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Media Coverage

Center researchers also serve as a resource for news and other media outlets to provide insights into various aspects of opioid and prescription drug misuse, treatments, policies and practices. Recent external media coverage includes:

  • "Editorial: Yes, fentanyl is killing Texans. No, Abbott’s Operation Lone Star won’t save them." Houston Chronicle. 
  • "Thornton Named Regional Representative on Texas Opioid Council to Fund Projects from Opioid Lawsuit Settlements." UH Faculty News. 
  • "People didn't think the fentanyl crisis was Houston's problem. But it's here." Houston Chronicle. 
  • "New medical device aims to combat opioid addictions." The Daily Cougar.  
  • "Educating About Prescription Drug Misuse in Harris County." Research Reaching Houston by the 探花视频 Division of Research. 
  • "Identifying Treatment Gaps for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder." Research Reaching Houston by the 探花视频 Division of Research. 
  • "For Safekeeping." 探花视频 Stories. 
  • "Mere presence of pharmacy dropbox seems to make a difference." APhA Pharmacy Today.
  • "Drug Use by State: 2021's Problem Areas, Ask the Experts." WalletHub. 
  • "Crises Fueling Crises: The Effect of COVID-19 on the Opioid Epidemic." HCP Live. 
  • "Study drugs: Effects of illicit Adderall use at universities." The Daily Cougar. 
  • "For many teens, addiction starts in the home medicine cabinet." KTRH-AM 740 Houston Morning News. 
  • "Chronic Opioid Use Linked to Higher Healthcare Spending, Hospital Stays, AJAC Study Finds.” MarketWatch.
  • "Drug Overdose Was Cause Of Death For Houston Councilman Larry Green, He ‘Served Honorably’ Mayor Turner Says." KUHF-FM, Houston Public Media.