December 13, 2017 Philip Seymour Hoffman's partner Mimi O'Donnell details late actor's horrifying drug addiction Philip Seymour Hoffman’s longtime partner Mimi O’Donnell detailed on Wednesday the late actor’s struggle with drug addiction and how she and their children have coped with the death.
December 11, 2017 Opioid painkiller prescriptions may run in families When one person in a household gets prescribed opioids, the other people who live with them are more likely to get their own prescriptions for these narcotic painkillers, a U.S. study suggests.
December 4, 2017 'Guardian Angel' police officer adopts opioid-addicted newborn from homeless woman "I just felt God telling me, 'Tell her that you will do it because you can.'"
November 29, 2017 Reps. Renacci, Meadows: New legislation would help fight opioid crisis that is causing holiday heartbreak Across America, far too many families and communities are spending this holiday season not with celebration or cheer, but with heartbreak over the loss or suffering of a loved one to the opioid epidemic.
November 28, 2017 Study finds commonality in 61 percent of opioid deaths As the staggering toll—in terms of bodies, emotions, money, and our life expectancy—of the opioid epidemic comes into sharper focus, the idea of those who are most at risk is crystallizing, too, thanks to research out of Columbia University Medical Center.
November 22, 2017 Mom, boyfriend gave baby marijuana after she broke her leg, police say Tessa Rose Murray and Nerrell McCoy of Muncie, Ind., were arrested Monday after they failed to seek treatment for their infant daughter’s broken leg and instead gave her marijuana to treat the pain.
November 21, 2017 Former addict buries self alive in drug awareness campaign A former addict has been buried alive outside of a Florida church since Sunday in a bid to raise awareness for drug addiction and to help others kick their habit.
November 20, 2017 Top cancer doctors have some advice about alcohol Name things that increase your risk of cancer.
November 18, 2017 Flakka, drug that makes people bark and strip, wreaks havoc in Midwest, South Otherwise normal folks suddenly running naked, and screaming through the streets, and breaking into homes?
November 16, 2017 Doctors claim baby's 2015 death was caused by marijuana overdose Two poison control doctors who listed an 11-month-old boy’s cause of death as damage to his heart muscle claim that it was brought on by ingesting marijuana.