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January 20, 2022

CT student, 13, fentanyl overdose: School districts to train staff to use Narcan

At least two Connecticut school districts will train staff, including nurses and teachers, to use Narcan after a 13-year-old died of a fentanyl overdose last week.

January 20, 2022

House Republicans introduce bill to require fentanyl drug traffickers serve life in prison

House Republicans are proposing life sentences for fentanyl traffickers as the U.S. sees rising deaths and drug seizures at the southern border.

January 19, 2022

Kentucky mom faces murder charge after baby dies from meth overdose

Kentucky woman now faces murder, abuse of a corpse charges in the death of her 5-month-old son.

January 18, 2022

Rep. Murphy asks NIH to examine impact of COVID-19 lockdowns, closures on Americans' health

Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C, on Tuesday led 16 other Republicans in sending a letter to National Institutes of Health Acting Director Lawrence Tabak, asking him to examine the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns and closures on Americans' health.

January 14, 2022

Connecticut 13-year-old in 'guarded' condition after fentanyl overdose at school

Connecticut authorities found an unconscious 13-year-old boy in his school Thursday morning, suffering an apparent opioid overdose on campus.

January 13, 2022

Republican Attorneys General call for action on 'fentanyl scourge' from China, Mexico

FIRST ON FOX: Republican attorneys general are calling for action on what they are warning is a "fentanyl scourge" from China and Mexico – warning that it marks a "grave and rising threat" against the American people.

January 12, 2022

Hunter Biden's ex-wife talks about his addiction, their divorce for first time in upcoming memoir

Kathleen Buhle, Hunter Biden’s first wife, opens up for the first time about the demise of their 24-year marriage in a forthcoming book, according to reports. 

January 12, 2022

Hawley demands Zuckerberg answer for 'horrifying' report about Instagram and underage drug use

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday demanding answers regarding a recent report that found Instagram allows underage users to search for illegal drugs and that its algorithms help connect them with drug dealers.

January 12, 2022

Fentanyl is becoming more accessible to kids on social media, raising alarms for parents

Health officials say fentanyl isn’t just killing people in the substance abuse community, it’s also killing children who aren’t even aware they're taking it.

January 4, 2022

New Orleans hospital gives out overdose reversal drug for free after year of record-high deaths

Health officials in New Orleans are working to increase public access to the life-saving overdose reversal drug, naloxone.