Tag: Drugs

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said Tuesday that he wants a commitment that the agency will be held responsible on opioid approvals after several controversial decisions. (AP Photo)

‘Rogue’ FDA could stoke painkiller abuse: Senator

Robert King · October 7, 2015 4:01 am

"I don't think we are as scared of heroin today as I felt when I was a teenager," said Dr.Â Oz. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Dr. Oz talks heroin on Capitol Hill

Robert King · October 6, 2015 7:26 pm

I Want a New Drug

Victorino Matus · September 30, 2015 1:29 pm

Partygoers dance and smoke marijuana on the first of two days at the annual 4/20 marijuana festival in Denver.

More Americans using illegal drugs

Robert King · September 10, 2015 4:38 pm

U.S. Customs and Border Protection detained a woman in Florida for attempting to smuggle almost three pounds of powder cocaine in her bra. (iStock Photo)

CBP catches woman smuggling cocaine in bra

Curt Mills · September 2, 2015 4:50 pm

Christie Ad: ‘We Need a Strong Law Enforcer as President’

Michael Warren · August 24, 2015 12:42 pm

White House Wakes Up to the Heroin Epidemic

Geoffrey Norman · August 18, 2015 3:32 pm

A kit of Naloxone, a heroin antidote that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, is displayed at a press conference about a new community prevention program for heroin overdoses in which New York police officers will carry kits of Naloxone, on May 27, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

White House announces $13m to fight heroin epidemic

Susan Crabtree · August 17, 2015 2:43 pm

A pistol and 154 pounds of heroin worth at least $50 million are displayed at a Drug Enforcement Administration news conference, Tuesday, May 19, 2015 in New York. AP Photo

Washington Secrets

Obama targets U.S.-Mexico border in heroin war, drugs a ‘serious threat’

Paul Bedard · August 17, 2015 2:19 pm

What Presidential Candidates Can Learn from Chris Christie About the Drug Problem

What Presidential Candidates Can Learn from Chris Christie About the Drug Problem

David Murray, John Walters · August 6, 2015 7:04 pm

Libertarians for Bigger Government

Libertarians for Bigger Government

Irwin M. Stelzer · August 3, 2015 3:36 pm

The bill tackles the opioid crisis through different angles. It aims to increase access for first responders to the overdose antidote Naloxone. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)

DEA official: ‘I’ve never seen’ heroin use this bad

Nathan Rubbelke · July 28, 2015 10:57 pm