Tag: Opium

It appears the Taliban are too busy harvesting a bumper crop of opium poppies to launch any offensives. (AP Photos/Allauddin Khan, File)

National Security

Why the lull in Taliban attacks is a bad thing

Jamie McIntyre · May 5, 2016 5:41 pm

Overdose deaths in Wilkes had soared for half a decade before Fred Brason built a coalition of law enforcement, doctors and activists to combat the problem, peaking at 28 fatalities in 2009. Then, within a few years of Project Lazarus, deaths began steadily declining, dropping to 14 in 2010 and then down to nine the following year. (Photo by Tony Moore/For the Examiner)

Model program to fight drug abuse falls flat

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 3, 2016 4:01 am

State law prohibits the Chicago Teachers Union from striking until contract negotiations reach a certain phase, which won't happen until May. (AP Photo)

POLICY ROUNDUP

Washington Examiner, Joana Suleiman · March 21, 2016 4:01 am

Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., on Senate floor Tuesday.

Senator hits NY’s ‘very dangerous’ plan to give medical licenses to illegals

Paul Bedard · March 8, 2016 7:29 pm

Rob Portman voted for the amendment and said that he is in favor of more resources for combating opioid and heroin abuse, but Congress needs to pass the bill first. (AP Photo)

Senate votes down Dem opioid funding

Robert King · March 2, 2016 10:16 pm

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., center, accompanied by, from left, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., speak during a news conference on opioid and heroin abuse on Feb. 11 on Capitol Hill. (AP photo)

Manchin: Addiction should be bigger focus of FDA approval

Curt Mills · February 29, 2016 5:01 am

The efforts indicate an escalating focus among policymakers on the skyrocketing rate of prescription drug abuse in the U.S., a problem that has been building for more than a decade. (AP Photo)

While Congress argues about fixing opioid abuse, here’s who is preparing to tackle it

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 29, 2016 5:01 am

Portman's bill would establish an evidence-based opioid and heroin treatment and intervention program, but that's not enough for some Democrats. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senators squabble over funding for painkiller crisis

Robert King · February 24, 2016 5:01 am

The budget plan released Tuesday contains $1 billion in new funding over the next two years to boost efforts to help individuals seek treatment for opioid abuse, the document said. (AP Photo)

Better access to treatment for opioid abuse, mental health in budget

Robert King · February 9, 2016 11:44 pm

Danny Harris, who has been the Education Department's CIO since 2008, was the subject of an investigation that found he had hired subordinates to work on side businesses. (AP Photo)

POLICY ROUNDUP

Washington Examiner, Joana Suleiman · February 8, 2016 5:01 am

The request includes $920 million for cooperative agreements with states to expand access to medication-assisted treatment, which is critical to solving the opioid epidemic that kills 44 Americans a day, officials said. (AP Photo)

Obama pushes big funding increase for opioid fight

Robert King · February 2, 2016 6:22 pm

Sen. Kelly Ayotte, D-N.H., left, speaks as Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Gov. Peter Shumlin, D-Vt., listen during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on attacking America's epidemic of heroin and prescription drug abuse. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senators seek expanded federal aid to fight heroin, prescription drug abuse

Kelly Cohen · January 27, 2016 11:32 pm