Health - Opioids

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• https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/drug_poisoning_mortality/drug_poisoning.htm

  Steve Johnson

  Apr 19, 2017
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  Details On Death Certificates Offer Layers Of Clues To Opioid Epidemic

  NPR - Jeff Cohen

  Dr. James Gill walked through the morgue in Farmington, Conn., recently, past the dock where the bodies come in, past the tissue donations area, and stopped outside the autopsy room. "We kind of have a typical board listing all of the decedents for the day," Gill said, pointing to the list of names …

• Steve Johnson

  

  ‘Watching the ship sink’: Why primary care doctors have stayed out of the fight against opioids

  STAT - Bob Tedeschi

  ESPAÑOLA, N.M. — For years, this town has withstood a torrent of opioid-related deaths, and now claims one of the highest rates of opioid overdoses …

• http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/docs/dph/stop-addiction/dph-legislative-report-chapter-55-opioid-overdose-study-9-15-2016.pdf

  Steve Johnson

  Sep 21, 2016

• http://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/analysis.html

  Steve Johnson

  Aug 31, 2016