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Penn State forms addiction legal resources team at Dickinson Law

7/30/18

With the number of opioid overdose deaths continuing to rise in Pennsylvania, a group of Penn State Dickinson Law students and faculty are becoming advocates and providing resources for those who are affected by addictions.

Research supports restrictions on opioid-containing cold medicines for children

5/22/18

Prescription cough and cold medicines containing the opioid hydrocodone are more likely to cause serious side effects in children than those containing codeine, according to a new study from Penn State College of Medicine. The research supports recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) restrictions on prescription hydrocodone- and codeine-containing cough medicines for children and suggests that opioids in general should not be prescribed for coughs and colds in pediatric populations.

View from inside a medicine cabinet looking out, as a man in a white shirt holds an orange-brown pill bottle and looks at it. Other similar bottles are in the foreground.

The Medical Minute: How to safely dispose of opioids

4/19/18

Cleaning out your medicine cabinet is about more than having a tidy bathroom. In an age of opioid addiction, it can also prevent leftover medications from getting into the wrong hands.

Immigration, opioid crisis to be discussed on WPSU-FM’s 'Take Note'

3/15/18

An author’s novel on the immigrant experience and a recovering drug user's insights on her own experiences and the opioid crisis will be discussed during the next two episodes of WPSU-FM’s “Take Note” that premiere at 1 p.m. on March 16 and 23, respectively.

'Tentacles of Opioids' reaches Penn State Berks

2/14/18

Penn State Berks will hold an educational program titled “Tentacles of Opioids: Reaching Far and Wide” at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 22, in the Perkins Student Center Multipurpose Room.

Prescription bottle for Oxycodone tablets and pills on metal table

Penn State Summit on the opioid epidemic to be held Jan. 12

1/2/18

The Penn State Summit on the Opioid Epidemic will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 12, at 122 Heritage Hall, HUB-Robeson Center on the University Park campus. Registration ends on Jan. 4.

Penn State projects take on the opioid epidemic

11/13/17

The rate of fatal opioid overdoses in Pennsylvania has increased more than 470 percent over the past two decades, ranking the state eighth in the U.S. for drug-related overdose deaths in 2014. Two new Penn State projects are aiming to educate the public while utilizing partnerships with law enforcement and community organizations to identify and disrupt networks of opioid distribution.

Row of pill bottles on a pharmacy counter

Penn State social science researchers collaborate to study opioid epidemic

10/18/17

Drug overdoses from prescription opioids, heroin, and synthetic opioids have increased by 20 percent since 2015, killing some 64,000 Americans last year. In response, social science researchers at Penn State are leading initiatives to combat the increasing rates of illicit drug use.

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Penn State forms addiction legal resources team at Dickinson Law

Research supports restrictions on opioid-containing cold medicines for children

The Medical Minute: How to safely dispose of opioids

Immigration, opioid crisis to be discussed on WPSU-FM’s 'Take Note'

'Tentacles of Opioids' reaches Penn State Berks

Penn State Summit on the opioid epidemic to be held Jan. 12

Penn State projects take on the opioid epidemic

Penn State social science researchers collaborate to study opioid epidemic

Penn State Health to establish medication-assisted opioid treatment program

Penn State Health, fellow health care providers team up to combat opioid crisis

The Medical Minute: Opioids can pose particular danger to children

Adolescent painkiller abuse a big problem for small towns, rural areas

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