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The judge is moving ahead with claims against a group of drug manufacturers and distributors, setting a trial date for January.
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The judge is moving ahead with claims against a group of drug manufacturers and distributors, setting a trial date for January.
Addiction pays no attention to politics—and all parties are concerned.
In New York doctors can formally prescribe cannabis and patients are allowed to use it as a replacement for opioids.
The Opioid Commission was formed to alleviate the country's opioid epidemic. So why are they against something that could actually help?
Did President Donald Trump just acknowledge the country's epidemic of opioid addiction in a meaningful way? Or is he just blowing smoke?
With rampant abuse of heroin, OxyContin and other similar drugs reaching epidemic levels in the United States, First Lady Melania Trump hosted an opioid...
Although some people do not have any sympathy for those unfortunate souls swallowed up by the drooling jowls of drug addiction, a new study...
For a while now, I’ve been writing about our attorney general, the former Alabama senator named after two traitors, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III. I’ve got...
It didn’t take long for America to conquer both prescription pain pills and the sea of good old William S. Burroughs-worthy street heroin that...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An organization representing Ohio big-city mayors is urging Gov. John Kasich to establish a dedicated emergency operations center to coordinate...
People who survive an opioid overdose are often prescribed the same dangerous drugs that had them one foot in the grave, a new study...
Over 40 years ago, Denise Kandel introduced her gateway drug theory to the world. Recently, Kandel herself, a scientist at Columbia University, debunked that theory in a...
BEIJING (AP) — China has been an “incredible partner” in cracking down on synthetic opioids seen as fueling fast-rising overdose deaths in the United...
ABERDEEN, Wash. (AP) — One-hundred-fifty baskets of pink petunias hang from the light posts all over this city, watered regularly by residents trying to...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The nation’s largest pharmacy benefit manager will soon limit the number and strength of opioid drugs prescribed to first-time users...
NEW YORK (AP) — After years of decline, teen deaths from drug overdoses have inched up, a new U.S. government report shows. The drop...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police in Massachusetts are testing a new database for documenting opioid overdoses they hope will help departments share information in...
The underbelly of the capitalist beast that is the United States government is working to get to the bottom of the claims that have...
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The attorney general’s office sued Purdue Pharma on Tuesday, alleging that the drug manufacturer has continued its deceptive marketing of...