Opioids

Healthcare

Justice Department will back lawsuits against drug makers for contributing to opioid epidemic

Kelly Cohen -

February 27, 2018 2:26 pm

In this Feb. 22, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with state and local officials to discuss school safety in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Trump could face a backlash from gun rights advocates who fear he's strayed from his pledge to be a champion for the Second Amendment by voicing support for gun control measures in the wake of the deadly school shooting in Florida.

News

Trump ‘jokes’ about introducing the death penalty for drug offenses: Report

Naomi Lim -

February 26, 2018 12:06 am

Thankfully, the scientific community isn't taking the FDA's non-scientific approach to kratom lying down. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Op-Eds

As opioid crisis worsens, FDA attacks safe alternative used by millions

Dave Herman -

February 23, 2018 5:01 am

Since last August, officials in Denver have banned communication between police officers and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, unless those ICE agents have a warrant from a federal judge or magistrate. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Crime

Ken Buck: Sanctuary city laws are putting heroin traffickers back on our streets

Ken Buck -

February 23, 2018 5:01 am

Take 5 Media surveyed 1,082 students on behalf of the Florida House Experience, a mental health and addiction treatment center, on how much they paid on average for illegal substances, as well as how they paid. (iStock)

Red Alert Politics

More than 75 percent of college students say it’s ‘very easy’ or ‘easy’ to buy drugs

Kate Hardiman -

February 22, 2018 9:35 pm

Dr. Dan Lonergan, a pain specialist who also focuses on addiction, left, treats patient Jeff McCoy at his practice in Franklin, Tenn., Monday, June 5, 2017. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, life expectancy in America fell in 2016, with the rise of heart disease and drug-related overdoses being key factors in the uptick in deaths. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Healthcare

Doctor shortage making it harder to fight opioid abuse, study finds

Robert King -

February 21, 2018 7:27 pm

In this Sept. 27, 2017 photo, kratom capsules are displayed in Albany, N.Y. The Food and Drug Administration said in a notice Wednesday that manufacturers of supplements containing kratom should take their products off the market. (AP Photo/Mary Esch)

Healthcare

FDA cracks down on kratom

Robert King -

February 21, 2018 6:49 pm

Fentanyl, a synthetic drug 50 times stronger than heroin, and its variations were responsible for nearly 60 percent of all overdose deaths in 2016. Fentanyl's deadly potency, cheap cost, and widespread availability have made it the new scourge of the opioid epidemic. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Op-Eds

Sen. Rob Portman: Closing the loophole that lets drug traffickers exploit the Postal Service

Rob Portman -

February 16, 2018 5:01 am

Crime

Sheriff tells House lawmakers: ‘Sanctuary cities are a cog in the expanding opioid crisis’

Anna Giaritelli -

February 15, 2018 4:18 pm

Eric Bolling and his wife are expected to meet with Trump on Wednesday afternoon about the problem. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)

News

Eric Bolling: Trump called me after I lost my son to opioid-related drug overdose

Naomi Lim -

February 14, 2018 9:29 pm

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Tag: Opioids

Justice Department will back lawsuits against drug makers for contributing to opioid epidemic

Trump ‘jokes’ about introducing the death penalty for drug offenses: Report

As opioid crisis worsens, FDA attacks safe alternative used by millions

Ken Buck: Sanctuary city laws are putting heroin traffickers back on our streets

More than 75 percent of college students say it’s ‘very easy’ or ‘easy’ to buy drugs

Doctor shortage making it harder to fight opioid abuse, study finds

FDA cracks down on kratom

Sen. Rob Portman: Closing the loophole that lets drug traffickers exploit the Postal Service

Sheriff tells House lawmakers: ‘Sanctuary cities are a cog in the expanding opioid crisis’

Eric Bolling: Trump called me after I lost my son to opioid-related drug overdose

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