Tag: Opioids

There is no guarantee that money from any settlements would go toward prevention, based on the 1990s settlement between 46 states and major tobacco makers.

House panel maps out moves for opioid bills

Robert King · April 18, 2018 11:20 pm

The overdose-reversal drug is a critical tool to easing Americaâs coast-to-coast opioid epidemic. Baltimoreâs health department is rationing its supplies of naloxone because it says it canât afford an adequate stockpile.

Democrats seek $100 billion to fight opioid epidemic

Robert King · April 18, 2018 4:04 pm

America’s givers are disappearing

Adam Meyerson · April 18, 2018 4:00 am

heroin and drug taking.

MS-13 member ordered drugs shipped in Little Debbie box while in prison

Anna Giaritelli · April 17, 2018 8:57 pm

Bernie Sanders wants to fine opioid manufacturers for role in overdose crisis

Kimberly Leonard · April 17, 2018 7:41 pm

This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. Abuse of painkillers, heroin, fentanyl and other opioids across the country has resulted in tens of thousands of children being taken from their homes and placed in the foster care system.

DEA moves to stop pill dumping after West Virginia lawsuit

Robert King · April 17, 2018 6:00 pm

Chris Murphy and Bill Cassidy. (AP)

Senators want to better inform families of overdoses

Robert King · April 17, 2018 3:54 pm

The influx has fueled an opioid epidemic that has claimed more lives than gun homicides in the U.S. in 2015.

Justice Department takes down multi-state heroin and fentanyl network

Kelly Cohen · April 17, 2018 3:19 pm

Opioid epidemic quiets GOP calls for food stamps drug testing

Susan Ferrechio · April 17, 2018 4:00 am

A naloxone nasal injector is demonstrated during a news conference. It is becoming easier for friends and family of heroin users or patients abusing strong prescription painkillers to get access to naloxone, a powerful, life-saving antidote, as state lawmakers loosen restrictions on the medicine to fight a growing epidemic.

Naloxone: Lifesaver or opioid enabler?

Kimberly Leonard · April 17, 2018 4:00 am

Puerto Rico a growing hub for cocaine, heroin shipments to the US

Anna Giaritelli · April 16, 2018 12:00 am

This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York.

Can Washington fix the opioid crisis?

Kimberly Leonard · April 15, 2018 4:00 am