1. How first responders are handling opioid overdose calls in Florida
2. Geisinger slashes opioid prescriptions by 50% since 2014, saving $1M per year
3. Trump administration names new DEA head: 3 things to know
4. 3 states pass laws restricting opioid prescriptions: 5 things to know
5. Facebook, Google meet with FDA to discuss online opioid sales
6. Pain treatment through ‘medical exercise’ not opioids
7. Analysis: Opioid payments to physicians fell 33% between 2015-16
8. This startup wants to track opioid use via sewers
9.Viewpoints: 2 physicians on the pros, cons of opioid prescribing limits
10. Only 1 in 5 women screened for addiction before receiving opioid prescription
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