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 June 15, 2025

Tag: CNN

CNN Special Show On Prescription Addiction

Thursday, 12 May 2016 by Max Menius
CNN aired an informative special program on 5/11/2016, Prescription Addiction: Doctors Must Lead Us Out. The one hour special was hosted by Anderson Cooper and neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta. It specifically addressed how the current opioid epidemic in America has been driven by the over prescribing of opioid medication. Various doctors, recovering addicts, and others
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CNN Article Cites Increase in Marijuana Use

Monday, 02 November 2015 by Max Menius
A study published by the American Medical Association spanning a 10-year period (roughly 2002 to 2012) found that the number of Americans using marijuana has doubled. 4.1% of adults in 2001-2002 admitted using pot, but that number increased to 9.5% within the last year. The CNN article states that the study was based on in-person
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  • Published in Addiction in Media, Current Drug Trends, Drug Abuse Trends, Drug Legalization, Information for Parents, Marijuana Addiction, Teen Substance Abuse, Treatment and Recovery
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CNN Article on Heroin-related Overdoses

Wednesday, 08 July 2015 by Max Menius
A new article from CNN cites an announcement by the Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) confirming that heroin use is increasing rapidly across the United States. The staggering result of this is that: “Deaths from heroin-related overdoses nearly quadrupled between 2002 and 2013.” The CDC report indicated that heroin use doubled among women
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