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. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Editorial-Yes-fentanyl-is-killing-Texans-No-17375581.php
• "Thornton Named Regional Representative on Texas Opioid Council to Fund Projects from Opioid Lawsuit Settlements." UH Faculty News. https://www.uh.edu/pharmacy/news-and-events/news-releases-2022/january/thornton-tx-opioid-council/
• "People didn't think the fentanyl crisis was Houston's problem. But it's here." Houston Chronicle. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investigations/article/Fentanyl-crisis-people-think-it-can-t-16351791.php
• "New medical device aims to combat opioid addictions." The Daily Cougar. http://thedailycougar.com/2021/05/12/new-medical-device-aims-to-combat-opioid-addictions/ 
• "Educating About Prescription Drug Misuse in Harris County." Research Reaching Houston by the University of Houston Division of Research. https://research.uh.edu/reachinghouston/stories/educating-about-prescription-drug-misuse-in-harris-county.html
• "Identifying Treatment Gaps for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder." Research Reaching Houston by the University of Houston Division of Research. https://research.uh.edu/reachinghouston/stories/identifying-treatment-gaps-for-patients-with-opioid-use-disorder.html
• "For Safekeeping." University of Houston Stories. https://stories.uh.edu/s21m-for-safekeeping/index.html
• "Mere presence of pharmacy dropbox seems to make a difference." APhA Pharmacy Today. https://www.pharmacytoday.org/article/S1042-0991(21)00018-9/fulltext
• "Drug Use by State: 2021's Problem Areas, Ask the Experts." WalletHub. https://wallethub.com/edu/drug-use-by-state/35150
• "Crises Fueling Crises: The Effect of COVID-19 on the Opioid Epidemic." HCP Live. https://www.hcplive.com/view/crises-fueling-crises-effect-covid-19-opioid-epidemic
• "Study drugs: Effects of illicit Adderall use at universities." The Daily Cougar. http://thedailycougar.com/2020/01/29/illicit-adderall-use-college-campuses/
• "For many teens, addiction starts in the home medicine cabinet." KTRH-AM 740 Houston Morning News. https://ktrh.iheart.com/content/2019-07-29-for-many-teens-addiction-starts-in-the-home-medicine-cabinet/
• "Chronic Opioid Use Linked to Higher Healthcare Spending, Hospital Stays, AJAC Study Finds.” MarketWatch. https://www.ajmc.com/view/chronic-opioid-use-linked-to-higher-healthcare-spending-hospital-stays-iajaci-study-finds
• "Drug Overdose Was Cause Of Death For Houston Councilman Larry Green, He ‘Served Honorably’ Mayor Turner Says." KUHF-FM, Houston Public Media. https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2018/03/30/276193/drug-overdose-revealed-as-cause-of-death-for-houston-councilman-larry-green/