{"id":4025,"date":"2016-08-20T05:13:09","date_gmt":"2016-08-20T09:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4025"},"modified":"2016-08-19T12:16:11","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T16:16:11","slug":"getting-better-data-on-which-drugs-are-killing-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4025","title":{"rendered":"Getting Better Data on Which Drugs Are Killing People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Christine Vestal for The PEW Charitable Trust)<\/p>\n<p>AUBURN, Ala. \u2014 As the opioid epidemic surges, Alabama\u2019s toxicologists are testing more blood samples from overdose victims to determine what drugs were in their bodies. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewtrusts.org\/en\/research-and-analysis\/blogs\/stateline\/2016\/08\/19\/getting-better-data-on-which-drugs-are-killing-people?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+Daily+Health+Policy+Report&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=33158372&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9Qx6_fMQL3CAMHtA7hdE9RPA0XOAd0jq_CtIfMtFOUOMcRZRCG-D-zPmb_Wo6YXMUAoYdBwDi0x4NEbT5dIalB76Xq8Q&amp;_hsmi=33158372\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Pew-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3900\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Pew-Logo-300x43.png\" alt=\"Pew Logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"43\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Pew-Logo-300x43.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Pew-Logo.png 388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Christine Vestal for The PEW Charitable Trust) AUBURN, Ala. \u2014 As the opioid epidemic surges, Alabama\u2019s toxicologists are testing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4025"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4026,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4025\/revisions\/4026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}