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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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NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow on Drug Addiction, the Opioid Crisis & Recovery. Plus, Actress Faith Jones on Her Role in Jesus Christ Superstar

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Posted on January 17, 2023 · A look at drug issues facing the country today and how they’ve changed.

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Fentanyl-related deaths in Harris County Jail spark demand for outside investigation

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Posted on January 6, 2023 · In total, at least four people died due to drug-related causes while in custody last year, according to Harris County autopsy reports.

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University of Houston fentanyl vaccine research a ‘game changer’, Gov. Greg Abbott says

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on December 2, 2022 · The UH vaccine eliminates "the high" of the drug and the possibility of overdosing.

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Fentanyl vaccine, and climate refugees (Dec. 2, 2022)

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Posted on December 2, 2022 · On Friday's show: A new vaccine developed in Houston targeting the dangerous synthetic drug fentanyl could be a gamechanger in the opioid epidemic. And we learn how climate change could exacerbate the world's refugee crisis.

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