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Opioids
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Indiana Adding 5 Sites for Opioid Addiction Treatment
GREENWOOD, Ind. (AP) — State officials are adding five treatment centers around Indiana for people dealing with addictions…
July 5, 2017
Big Pharma Legal Battles Reminiscent of Lawsuits against Tobacco Industry
As we have often reported, there is a wave of litigation by state attorneys against opioid manufacturers and…
July 5, 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
Jeff Sessions Stridently Ignores Cannabis Science at Our Collective Peril
Opioid overdoses killed in excess of 33,000 people in 2015 and continue to ruin millions of lives, while…
June 28, 2017
Trumpcare: Senate Republicans Want You to Die—by Neglect or by Opiate Overdose
One of the biggest divides in America is the widening chasm between what Republicans in power say they…
June 22, 2017
NYPD: No Arrests If You Call 911 During Drug Overdose
As the country’s opioid epidemic worsens, the New York Police Department is undertaking a campaign to encourage people…
June 22, 2017
China Bans More Synthetic Opioids Blamed for U.S. Drug Deaths
BEIJING (AP) — China said Monday it would ban a designer drug called U-47700 and three others, following…
June 20, 2017
How the Feds Are Going After Fentanyl Suppliers
Like everything else it touches, the internet has revolutionized drug dealing. Anyone with an internet connection can buy…
June 15, 2017
Deadly Drug Policies
The death rate for young Americans has increased by 8 percent between 2010 and 2015, according to a recent…
June 14, 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