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A year and a half after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico’s drug crisis grows more severe

April 5, 2019October 22, 2019 marthabayne

By Carly Graf It’s around 4 a.m. when the green minivan carrying two volunteers turns the corner and spots a

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Where do we go from here? It’s clear the United States is in the midst of an opioid crisis. Less clear is how to end it – or what an “end” would even look like.

May 29, 2018October 23, 2019 marthabayne

Journalistically speaking, opioid addiction seemed ripe for the taking. I didn’t know exactly what I was looking for, other than a new angle on a crisis that seems to be in the news every single day. So I set out – blindly, but guided by good faith.

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Prescribing with care: How doctors use medication to combat opioid addiction

September 20, 2017October 23, 2019 marthabayne DATA, Drug Addiction Treatment Act, opiod addiction, PCC Wellness, Steve Smrha, Suboxone

Steve Smrha began his medical career with what he thought was a reasonable goal: to help patients with drug addictions stop using drugs. “Completely sober for the rest of your life,” as Smrha described it. But it didn’t take long for him to realize “completely sober” isn’t always possible

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Still feeling the pain: Prescriptions decline, but opioid crisis continues

July 25, 2017 marthabayne American Academy of Family Physicians, Andrew Kolodny, CDC, chronic pain, opioid epidemic, prescription drugs, Robert Wergin, rural medical care, Vital Signs

Despite a recent decline in opioid prescriptions nationally, some parts of the country continue to experience significantly higher prescribing rates than others.