Tag: Opioids

The former pollster will supervise the White House's efforts to combat opioid addiction. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Kellyanne Conway chosen to lead Trump’s opioid efforts

Ariella Phillips · November 30, 2017 12:29 am

New DEA field office opening in Kentucky to deal with opioids

Kelly Cohen · November 29, 2017 6:11 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said the HHS secretary should oversee efforts on the opioid crisis. "The federal government does not need a new czar. Once confirmed, you need to be the one to take charge of leading the federal government response and letting us know how to help," he said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lamar Alexander urges Trump administration to not appoint opioid ‘czar’

Kimberly Leonard · November 29, 2017 3:30 pm

The New Jersey governor led a commission that sent a report to President Trump on how to combat the opioid epidemic. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Chris Christie: China exporting fentanyl ‘to kill our people’

Robert King · November 28, 2017 7:33 pm

Steny Hoyer praises Surgeon General Jerome Adams for opioid strategy

Kimberly Leonard · November 27, 2017 1:37 pm

If we want to effectively end this public health emergency, we must invest in first responders. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

The opioid crisis, on the front lines

Dale Sutherland · November 27, 2017 5:01 am

The top senators on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee asked for responses from the State Department, the Postal Service, and the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Senators ask for details on opioid shipments through the mail

Kimberly Leonard · November 22, 2017 4:54 pm

The analysis made public health recommendations for states to consider. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

Death from drugs, alcohol, suicide could rise 60 percent or more in the next decade

Kimberly Leonard · November 21, 2017 5:02 pm

FDA pushes for generic painkillers intended to deter abuse

Robert King · November 21, 2017 3:35 pm

The DEA announced Monday it published a temporary order to put cyclopropyl fentanyl in the same category as heroin, cocaine and meth. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

DEA puts synthetic opioid fentanyl on par with heroin and meth

Robert King · November 20, 2017 3:23 pm

Discarded syringes lay near near train tracks in Philadelphia, Monday, July 31, 2017. According to the Council of Economic Advisers report, more than 50,000 Americans died of a drug overdose in 2015, of which 63 percent reportedly involved opioids. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

White House puts the cost of the opioid crisis at $504 billion in 2015

Kelly Cohen · November 20, 2017 12:00 am

Kratom tastes like green tea when it's brewed and sometimes is taken as a pill. (AP Photo/Mary Esch, File)

Kratom, a possible heroin treatment, faces unclear fate after FDA warning

Steven Nelson · November 14, 2017 7:54 pm