Tag: Opioids

From 2002 to 2013, the rate of heroin overdose deaths nearly quadrupled, and in 2013 alone there were more than 8,000 deaths. (AP Photo)Â

Drug deaths fall for first time in nearly 20 years, buoying US life expectancy

Kimberly Leonard · January 30, 2020 5:01 am

US suicide rates top among wealthy nations

Kimberly Leonard · January 30, 2020 5:01 am

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise's health seems to be improving. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Steve Scalise: People will die because Democrats won’t act on opioid crisis

Dominick Mastrangelo · January 29, 2020 9:05 pm

House must act to prevent deadly flood of fentanyl variants in American communities

Stephen Boyd · January 29, 2020 8:10 pm

The clock is ticking for Congress to pass fentanyl-scheduling legislation

Jim Carroll · January 27, 2020 5:00 am

Rep. Vicky Hartzler: Government waste is hobbling the fight against the opioid crisis

Rep. Vicky Hartzler · January 27, 2020 12:00 am

"Our ability to withstand these losses is dependent on our achieving anticipated synergies in the Humana acquisition," Aetna's Mark Bertolini wrote. (AP Photo)

Rob Portman tries to crack down on fentanyl copycats

Cassidy Morrison · January 24, 2020 4:00 am

Tucker Carlson reacts during the final round of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, New Jersey on July 31, 2022.

‘100 billion pain pillsâ: Tucker Carlson blasts Big Pharma for ‘destruction of American communities’

Spencer Neale · January 16, 2020 10:10 am

United States Surgeon General Jerome Adams, right, addresses an audience as Arlington, Mass., Police Chief Frederick Ryan, left, looks on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, during a national summit focused on police efforts to address the opioid epidemic at Harvard Medical School in Boston. AP Photo/Steven Senne

Trump surgeon general criticizes supervised injection sites as opioid crisis response

Kimberly Leonard · January 15, 2020 6:53 pm

Ted Cruz emphasized stopping heroin at the source, while Chris Christie stressed treatment programs. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Philadelphia charity plans to open supervised opioid injection site despite federal opposition

Cassidy Morrison · January 14, 2020 5:00 am

Darkness on the edge of town

Timothy P. Carney · January 10, 2020 4:00 am

Commissioner Rob Manfred speaks during the Major League Baseball winter meetings Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, in San Diego.

Major League Baseball takes marijuana off ‘drugs of abuse’ list

John Gage · December 13, 2019 8:17 pm