Tag: Drugs

Some parents figure someone else will raise their children while they do drugs, drink, party, commit crimes, Snapchat, plant fake crops on FarmVille, and do anything but parent. (iStock)

Sen. John Kennedy: ‘Please stop having children you aren’t willing to raise’

John Kennedy · November 12, 2017 5:01 am

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Calderon prepares to speak during the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Narcos all over again: Colombia faces another crisis

William Burlew · October 25, 2017 4:01 am

Cassilly's statement comes days after three granite business employees were fatally shot by a former coworker in Cassilly's state. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Maryland lawmaker proposes death penalty by heroin, fentanyl

Anna Giaritelli · October 23, 2017 7:01 pm

The West Virginia Democrat asked President Trump to withdraw his nomination for Rep. Tom Marino as head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Joe Manchin calls Trump to pull drug czar nomination

Kimberly Leonard · October 16, 2017 4:46 pm

Bay Urea

Mark Hemingway · October 12, 2017 9:45 am

Bay Urea

Mark Hemingway · October 6, 2017 8:00 am

One of the drawbacks to microcrystal testing, compared to other forms of testing, is that is isn't always the final step. If a case goes to trial, evidence that was tested with microcrystal testing will have to undergo an instrument test, like GC-MS. Instrument tests can identify many more drugs and are considered universally confirmatory. (AP file photo)

Police turn to microcrystal drug testing to eliminate backlogs

Ariella Phillips · October 2, 2017 4:01 am

Whatever Mario Perivoitos' reasons for taking drugs, his inability to prevent his Staffordshire bull terrier's consumption of crack cocaine speaks to the loss of responsibility that goes with drug use. By all accounts, he cared for his dog, but his own drug use meant he could not protect it from his own choices. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Beltway Confidential

Dogs, crack cocaine, and the horror of drug addiction

Tom Rogan · September 12, 2017 5:16 pm

One highly promising solution to this dilemma focuses on an underutilized treatment for chronic pain called buprenorphine. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

One overlooked method of stopping opioid addiction before it starts

Frank O'donnell · September 7, 2017 4:01 am

The overdose death rate rose to 3.7 per 100,000 teens in 2015 from 3.1 the previous year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Rate of teen deaths from opioids rises

Kimberly Leonard · August 16, 2017 3:40 pm

The amount of opioids prescribed in 2015 was enough for every American to be medicated around the clock for three weeks. (AP Photo/Chris Post)

Doctors prescribing fewer opioids

Kimberly Leonard · July 6, 2017 8:34 pm

NPR Talks Smack

The Scrapbook · June 19, 2017 10:00 am