Tag: Drugs

Sen. Kelly Ayotte, D-N.H., left, speaks as Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Gov. Peter Shumlin, D-Vt., listen during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on attacking America's epidemic of heroin and prescription drug abuse. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senators seek expanded federal aid to fight heroin, prescription drug abuse

Kelly Cohen · January 27, 2016 11:32 pm

Prescriptions for opioids dropped 22 percent after new rules started, according to a new study. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

Restrictions cut into painkiller prescriptions

Robert King · January 19, 2016 5:01 am

Bernie Sanders speaks says he'd get rid of all the bankers at the Federal Reserve if he wins the White House. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Sanders on heroin issue: ‘Addiction is a disease, not a criminal activity’

Al Weaver · December 20, 2015 4:28 am

Local governments need naloxone as an antidote to heroin overdoses, but the price is soaring. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Drug overdose deaths hit record in 2014

Robert King · December 18, 2015 7:40 pm

Based on the Evidence, Obama Drug Policy Fails to Meet Its Own Goals

John Walters, Brian Blake, David Murray · December 17, 2015 4:00 pm

Local governments need naloxone as an antidote to heroin overdoses, but the price is soaring. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

High drug prices collide with efforts to stop overdoses

Robert King · December 9, 2015 5:01 am

Candidate Clinton Goes Wobbly on Dope

David Murray · November 9, 2015 5:17 pm

About that Chris Christie Video on Drug Addiction

Brian Blake · November 5, 2015 4:05 pm

Obama links drug abuse epidemic to income inequality

Obama links drug abuse epidemic to income inequality

Robert King · October 21, 2015 8:26 pm

A major problem that contributes to the opioid abuse epidemic is overprescribing painkillers, sometimes when they are not necessary, said Michael Botticelli, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. (AP file photo/Toby Talbot)

Obama to announce plan to halt drug abuse

Robert King · October 21, 2015 4:13 pm

California’s Proposition 47, So Far

Brian Blake · October 19, 2015 3:26 pm

Our nation has yet to fully recognize the urgent need to expand access to care for drug addicts and provide outcomes-based treatment models that can save lives. (AP Photo)

The system is broken: We need to change how we treat addiction

Marybeth Cichocki · October 17, 2015 4:01 am