February 8, 2022 Leo Terrell hammers Biden admin plan to distribute ‘smoking kits': 'How does this achieve racial equality?' Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ contributor Leo Terrell on Tuesday blasted the White House over a reported plan to give out "smoking kits" in poor communities in the name of racial equity and reducing harm.
February 8, 2022 California DA warns virtually all drugs on the streets are laced with fentanyl Riverside County District Attorney Michael Hestrin said on Monday that fentanyl overdoses are fueling a drug crisis.
February 7, 2022 6 people in a North Carolina hotel taken to nearby hospital for signs of overdoses Six people were taken to an Asheville hospital after reports of an overdose at a historic North Carolina hotel. Police found narcotics and are investigating the incident.
February 6, 2022 Drug overdoses among young Americans translate into over one million years of lost life, study finds Young people from ages of 10 to 24 years old may have lost greater than 1 million years of life from 2015 to 2019, according to a recent JAMA Pediatrics artic
February 5, 2022 Fentanyl poisoning deaths double in 30 states over 2 years: study Fentanyl poising deaths doubled in 30 states between 2019 and 2021, according to an analysis of U.S. government data.
February 2, 2022 NIH spent $2.3M injecting dogs with cocaine in experiment related to overdose research: report The National Institutes of Health (NIH) spent about $2.3 million between 2020 and 2021 on an experiment that involved injecting beagle dogs with cocaine, according to a new report.
January 27, 2022 The congressional hearing that changed baseball There’s a reason Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens aren’t in the Hall of Fame: Congress
January 27, 2022 Nancy Mace's push to legalize cannabis gets support from Amazon: Time to end the 'federal war on a plant' Rep. Nancy Mace, a GOP freshman lawmaker from a swing South Carolina coastal district, is making a Republican case to legalize marijuana on the federal level, and Amazon just offered a major endorsement of her plan.Â
January 26, 2022 Connecticut police say 100 bags of fentanyl found at dead youth’s home About 100 bags of fentanyl were found at the home of a 13-year-old Hartford boy who overdosed on the drug at school, police said.
January 26, 2022 2 babies in Bakersfield, California, overdose on fentanyl in 1 week Two babies in the same California town overdosed on fentanyl in the same week, according to local reports.