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NYSAM is an organization of physicians in NY from all medical specialities, dedicated to understanding & preventing addiction & treatment.

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NYC Health Dept. has developed an interactive online learning module entitled, TREATING TOBACCO USE!
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The NYC Health Department has developed an interactive online learning module entitled, TREATING TOBACCO USE to... http://t.co/GJEkrYSryU

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Past President, Merrill Herman, MD, was quoted in the NY Times "Anti-Overdose Drug Joins Everyday Tools of Policing" June 13, 2014!!!

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Past President, Merrill Herman, MD, was quoted in the NY Times "Anti-Overdose Drug Joins Everyday Tools of... http://t.co/f6N99zizbC

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"in light of the rapidly changing lanscape regarding the legalization of marijuana for medical and recreational purposes..." Latest NEJM

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Heroin use was selected primarily because it was readily accessible and cheaper than rx opioids. The "high" from heroin was also a factor.

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however approximately 90% of heroin users that initiated in the last 10 years are white. cont.

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Whites and nonwhites are equally represented in heroin users initiating prior to 1980, cont

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current users are older (22.9 years) males and females li8ving in less urban areas (75%) introduced to opioids through rx drugs (75%). Cont.

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Compared to the 1960's, 80% of heroin users were young males, mean age of first use 16.5 years with first opioid of use as heroin. Cont.

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Marijuana and Madison Avenue: Pot's Advertising Struggles - MainStreet http://t.co/ccbefZvlOJ via @sharethis

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Marijuana and Madison Avenue: Pot's Advertising Struggles - MainStreet http://t.co/K84SPvxNIH via @sharethis

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The Senate passed S.6477 and we are hopeful that Assembly action will soon result in increased access to Naloxone throughout NYS.

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The NY Society of Addiction Medicine is strongly in support of A.08637.

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NYSAM is an organization of physicians in NY from all medical specialities, dedicated to understanding & preventing addiction & treatment.