Opioids

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer examines packages with an x-ray machine in the enforcement area of the U.S. Postal Service John F. Kennedy Airport Mail Center in Jamaica, New York, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008.

News

Chicago becomes the nation’s hub for busting drugs sent through the mail

Anna Giaritelli -

March 21, 2019 4:20 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., center, talks.

News

Gillibrand positions herself for New Hampshire primaries with opioid bill

Emily Brooks -

March 21, 2019 4:06 am

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., speaks at a campaign meet-and-greet.

Beltway Confidential

Gillibrand doesn’t believe opioid prescriptions should be decisions between a woman and her doctor

Tiana Lowe Doescher -

March 20, 2019 9:31 pm

In this Jan. 18, 2018 photo, used needles sit in a container inside the Baltimore City Health Department's Needle Exchange Team van in Baltimore.

Healthcare

Trump backs needle exchange, not supervised injections, in his HIV strategy

Kimberly Leonard -

March 19, 2019 3:25 pm

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks.

Healthcare

Azar warns of ‘long fight’ ahead against opioids

Cassidy Morrison -

March 14, 2019 10:02 pm

This Feb. 28, 2019, photo provided by U. S. Customs and Border Protection shows Customs agents unloading a truck containing 3,200 pounds of cocaine in 60 packages, where it was seized at the Port of New York and New Jersey in Newark, N.J.

News

ICE makes biggest cocaine bust in 25 years: $77M seized at New Jersey port

Anna Giaritelli -

March 12, 2019 1:18 am

Cindy Steinberg, National Director of Policy and Advocacy for U.S. Pain Foundation, recovering from back pain after a workplace accident, testifies on "Managing Pain During the Opioid Crisis" before a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, in Washington.

Healthcare

Feds battle opioid abuse with a circular firing squad

Henry I. Miller and Josh Bloom -

March 11, 2019 4:00 am

President Donald Trump waves as he walks on the South Lawn after stepping off Marine One at the White House, Sunday, March 10, 2019, in Washington. Trump is returning from a trip to Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla.

News

Trump’s 2020 budget calls for $2.7T in spending cuts, promises to erase deficit in 15 years

Melissa Quinn -

March 11, 2019 1:05 am

This 2016 booking photo released by the Sedgwick County, Kan., Jail shows Steven R. Henson.

Crime

Kansas doctor given life sentence after patient’s opioid overdose death

Daniel Jativa -

March 9, 2019 6:05 pm

President Donald Trump, left, looks over to Susan Stevens, right, who is holding up a picture of her daughter, during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 in Washington. Stevens lost her daughter to opioids.

Red Alert Politics

The opioid epidemic should be handled like an epidemic, not a political issue

Rita Francesca Loffredo -

March 7, 2019 8:30 pm

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Tag: Opioids

Chicago becomes the nation’s hub for busting drugs sent through the mail

Gillibrand positions herself for New Hampshire primaries with opioid bill

Gillibrand doesn’t believe opioid prescriptions should be decisions between a woman and her doctor

Trump backs needle exchange, not supervised injections, in his HIV strategy

Azar warns of ‘long fight’ ahead against opioids

ICE makes biggest cocaine bust in 25 years: $77M seized at New Jersey port

Feds battle opioid abuse with a circular firing squad

Trump’s 2020 budget calls for $2.7T in spending cuts, promises to erase deficit in 15 years

Kansas doctor given life sentence after patient’s opioid overdose death

The opioid epidemic should be handled like an epidemic, not a political issue

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