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• Fentanyl Drives Rise in Opioid Deaths in U.S.
• FDA OKs Drug to Treat Opioid Addiction
• Teens Taking Opioids to Relax, Get High
• Opioid Epidemic Also Taking Toll on Babies
• Walmart Packet Turns Opioid Pills Into Useless Gel
• Opioid Abuse Rises When Prescriptions Are Renewed
• Tamper-Resistant Opioids May Not Stop Addiction
• Epidemic of Opioid Abuse Is Top Health News of 2017
• U.S. Life Expectancy Drops as Opioid Deaths Surge
• Drug May Help Surgical Patients Stop Opioids Sooner
• Often, Opioid Abuse Becomes a Family Affair
• FDA Approves Monthly Dose of Opioid Addiction Treatment
• Another Opioid Scourge: Dangerous Infections
• Opioid Epidemic Cost the U.S. $500 Billion in 2015
• Drug Courts Key To New White House Opioid Strategy
• U.S. Opioid ODs Cluster in Centers of Poverty
• Trump: Opioid Epidemic a Public Health Emergency
• Opioid Addiction a Risk After Weight-Loss Surgery
• U.S. Opioid Painkiller Abuse May Be Leveling Off
• Medicare Could Do More to Stem Opioid Epidemic
• Heroin Taking Bigger Share of U.S. Opioid ODs
• America’s Pain: The Opioid Epidemic
• CVS to Limit Opioid Prescription Amounts
• Opioid ODs Have Cut Into U.S. Life Expectancy: CDC
• More U.S. Kids Landing in ER With Opioid Addiction
• Fatal Opioid ODs on the Rise Among U.S. Teens
• Opioid Overdoses & Deaths Flooding U.S. Hospitals
• Obama Seeks to Expand Opioid Addiction Treatment
• Opioid Prescriptions Fall, But Still High: CDC
• Kids Overdosing on Med For Opioid Addiction
• More US Women Hospitalized for Opioid Abuse
• FDA Asks Maker of Opioid Painkiller to Pull Drug
• Did a 1980 Letter Help Spark the Opioid Crisis?
• Opioid-Addicted Babies May Struggle With Learning
• Opioid-Related Deaths Might Be Underestimated: CDC
• Many Opioid Addictions Surface After Surgery
• Panels: Risk Outweighs Benefit for New Opioid Type
• 7 in 10 Workplaces Hit by Opioid Abuse: Survey
• Kids' OD Risk Rises When Opioids Left Out at Home
• Most Opioid Users OK With Getting Antidote: Survey
• Some Docs May Help Fuel Opioid Abuse Epidemic
• Opioids and Alcohol a Dangerous Cocktail
• School Performance in Kids of Opioid-Addicted Moms
• Innovative Programs Help Addicts Get Off Opioids
• Opioid Overdoses Burden U.S. Hospitals: Report
• Opioid-Dependent Babies Up at Rural Hospitals
• Rising Price of Opioid OD Antidote Could Cost Lives: Study
• Opioid Overdoses Nearly Triple Among Kids, Teens
• DEA Puts Quota on Production of Opioid Painkillers
• Risk of Opioid Addiction Up 37% Among Young Adults

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