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Opioid Epidemic
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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
New Hampshire is Latest State to Sue OxyContin Manufacturer
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The attorney general’s office sued Purdue Pharma on Tuesday, alleging that the drug manufacturer…
August 10, 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
Report: Doctors Who Graduated from Harvard Prescribe Fewer Opioids
Physicians who studied medicine at Ivy League schools are less likely to prescribe opioid medications, according to a…
August 9, 2017
Opioid Commission Ignores Nearly 8,000 Comments about Pot
The president’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, led by Chris Christie, issued a preliminary report,…
August 2, 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
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
Are Drug Overdoses This Generation’s AIDS Crisis?
A public health researcher recently told a reporter about a 29-year-old man who said that half of his…
July 3, 2017
Prosecutors’ Lawsuit Says Opioid Drug Makers Deceived Public
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A new lawsuit invokes the plight of a baby born dependent on opioid drugs,…
June 13, 2017
Chris Christie, Opiate Czar: Treat Addiction “Like AIDS” (But Don’t Legalize Marijuana)
For helping elect President Donald Trump, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s reward is solving the nation’s opiate crisis.…
May 1, 2017