Tag: Opioids

The unprecedented sudden cancellation of "Roseanne" has left a wave of unemployment and uncertainty in its wake. Roseanne Barrâs racist tweet and the almost immediate axing of her show put hundreds of people out of work.

In ‘The Conners’ premiere, Roseanne’s character killed off by opioid overdose

Katelyn Caralle · October 17, 2018 3:00 am

Former House Speaker John Boehner listens during the Des Moines Register Soapbox during a visit to the Iowa State Fair.

Beltway Confidential

John Boehner to headline pot summit, advise investors on future of ‘green gold rush’

Philip Wegmann · October 10, 2018 9:35 pm

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., have gained Republican and Democratic co-sponsors for their healthcare bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate sends opioid legislation to Trump’s desk

Kimberly Leonard · October 3, 2018 7:34 pm

Steven Collis, chairman, president, and CEO of AmerisourceBergen Corporation, testifies during a hearing of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, May 8, 2018 in Washington.

Drug distributor pays feds $625 million for improperly repackaging vital cancer drugs

Robert King · October 2, 2018 12:15 am

Gov. Jerry Brown discusses the goals of the global climate summit he is hosting in San Francisco and legislation he signed directing California to phase out fossil fuels for electricity by 2045 during an interview with The Associated Press, Monday, Sept. 10, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. Brown's climate summit begins in Wednesday, Sept. 12.

Jerry Brown vetoes bills to provide abortion pills on campus, create drug injection sites

Kimberly Leonard · October 1, 2018 12:05 pm

Rep. Frank Pallone, Democrat of New Jersey, is the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Democrats to push for more opioid funding if they take the House

Robert King · September 29, 2018 4:00 am

FILE- In this June 1, 2018 file photo, small vials of fentanyl are shown in the inpatient pharmacy at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City. Nebraska state officials are preparing for their first execution in two decades on Aug. 14 at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln, Neb., and their first-ever lethal injection with an untried combination of drugs. The new execution protocol calls for an initial IV dose of diazepam, commonly known as Valium, to render the inmate unconscious; the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl; cisatracurium besylate to induce paralysis and stop the inmate from breathing; and potassium chloride to stop the heart.

Bill to battle opioid epidemic overwhelmingly passes the House

Robert King · September 28, 2018 4:13 pm

Bipartisan opioid bill would boost treatment, without the funding advocacy groups wanted

Robert King · September 27, 2018 4:00 am

This Aug. 29, 2018 photo shows an arrangement of prescription Oxycodone pills in New York. Figures from a 2017 survey released on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, show fewer people used heroin for the first time compared to the previous year, and fewer Americans misusing or addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.

White House provides $4 million for drug courts to fight opioid addiction

Kimberly Leonard · September 26, 2018 5:28 pm

This Aug. 29, 2018 photo shows an arrangement of prescription Oxycodone pills in New York. Figures from a 2017 survey released on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, show fewer people used heroin for the first time compared to the previous year, and fewer Americans misusing or addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.

Congress reaches final deal on opioid package

Kimberly Leonard · September 26, 2018 11:16 am

Insurers, drug price advocacy groups pressure Congress to keep Medicare discounts

Robert King · September 26, 2018 12:23 am

Pharmaceutical lobby fails again to advance ‘doughnut hole’ fix: Sources

Robert King, Joe Williams · September 25, 2018 8:50 pm