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Chicago hospitals ready for uptick in marijuana-related ER visits

Many Chicago hospitals are preparing for an increase in emergency room visits linked to marijuana after Illinois legalized recreational use of the drug Jan. 1, reports the Chicago Tribune.

Nearly 30 percent of US opioid-poisoning cases occur among children

Close to a third of opioid poisoning cases in the U.S. involve children, a study published in Clinical Toxicology shows.

Verily planning $5M expansion of tech-based opioid treatment initiative

Alphabet's life sciences arm Verily is seeking funding to expand its OneFifteen opioid addiction and recovery campus, launched earlier this year in partnership with Dayton, Ohio-based Premier Health and Kettering Health Network, the Dayton Daily News reports.

Counterterrorism devices repurposed to test for fentanyl

The MX908 mass spectrometer device, which was originally marketed by portable chemical analysis startup 908 Devices as a counterterrorism tool, is now being used by the Boston Public Health Commission to combat the opioid crisis, NPR reports.

States ranked by rate of youth affected by the opioid crisis

West Virginia has the highest rate of children affected by the opioid epidemic, with 54 of every 1,000 children in the state affected in 2017, according to a Nov. 13 report from United Hospital Fund and Boston Consulting Group.

US spent $74B on healthcare for youth affected by opioid crisis in 2017

The opioid epidemic adversely affected about 2.2 million U.S. children and adolescents in 2017, with related healthcare costs totaling $74 billion for the year, according to a Nov. 13 report from United Hospital Fund and Boston Consulting Group.

15,600 deaths associated with not expanding Medicaid, report finds

Roughly 15,600 older adults died prematurely from 2014-17 in states that didn't expand Medicaid under the ACA, according to a report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a progressive think tank.

Rate of opioid use disorder in every state

Delaware has the highest rate of Americans reporting opioid use disorder of all U.S. states, according to a new ranking from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

DEA warns of counterfeit prescription pills from Mexico

Mexican drug cartels are manufacturing and distributing large quantities of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl throughout North America, according to a Nov. 4 warning from the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Opioid epidemic cost $696B last year, White House says

The opioid epidemic cost the nation $696 billion in 2018, representing 3.4 percent of gross domestic product, according to a new estimate from the Council of Economic Advisors.