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Prescription Painkillers
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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
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
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
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
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
Big Pharma Is Developing Cannabis Painkillers
Ever since reports began to surface about how a growing number of patients in medical marijuana states are…
June 29, 2017