Opioid Epidemic

A New York City doctor who prosecutors said traded oxycodone and other pain relief meds for sex acts, cocaine and cash payments was sentenced to spend more than 12 years in prison on Wednesday. Howard Adelglass operated a pain management clinic in midtown Manhattan, and brought on 37-year-old Marcello Sansone to be the office manager for the clinic in Oct….

Among the changes: The CDC no longer suggests trying to limit opioid treatment for acute pain to three days.

San Diego County could soon have a new weapon in its arsenal to help fight its growing problem with opioid addiction.