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April 25, 2021

Alice Johnson: Second Chance Month – people capable of redemption. Here's how you can help

April has a special significance for me and others who were convicted of a crime and served time in prison. It is Second Chance Month, commemorating a deeply American belief that people are capable of redemption and should not be forever defined by their worst moment.

April 20, 2021

Opioid vaccine in the works, could be 'game changer for addiction,' researcher says

Research is underway to develop a twice-per-year vaccine that may help people overcome opioid addiction.

April 14, 2021

Drug overdose deaths have surged during pandemic, CDC data shows

As the COVID-19 pandemic killed more than a half-million Americans, it also quietly inflamed what already was one of the country’s greatest public health crises: drug addiction.

April 8, 2021

Biden DOJ slow to act on opioid crisis despite AG Garland saying it should be 'high priority'

Attorney General Merrick Garland pledged to make the opioid crisis still plaguing America a "high priority" for the Department of Justice (DOJ), but it seems as though the Biden administration has put the situation on the backburner.

April 8, 2021

Coronavirus takes toll on progress made in fight against addiction

As the COVID-19 pandemic killed more than a half-million Americans, it also quietly inflamed what was before it one of the country’s greatest public health crises: addiction.

April 4, 2021

New York man smokes pot in front of two NYPD police officers in celebration of legal marijuana

New York adults over the age of 21 can now possess and use marijuana — even in public — under a legalization bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, though legal sales of recreational-use cannabis won’t start for an estimated 18 months until regulations are set.

March 31, 2021

Journalist Michael Moss says people have been conditioned to consume processed foods like a drug addiction

Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and food science author Michael Moss joined Tucker Carlson for the second installment of his Fox Nation program "Tucker Carlson Today", and discussed the dangers of processed foods and how humans are being conditioned to become addicted to them as they are already naturally conducive to being hooked on illicit drugs.

March 29, 2021

Study: Adolescents more likely to become addicts after trying marijuana or misusing prescription drugs

A study led by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) claims that adolescents (ages 12-17) are more likely to develop a substance abuse disorder after trying marijuana or misusing prescription drugs.

March 29, 2021

Paris court convicts pharma firm Servier of manslaughter after diabetes drug was prescribed as diet pill

Servier was fined hundreds of millions of euros on Monday for its role in one of France’s biggest modern health scandals. The court found the company guilty of manslaughter and other charges for selling a diabetes drug blamed for hundreds of deaths.

March 27, 2021

Drug overdoses an unintended consequence of COVID stimulus payments, experts say

Substance abuse has surged across the U.S. as a result of coronavirus-induced isolation, but there is also a correlation between stimulus payments and overdoses, experts say.