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Opioid epidemic

  • Dr. Marty Makary: When Medical Consensus Fails—From Low-Fat Diets to Peanut Bans to Overuse of Antibiotics
    Dr. Marty Makary: When Medical Consensus Fails—From Low-Fat Diets to Peanut Bans to Overuse of Antibiotics
    [RUSH TRANSCRIPT BELOW] Dr. Marty Makary is a surgeon, professor at Johns Hopkins University, and author of "Blind Spots: What Medicine Gets Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health." ...
    September 17, 2024BY Jan Jekielek
  • Addictions Minister Questioned About Opioid Decriminalization in BC by Health Committee
    Addictions Minister Questioned About Opioid Decriminalization in BC by Health Committee
    Conservative MPs on the House of Commons health committee questioned Minister of Health and Addictions Ya'ara Saks on ...
    February 3, 2024BY William Crooks
  • ‘Gas Station Heroin’: Lawmakers Question FDA on Proliferation of Addictive Opioid-Like Drug
    ‘Gas Station Heroin’: Lawmakers Question FDA on Proliferation of Addictive Opioid-Like Drug
    'You have to keep using it to keep from withdrawing. And when you do withdraw off it, it’s ...
    January 24, 2024BY Naveen Athrappully
  • Alberta Looking to Get ‘Every Single Red Cent’ From Opioid Class-Action Lawsuits
    Alberta Looking to Get ‘Every Single Red Cent’ From Opioid Class-Action Lawsuits
    Alberta is pushing for legislation changes that would allow it to expand and adjust class-action lawsuits against opioid ...
    October 31, 2023BY Chandra Philip
  • New Mexico Reaches $500 Million Settlement With Walgreens in Opioid Case
    New Mexico Reaches $500 Million Settlement With Walgreens in Opioid Case
    New Mexico has settled with Walgreens for $500 million over the pharmacy’s role in giving highly addictive prescription ...
    June 10, 2023BY Efthymis Oraiopoulos
  • FDA Approves Opioid Overdose Drug Narcan for Over-the-Counter-Sales
    FDA Approves Opioid Overdose Drug Narcan for Over-the-Counter-Sales
    Narcan, a drug that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, has received federal approval to be ...
    March 29, 2023BY Bill Pan
  • Opioids @ Work: Hidden Scourge Sapping the Economy
    Opioids @ Work: Hidden Scourge Sapping the Economy
    Strung out on drugs half her life, Brandi Edwards, 29, said the longest she held a job before ...
    September 29, 2022BY James Varney and RealClearInvestigations
  • Heroin Overdose Deaths Halved as Fentanyl Deaths Tripled Over 5 Years
    Heroin Overdose Deaths Halved as Fentanyl Deaths Tripled Over 5 Years
    Fentanyl has displaced heroin as the leading cause of overdose deaths in the United States. Not only have ...
    September 6, 2022BY Petr Svab
  • Purdue Pharma Mediator Extends Talks to Resolve Sackler Liability for Opioid Epidemic
    Purdue Pharma Mediator Extends Talks to Resolve Sackler Liability for Opioid Epidemic
    NEW YORK—A U.S. mediator on Wednesday extended a deadline for negotiations by the owners of Purdue Pharma LP ...
    March 3, 2022BY Reuters
  • San Francisco Overdose Deaths Far Outpaced COVID-19 Deaths in 2020
    San Francisco Overdose Deaths Far Outpaced COVID-19 Deaths in 2020
    Nearly three times as many people died from accidental drug overdoses in San Francisco in 2020 than from ...
    April 18, 2021BY Ivan Pentchoukov
  • A Reason to Protest
    A Reason to Protest
    Commentary Protesters say America’s criminal justice system is unfair. It is. Courts are so jammed that innocent people ...
    July 1, 2020BY John Stossel
  • Amid Opioid Epidemic, a Meth Crisis Is in the Making
    Amid Opioid Epidemic, a Meth Crisis Is in the Making
    Just as the country struggles to cope with the opioid epidemic, another epidemic brews beneath—that of methamphetamines. While ...
    October 24, 2019BY Petr Svab
  • Judge Says Opioid Litigation Can Proceed Toward Trial
    Judge Says Opioid Litigation Can Proceed Toward Trial
    A U.S. judge on Sept. 3 rejected efforts by drugmakers, distributors, and pharmacies to dismiss claims that they ...
