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drug abuse
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Meet the Activist Defying Cops to Hand out Free Pot to Opiate Users
It’s wrong to call the opiate crisis an “epidemic.” Ucontrollable spreads of mosquito-borne diseases like malaria or Zika…
September 5, 2017
Jeff Sessions: Drug Overdoses Are ‘Top Lethal Issue’ in the U.S.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday called drug overdose deaths “the top lethal…
August 30, 2017
Some Treatment Centers Keep Addicts Hooked for Insurance Money
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Reflections treatment center looked like just the place for Michelle Holley’s youngest…
August 24, 2017
Opioid Overdose Victims Keep Getting Prescribed Same Pills That Almost Killed Them
People who survive an opioid overdose are often prescribed the same dangerous drugs that had them one foot…
August 23, 2017
U.S. Teen Drug Overdose Deaths Inch Up After Years of Decline
NEW YORK (AP) — After years of decline, teen deaths from drug overdoses have inched up, a new…
August 16, 2017
Donald Trump Calls New Hampshire a “Drug-Infested Den” During Talk with Mexican President
The Washington Post has obtained transcripts of two “get-to-know-you” phone conversations Trump had with foreign leaders shortly after…
August 3, 2017
Opioid Commission Ignores Nearly 8,000 Comments about Pot
The president’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, led by Chris Christie, issued a preliminary report,…
August 2, 2017
Trump Drug Commission Calls for National Emergency Declaration
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s drug commission has called on him to declare a national emergency to…
August 1, 2017
Are Drug Overdoses This Generation’s AIDS Crisis?
A public health researcher recently told a reporter about a 29-year-old man who said that half of his…
July 3, 2017
Ben Carson Blames Political Correctness for Drug Abuse
Current Republican presidential front-runner Ben Carson is proving himself a master of misstatements, vague and uninformative replies, and…
November 13, 2015