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July 3, 2018

Ex-Drug Czars Bill Bennett, John Walters: Mr. Trump, please don’t legalize marijuana at the federal level

President Trump should refuse—it’s a bad deal with unsustainable consequences.

July 2, 2018

Pennsylvania man finds hope after years of addiction and despair

The flight of industry has decimated a small Pennsylvania town, and the inundation of opioids has its back against the wall – and some of the city’s men are paying the price.

July 1, 2018

Battling the despair of opioid addiction in an unexpected place

Sam Hall sat on his narrow bed, his thin frame propped up against the concrete wall, periodically glancing up from a well-worn paperback novel.

June 28, 2018

70,000 opioid-related overdose deaths in US unaccounted for since 1999, study says

The opioid crisis plaguing the U.S. may be even worse than health officials previously thought, with tens of thousands of opioid-related deaths possibly going unreported from 1999 to 2015.

June 26, 2018

Poison control centers report spike in kids' exposure to addiction drug

From 2007 to 2016, more than 11,000 children and adolescents in the U.S. were exposed to buprenorphine, a drug that's used to treat opioid-use disorders, a new study finds.

June 25, 2018

Retailers experiment with blue lights to deter drug use

The blue lights are meant to discourage people from using drugs in store bathrooms by making it more difficult for them to see their veins.

June 24, 2018

Should people with drug addictions be forced into rehab?

Mandatory drug treatment programs are on the rise. But can a person truly recover when forced into treatment?

June 19, 2018

House advances dozens of bills to combat nation's opioid crisis

The House moved last week to push through dozens of bills aimed at curtailing the nationwide opioid epidemic -- and lawmakers said they’re not done yet.

June 14, 2018

Kentucky sues Walgreens, claims it has role in opioid epidemic

Kentucky’s attorney general on Thursday sued Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc, accusing the company of playing a dual role in propagating an opioid epidemic in the state as both a pharmacy chain and wholesale drug distributor.

June 6, 2018

Reps. Walden and Burgess: Important bills to fight the opioid epidemic are up for House consideration

Sadly, opioid overdoses claim the lives of more than 100 Americans each and every day.