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Cost Of U.S. Opioid Epidemic Since 2001 Is $1 Trillion And Climbing

Greg Allen NPR

Posted on February 13, 2018 · Economists tracking federal mortality data say the opioid crisis is undercutting the productivity of people in their prime working years — 30s and 40s

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Fight The Opioid Epidemic, All Agree. But Strategies Vary Widely

WILL STONE, NPR

Posted on December 19, 2017 · Officials across Arizona agree that the state must solve its growing opioid problem. But some people fear that several strategies under consideration encourage drug use

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Why One Houston Researcher Calls Meth ‘A Perfect Storm’ For Southeast Texas

Davis Land

Posted on August 22, 2019 · Texas has largely been spared from the worst of the opioid overdose crisis, but in its place, another more difficult addiction is rising.

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Houston Matters

Full Show: Day Care Deaths, And Harris County’s Opioid Lawsuit (Dec. 13, 2018)

Abner Fletcher

Posted on December 13, 2018 · On Thursday's Houston Matters: We preview tonight's HISD board meeting. Then, an investigative report examines deaths at Texas day cares. Plus, we check in on Harris County’s lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies for their alleged role in the opioid epidemic. And the Apollo Chamber Players perform some holiday music in studio.

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This Aug. 29, 2018 photo shows an arrangement of prescription Oxycodone pills in New York. Figures from a 2017 survey released on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, show fewer people used heroin for the first time compared to the previous year, and fewer Americans misusing or addicted to prescription opioid painkillers. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Texas Receives $2.6 Million for Public Health Response to Opioid Epidemic

HPM Digital Team

Posted on October 9, 2018 · Nearly half of all drug deaths in the state are attributed to opioids

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Houston Matters

When Should Doctors Prescribe Opioid Painkillers?

Abner Fletcher

Posted on September 12, 2018 · At an upcoming seminar, Houston doctors will discuss the ethical concerns they face when prescribing opioids.

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