November 1, 2017 Seven House Representatives: Opioid addiction and abuse is not partisan, it's about saving lives Today nearly 100 Americans will die from a drug overdose involving prescription drugs.
November 1, 2017 2 students test positive for cocaine after eating candy at school, moms say Two students are recovering after eating what their parents said appeared to be pop rocks candy, but was later found to be contaminated with cocaine.
November 1, 2017 Mom finds heroin in daughter's Halloween candy A mom in West Virginia said she discovered heroin among her child’s Halloween candy while she was conducting an inspection of her daughter’s trick-or-treating loot.
November 1, 2017 FDA panel backs approval for Indivior opioid addiction drug Indivior Plc's experimental drug to treat opioid addiction should be approved, an advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration concluded on Tuesday.
October 28, 2017 RNC Chairwoman: Trump is right. We can and must end the opioid crisis Last year more than 64,000 Americans in every corner of our country were lost to drug overdoses. That’s 142 people each day.
October 27, 2017 Opioid crisis: Sellers tout prescription drugs on social media Social media giants unwittingly help fuel illegal opioid trade as ads make their way onto YouTube, Facebook.
October 27, 2017 1-year-old dies after ingesting powerful synthetic opioid A 1-year-old girl who died in August was exposed to a powerful synthetic opioid that is typically used as a sedative for elephants.
October 27, 2017 Trump makes rare reference to late brother Fred in opioid speech President Trump made a rare and personal reference to his older brother Fred Trump Jr. Thursday as he declared the opioid crisis in America a “public health emergency.”
October 26, 2017 We're struggling to keep our opioid addicted son alive. Here's hoping Trump's plan fuels life-saving change For those of us struggling to keep opioid addicted loved ones alive, and for the tens of thousands of Americans who have had to bury their sons, daughters, husbands, wives, sisters and brothers, it’s tough to view Trump’s move as more than just another political promise geared more for publicity than real progress.
October 26, 2017 Puppy that collapsed on walk is saved with overdose antidote A puppy that collapsed after ingesting some sort of opioid in Massachusetts has survived after being given an overdose reversal drug more often administered to humans.