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USA. Governors ask Trump, Congress to do more on opioid crisis CHERRY HILL, N.J. — Less than three months after President Donald Trump declared the U.S. opioid crisis a public health emergency, the nation's governors are calling on his admini…

UK. 'Growing problem' of addiction to prescription drugs probed Public Health England is launching a review into the "growing problem" of prescription drug addiction. NHS data suggest one in every 11 patients in England is being prescribed medicat…

USA. Opioid-Krise: Eine Stadt, betäubt von Drogen Erst Pillen, dann Heroin: Die USA sind abhängig von Opioiden, Präsident Trump hat den Notstand ausgerufen. In Portsmouth, Ohio, ändert das wenig. Das Sterben geht weiter. (Zeit…

USA. Did Americans Turn to Opioids Out of Despair – or Just Because They Were There? Between 1999 and 2013, the death rate for white, middle-aged, working-class Americans increased by 22 percent. This explosion in premature deaths was driven…

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