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Drug Overdose
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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
Opioid Deaths Continue to Increase
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) reports that deaths from drug overdoses continue to increase, from 16.7…
August 10, 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
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…
July 31, 2017
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…
July 20, 2017
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…
July 20, 2017
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…
July 12, 2017
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…
July 7, 2017
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…
July 6, 2017