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Opiates
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…