Drug Overdose

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 in the…

7 years ago

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 U.S. government…

7 years ago

Opioid Deaths Continue to Increase

The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) reports that deaths from drug overdoses continue to increase, from 16.7 per 100,000…

7 years ago

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 deal with…

7 years ago

Chicago Giving Departing Inmates Overdose-Reversing Drug

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago now gives at-risk inmates the overdose-reversing drug naloxone upon their release from jail and Los Angeles…

7 years ago

New Rhode Island Laws Aim to Combat Opioid Epidemic

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Gov. Gina Raimondo has signed three bills into law aimed at combating Rhode Island's opioid epidemic.…

7 years ago

Pablo Escobar’s Top Hit Man Calls on Theresa May to Legalize Cocaine

John Jairo Velásquez, Pablo Escobar’s top hit man, has called on British Prime Minister Theresa May to legalize cocaine—and we’re…

7 years ago

FDA Forces More Opioid Manufacturers to Educate Physicians

As part of the federal governments desperate plan to put a leash on the opioid crisis, responsible for turning a…

7 years ago

Ohio Sheriff Won’t Let Deputies Carry Narcan, Citing Safety

HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — A sheriff in an Ohio county with record numbers of overdose deaths in recent years is…

7 years ago

18 Milwaukee Deaths Blamed on Fentanyl Derivative This Year

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Eighteen people in Milwaukee have died of overdoses this year involving a fentanyl derivative that's so potent…

7 years ago