven and other chain stores 30 days to submit a plan to reduce sales to minors or face penalties and fines (0:40, Changes in Substance Availability)
- Letter to JULL Labs from 11 Senators (0:50, Changes in Substance Availability)
- Hemp: Bill introduced in Ohio to legalize growing, allow CBD derived from hemp (1:30, Changes in Substance Availability)
- 2019 Marijuana Policy Reform Legislation (0:03, Marijuana Updates)
Alcohol & Other Drug Trends
- NIH study aims to reduce opioid overdose deaths by 40 percent in three years (0:08, Opioids and Other Drug Trends)
- Report: Opioid prescriptions in Ohio down, meth availability up (1:27, Opioids and Other Drug Trends)
- Herbal drug kratom linked to almost 100 overdose deaths, CDC says (2:56, Opioids and Other Drug Trends)
- Akron’s ‘Recovery Court’—longest running drug court in the state— sees success for recovering addicts (0:09, Successful Treatment Efforts)
- County finding some success with treatment in lieu of jail (0:25, Successful Treatment Efforts)
- Featured news: Family involvement key to success of teen substance use treatment (0:43, Successful Treatment Efforts)
- New method uses AI to screen for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (0:04, Alcohol Updates)
- Built-in car device to prevent drunk driving could become standard soon (1:00, Alcohol Updates)
- If you’re faking that smile at work, you’re at risk for heavy drinking (1:31, Alcohol Updates)
