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UAB's New Center for Addiction and Pain Prevention and Intervention

Nov 19, 2020 at 12:19 pm by steve

Think back to the time before Covid-19. Another epidemic was ravaging America, leaving thousands of grieving families to mourn the loss of loved ones to opioids, pain killers.... Read More

Opioid Abuse Crisis Spurs Action

Aug 16, 2016 at 12:26 pm by steve

The statistics are alarming: some 40 people a day die in the U.S. from opioid drug overdoses, more deaths than cocaine and heroin combined. The Centers for Disease Control cal.... Read More

Addressing the Opioid Abuse Epidemic

Jun 14, 2016 at 10:35 am by steve

The existence of an opioid drug abuse problem in the United States is no secret, although the scale of this problem may be less well known. From 1999 to 2014, more than 165,00.... Read More