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January 13, 2019

Pot is already legal in lots of places. Now we need strong warning labels to keep the public safe

state politicians have given in to populism and the weed industry by ignoring science and allowing the sale of marijuana products with only the weakest of warning labels.

January 12, 2019

Painkillers for dogs, cats may be worsening human opioid crisis: study

A new study suggests painkillers prescribed to pets could possibly be contributing to the opioid problem in the U.S.

January 11, 2019

Drug overdose death rate increasing the most among middle-aged women, CDC finds

The drug overdose death rate among women in the U.S. has greatly increased, according to data released this week in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s morbidity and mortality report.

January 9, 2019

Dangers of 'drunkorexia': What happens when you skip meals to drink alcohol

Here’s an eating disorder you might not have heard about before: drunkorexia.

January 7, 2019

Country singer Kalie Shorr reveals her sister died of heroin overdose

Country singer Kalie Shorr revealed over the weekend that her older sister died of a heroin overdose.

December 31, 2018

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum: Our criminal justice system has an opioid problem

More than 80 percent of people in North Dakota’s prisons have a substance addiction, and half of all arrests in the state are substance-related.

December 19, 2018

Frustrated opioid patients speak out: 'I now buy heroin on the street'

Hundreds of people who reached out to Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ through emails, and messages on social media, following the publication of a three-part series on the nation's struggle to address its crippling opioid crisis caused mainly by illegal drugs, and the unintended victims – chronic pain sufferers who have relied on prescribed opioids for relief -- left in its wake. 

December 18, 2018

White House nominee for Drug Czar: Hope and healing amid the horrors of addiction this holiday season

The most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells us that in 2017, someone in the U.S. died of a drug overdose every seven minutes.

December 17, 2018

Vaping boom: Twice the amount of teens vaping than last year, survey finds

It was the largest single-year increase in the survey's 44-year history.

December 14, 2018

Fentanyl now deadliest drug in America, meth overdoses growing, CDC says

Fentanyl is now the deadliest drug in America, beating out heroin and oxycodone which had previously been involved in the most overdose fatalities between 2011 and 2016.