Mindgruve and Kick It California partnered on an innovative smoking cessation app that uses gamification strategies to keep users focused on their goal.
‘Fourth wave’ of opioid epidemic crashes ashore, propelled by fentanyl and meth
The United States is knee-deep in what some experts call the opioid epidemic’s “fourth wave,” which is not only placing drug users at greater risk but is also complicating efforts to address the nation’s drug problem.
Records show Publix opioid sales grew even as addiction crisis prompted other chains’ pullback
An executive at Teva Pharmaceuticals flagged Publix Super Markets in October 2015 after detecting what he called in an email “serious red flags” with the grocery chain’s orders of powerful opioids.
Doctors are as vulnerable to addiction as anyone. California grapples with a response.
As addiction and overdose deaths command headlines across the nation, the Medical Board of California is developing a new program to treat and monitor doctors.
Launched in 2012, Hub and Spoke put prescription medicines at the center of the treatment strategy, which many addiction specialists say is the most effective approach.
AMA report details grim realities of worsening overdose epidemic in America
The Start with Hope campaign released three 30-second commercials featuring people detailing their personal substance use battles and willingness to seek help to change their behaviors.
Pregnant and addicted: Homeless women see hope in street medicine
Street medicine isn’t new, but it’s getting a jolt in California, which is leading the charge nationally to deliver full-service medical care and behavioral health treatment to homeless people wherever they are.
Officials agree: Use settlement funds to curb youth addiction. But the ‘how’ gets hairy
Companies like Johnson & Johnson, AmerisourceBergen, and CVS, which were accused of fueling the epidemic via prescription painkillers, are paying out more than $50 billion to state and local governments over 18 years.
