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Opioids
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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
Drug Wholesaler to Make Board Change After Opioid Protest
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Top U.S. drug wholesaler McKesson agreed Wednesday to create an independent board chairman, responding…
July 27, 2017
FDA Panel: Not Enough Data to OK ‘Abuse-Deterrent’ Opioid
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A panel of Food and Drug Administration advisers voted against approving a new…
July 26, 2017
Tool to Help Police Deal with Opioid Crisis Draws Privacy Concern
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey is the latest state amid a national opioid crisis to consider allowing…
July 24, 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
Democrats Urge Swifter Action from Trump on Opioid Addiction
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s drug commission is drawing new criticism after it missed a second self-imposed…
July 19, 2017
Officials: 10-Year-Old Boy Among Youngest Victims of Opioid Crisis
MIAMI (AP) — Prosecutors in Florida believe a 10-year-old boy who died with the painkiller fentanyl in his…
July 18, 2017
FDA Forces More Opioid Manufacturers to Educate Physicians
As part of the federal governments desperate plan to put a leash on the opioid crisis, responsible for…
July 12, 2017
Opioid Prescriptions Drop for the First Time Since Beginning of Crisis
Here is some good news, sort of, within the context of the terrible news that our country is…
July 12, 2017
18 Milwaukee Deaths Blamed on Fentanyl Derivative This Year
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Eighteen people in Milwaukee have died of overdoses this year involving a fentanyl derivative that’s…
July 6, 2017