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.
December 23, 2021 California dad who lost daughter to fentanyl poisoning sends message to Biden: 'Mr. President, where are you?’ Matt Capelouto calls out President Biden for enabling Mexican drug cartels to bring drugs across the United States’ border.
December 18, 2021 Opioid crisis: North Carolina congressman, doctor says 'every city is a border city' amid rising overdoses Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., says “every city is a border city” when it comes to the record amount of dangerous opioids flowing into the U.S. from Mexico and China.
December 16, 2021 Fentanyl overdoses become No. 1 cause of death among US adults, ages 18-45: 'A national emergency' Fentanyl overdoses have surged to the leading cause of death among adults between the ages of 18 and 45, according to an analysis of U.S. government data from fentanyl awareness organization Families Against Fentanyl.
December 14, 2021 Manchin opposes Biden FDA nominee, cites opioid epidemic failures: 'How many more Americans have to die?' West Virginia Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin said Tuesday he will oppose President Biden’s top pick to head the Food and Drug Administration for his previous failure to address one of the nation’s biggest epidemics: opioid abuse.
December 9, 2021 Texas seized enough fentanyl to kill 200 million people this year alone, officials say Texas announced Thursday they have seized enough doses of fentanyl crossing the Mexican border to kill 200 million people.
December 8, 2021 Laura Ingraham: Voters won't forget how the medical cartel played politics during COVID Laura Ingraham comments on what she believes is the polarization of the medical community during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
December 8, 2021 Former opioid addict who inspired film 'Four Good Days': 'I lost everything' but 'recovery is possible' Former opioid addict Amanda Wendler, who is the inspiration behind the film 'Four Good Days,' joined 'America's Newsroom' to discuss her road to recovery.
December 2, 2021 Arkansas woman speaks out on 'America's Newsroom' on opioid crisis after losing brother to addiction Brittany Adams-Kelly joined "America's Newsroom" to share the story of her brother, Matt, who was lost to an opioid addiction.
November 30, 2021 El Chapo's wife sentenced to three years in prison Federal prosecutors sentenced Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of Mexico's most notorious drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, to three years in prison.