Tag: Opioids

White House unveils long-awaited media campaign against opioids

Kimberly Leonard · June 7, 2018 3:23 pm

This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York.

House to vote on slew of opioid bills

Kimberly Leonard · June 6, 2018 5:58 pm

Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, Republican U.S. Senate candidate from West Virginia, speaks during a campaign event in Huntington, West Virginia, U.S., on Thursday, May 3, 2018. Morrisey sent his GOP primary opponent, Representative Evan Jenkins, a cease and desist letter regarding supposedly "false and defamatory information in his TV ads," according to the Washington Examiner.

Beltway Confidential

Patrick Morrisey backs death penalty for drug dealers: ‘Put me down for a resolute yes’

Philip Wegmann · June 5, 2018 4:18 pm

Kratom capsules are displayed in Albany, N.Y. Federal health authorities are warning about reports of injury, addiction and death with the herbal supplement that has been promoted as an alternative to opioid painkillers and other prescription drugs.

Kratom advocates fight FDA crackdown

Robert King · June 5, 2018 4:01 am

Doctors reduce opioid prescriptions, study finds

Kimberly Leonard · May 31, 2018 3:58 pm

Beltway Confidential

Trump is right that Jeff Sessions is terrible, but not because of the Russia investigation

Becket Adams · May 30, 2018 8:27 pm

This scanning electron micrograph shows Salmonella typhimurium (red) invading human cells.

Government ends investigation of salmonella-contaminated kratom

Kimberly Leonard · May 24, 2018 9:46 pm

A reporter holds up an example of the amount of fentanyl that can be deadly after a news conference about deaths from fentanyl exposure.

National Security

Fentanyl seizures at US-Mexico border up 750 percent

Anna Giaritelli · May 23, 2018 11:04 am

Greg Walden predicts opioid bills coming to House by middle of June

Robert King · May 22, 2018 10:16 pm

41 percent couldn’t cover a $400 emergency — and that’s good news

Joseph Lawler · May 22, 2018 4:54 pm

The FDA's latest analysis, released Tuesday, included details about deaths associated with kratom and a conclusion by the agency that kratom contains some of the same components as opioids. (AP Photo/Mary Esch, File)

FDA expands crackdown on herbal supplement Kratom

Robert King · May 22, 2018 2:48 pm

Stack of opioid bills advance out of key panel

Kimberly Leonard · May 18, 2018 1:11 am