Wear BLUE Day – encourage men to seek regular checkups
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Accidental addicts: Local, state and federal officials are taking action to reduce drug abuse deaths caused overwhelmingly by MD-prescribed pain meds
From SpotlightNews.com <<On Thursday, June 2, an official toxicology report released by the Midwest Medical Examiners Office revealed that the 57-year-old artist Prince died at his home in Minnesota last April of an accidental opiate overdose—making the iconic music legend perhaps the most recognizable victim in a tidal wave of opioid abuse and overdose that […]
Dr. Robert McKenna
LGBT MONTH, June 2016 Dr. Robert McKenna has been a Public Health professional for more than 20 years. Currently, he serves as a Senior Public Health Advisor with the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Office of Regional Operations (Region 3), and for the last 15 years has been a Senior Public Health Practice Professor at […]
Building a Better, Smarter, Healthier System
Building a Better, Smarter, Healthier System A webinar by Meena Seshamani, MD, PhD, Director, Office of Health Reform, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; and Christopher D. Carroll, M.Sc., Director, Health Care Financing and Systems Integration, Office of Planning, Policy, and Innovation, SAMHSA. To view video webinar on SAMHSA’s website, click here. “In the […]
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Harsher penalties for suppliers in drug-overdose deaths
A recent Washington Post article (05/08/2016) describes how some states are prosecuting dealers when there is a fatal overdose from drugs they sold. Highlights from the article: “Prosecutors in New Jersey, Tennessee, West Virginia and Louisiana have recently dusted off dormant War on Drugs-era laws to subject sellers and providers to homicide charges and stiff […]
Tobacco News: Rule Brings E-Cigs, Hookah, and Other Tobacco Products Under FDA’s Authority
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized a rule extending its authority to all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, cigars, hookah tobacco and pipe tobacco, among others. This historic rule helps implement the bipartisan Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 and allows the FDA to improve public health and protect future generations […]