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This impact from America's opioid epidemic is sobering and should get EVERYONE's attention.
The opioid epidemic is so bad it's driving down life expectancy in the US
theverge.com
More than 52,000 people died of overdoses in 2015
NCAPDA Founder counted among the warrior Moms mentioned in this article.
These mothers saw the opioid epidemic before anyone else. No one listened
theguardian.com
Opioids claim the lives of thousands of Americans each year – and yet people don’t want to talk about it. Now a band of bereaved parents are fighting back
Let us never forget why we do the advocacy work we do. It's in memory of and to honor our Lost Loved Ones, which includes my own son, Joseph (Joey) John Rovero, III.
FED UP's press conference at the National Press Club on International Overdose Awareness Day where it's announced that a Citizen's Petition has been filed with the FDA asking that high potency opioids be removed from the market.
The FED UP Coalition Removal of Specific Opioid Products
On August 31, 2017, the FED UP! Coalition held a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Several organizations signed the petition, in...
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| Title | Content | Date |
|---|---|---|
| American Greed: Making a Killing – Doctor Drug Dealer | Check out the trailer for American Greed’s program airing on 3/13/17 focused on Dr. Lisa … | 2017/03/08 |
| In Depth: Deadly addiction in the suburbs | All too often we talk about it as something that happens on a dark street … | 2017/02/06 |
| Bay Area Family Puts Face On Suburban Opioid Addiction | With Californians now leading the nation in opioid-related deaths, a Bay Area mother and son … | 2016/11/11 |
| John Oliver Takes on America’s Opioid Crisis on Last Week Tonight | John Oliver tackled America’s opioid crisis on Last Week Tonight on Sunday. He started his … | 2016/10/24 |
| Future pain meds may be non-addictive | Scientists are closing in on creating medicines that could relieve severe, chronic pain without … | 2014/11/21 |
| Prop 46 Requiring Physicians To Check Statewide Prescription Drug Database | Prop 46 Requiring Physicians To Check Statewide Prescription Drug Database Can Save Up To $406 … | 2014/08/12 |
| Teen substance abuse is the new ‘normal” | Gone are the days when “stoners” could be picked out of a crowd on high … | 2014/04/12 |
| Spike In Heroin Use Can Be Traced To Prescription Pads | The death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has brought attention to a grim reality … | 2014/02/04 |
| The slippery slope of prescription drug abuse | “Do you think that God wants me to hurt like this?” Link To Story … | 2014/01/25 |
| The Problem With Pain Pills | Why doctors and patients resist giving them up and some of the surprising side effects … | 2014/01/14 |
| Dramatic Increase of Mass Shootings in America: The Role of Prescription Psychiatric Drugs? | A beginning point might be to ask if there is a common denominator among the … | 2013/11/22 |
| FDA recommends tightening access to hydrocodone pain-killers | Proponents argue that the death toll from abuse is unacceptably high. Link To Story | 2013/10/25 |
| The Military’s Prescription Drug Addiction | Overmedication is an epidemic in our armed forces—and claims lives far from the battlefield. … | 2013/10/04 |
| As Opioid Use Soars, No Evidence of Improved Treatment of Pain | “Policy makers, professional organizations, and providers should re-evaluate prior efforts to improve the identification, treatment, … | 2013/09/17 |
| OxyContin maker closely guards its list of suspect doctors | Purdue Pharma has privately identified about 1,800 doctors who may have recklessly prescribed the painkiller … | 2013/08/12 |
| Legal drugs, deadly outcomes | An L.A. Times review of coroners’ records finds that drugs prescribed by a small number of … | 2012/11/11 |