    September 3, 2019BY Reuters
  • Former Mexican Cop Charged with Trafficking Enough Fentanyl to Kill 10 Million People
    Former Mexican Cop Charged with Trafficking Enough Fentanyl to Kill 10 Million People
    A former Mexican police officer who was residing in the United States illegally has been formally charged with ...
    July 27, 2019BY Mimi Nguyen Ly
  • Opioid Epidemic Behind Decline in US Life Expectancy in 2017
    Opioid Epidemic Behind Decline in US Life Expectancy in 2017
    The life expectancy for Americans born in 2017 slightly decreased from the year before, prominently reflecting the increase ...
    November 29, 2018BY Petr Svab
  • The Cure for the Opioid Epidemic
    The Cure for the Opioid Epidemic
    Idle hands are the devil's playground, and opioids are wreaking havoc on the unemployed underclass of the United ...
    October 2, 2018BY Fergus Hodgson
  • Demi Lovato’s Mom Teams Up With Eric Bolling to Spread Awareness of Opioid Epidemic
    Demi Lovato’s Mom Teams Up With Eric Bolling to Spread Awareness of Opioid Epidemic
    WASHINGTON—Dianna de la Garza, the mother of Demi Lovato, is teaming up with former Fox News host and ...
    October 2, 2018BY Holly Kellum
  • Opioid Crisis Takes Toll on Small Businesses as Unemployment Drops
    Opioid Crisis Takes Toll on Small Businesses as Unemployment Drops
    WASHINGTON—With unemployment being at an 18-year low, small businesses are struggling to fill job openings and retain workers. ...
    June 17, 2018BY Emel Akan
  • Doctors Hone New Message in Wake of Opioid Epidemic: Expect Pain
    Doctors Hone New Message in Wake of Opioid Epidemic: Expect Pain
    Doctors at some of the largest U.S. hospital chains admitted that they went overboard with opioids to make ...
    January 25, 2018BY Blake Farmer
TOP NEWS
  • Trump on Iran Conflict: Troops Staying Until ‘We Have a Completion’
    NEW By T.J. Muscaro
    Trump on Iran Conflict: Troops Staying Until ‘We Have a Completion’
  • Israel Strikes Beirut Days After US-Supported Ceasefire Announcement
    3hr By Jack Phillips
    Israel Strikes Beirut Days After US-Supported Ceasefire Announcement
  • Former Utah Attorney General Fights the Evil That Lurks in Quiet Places
    3hr By Savannah Hulsey Pointer
    Former Utah Attorney General Fights the Evil That Lurks in Quiet Places
  • US Forces Shoot Down 2 Iranian Drones as Pakistani Interior Minister Visits Tehran
    5hr By Jacki Thrapp
    US Forces Shoot Down 2 Iranian Drones as Pakistani Interior Minister Visits Tehran
  • US Won’t Unfreeze Iran’s Assets Before Peace Deal Is Reached, Trump Says
    5hr By Jacki Thrapp
    US Won’t Unfreeze Iran’s Assets Before Peace Deal Is Reached, Trump Says
  • Fascia: The Living, Interconnected Web Behind Movement and Healing—How to Enhance Its Function
    6hr By Mercura Wang
    Fascia: The Living, Interconnected Web Behind Movement and Healing—How to Enhance Its Function
  • Eli Lilly Poised to Suspend Drug Discounts to Large Hospitals
    10hr By Lawrence Wilson
    Eli Lilly Poised to Suspend Drug Discounts to Large Hospitals
  • US Bankruptcy Filings Increase 7 Percent Yearly
    11hr By Naveen Athrappully
    US Bankruptcy Filings Increase 7 Percent Yearly
  • How a Tiny Insect Decimated Florida’s Citrus, and What Orchardists Are Doing About It
    12hr By Jacob Burg
    How a Tiny Insect Decimated Florida’s Citrus, and What Orchardists Are Doing About It
  • Treasury Department Seeks to Redirect Iranian Assets to Gulf Nations for War Damages
    17hr By Melanie Sun
    Treasury Department Seeks to Redirect Iranian Assets to Gulf Nations for War Damages
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