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Opioids
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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
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
Tiger Woods Episode Reveals Our Dishonest Denial about Prescription Drugs
They couldn’t hang Tiger Woods for being a drunk, so now media moralizers are attempting to brand the…
August 21, 2017
Trump Won Places Drowning in Despair… Can He Save Them?
ABERDEEN, Wash. (AP) — One-hundred-fifty baskets of pink petunias hang from the light posts all over this city,…
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
How Marijuana Can Help Treat Addictions to Opioids, Other Rx Drugs and Alcohol
People often talk about marijuana as an alternative to opioids and as a treatment for numerous addictions like…
August 14, 2017