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Opiates
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Purdue Pharma Looking To Settle Opioid Lawsuits
Why Big Pharma wants to keep these opioid lawsuits out of court.
December 21, 2017
Trump Continues To Blame China For Opioid Crisis
After a meeting with the Chinese President, Trump continues to blame China for the opioid crisis. You know, rather than getting to the root of the issue.
November 22, 2017
New Study Claims Opioid Crisis Cost $504 Billion In 2015
The Council of Economic Advisors' report throws the inadequacy of the Trump administration's response to the opioid crisis into even sharper relief.
November 21, 2017
Walgreens To Sell Overdose Reversal Drug Without A Prescription
But it'll cost you.
November 5, 2017
Officials Blindsided By Trump’s Opioid Crisis Declaration
Although President Trump promised the American people last week that he would soon declare the opioid epidemic a…
October 24, 2017
The Opiate Crisis Is Officially a Fentanyl-Fueled Disaster
It didn’t take long for America to conquer both prescription pain pills and the sea of good old…
September 6, 2017
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
Veterans: VA Is Publishing ‘Worthless’ Pot Studies, Blocking Real Research
For more than a decade, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has been dealing with a quiet crisis…
August 29, 2017
Professor Aims to Change Opioid Prescribing Practices
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A picture in VCU Health’s ambulatory center downtown looks, from a distance, like a…
August 28, 2017
Ohio Mayor Seeks Emergency Response Center for Opioid Crisis
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An organization representing Ohio big-city mayors is urging Gov. John Kasich to establish a…
August 23, 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
First-of-Its-Kind Rehab Center Is Successfully Treating Opioid Addiction with Marijuana
Over 40 years ago, Denise Kandel introduced her gateway drug theory to the world. Recently, Kandel herself, a scientist at Columbia…
August 22, 2017
U.S. Health Chief Lauds China for Help with Opioid Control
BEIJING (AP) — China has been an “incredible partner” in cracking down on synthetic opioids seen as fueling…
August 21, 2017
Nation’s Largest Pharmacy to Limit Opioids; Doctors Concerned
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The nation’s largest pharmacy benefit manager will soon limit the number and strength of…
August 17, 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
Police Try Out New Database for Documenting Opioid Overdoses
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police in Massachusetts are testing a new database for documenting opioid overdoses they hope…
August 15, 2017
Feds to Study Curbing Opioid Epidemic with Medical Pot
The underbelly of the capitalist beast that is the United States government is working to get to the…
August 14, 2017
Trump to Declare Opioid Crisis a ‘National Emergency’
BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will officially declare the opioid crisis a…
August 11, 2017