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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 10, 2021

GOP House Doctors Caucus pressures Mayorkas on fentanyl as opioid epidemic surges

Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ obtained the letter that Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., is leading with a group of his fellow GOP Doctors Caucus members to Mayorkas amid the compounding southern border crisis exacerbating the illicit fentanyl stream into America.

December 9, 2021

Ossoff, Grassley bill to fight rural opioid crisis passes Senate

Sens. Jon Ossoff and Chuck Grassley helped advance a bill to fight the opioid crisis in rural areas that passed the Senate Wednesday.

December 8, 2021

US needs to work with China, Mexico 'much more aggressively' to stop fentanyl flow: Portman on opioid crisis

EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, is vowing to keep the pressure on the Biden administration to address the opioid crisis head-on.

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 24, 2021

Opioid crisis: Ruling against CVS, Walgreens and Walmart could be beginning of long legal battle

A jury's finding this week that three major pharmacy chains are responsible for contributing to the scourge of opioid addiction in two Ohio counties may be just the beginning of a protracted legal battle that ultimately could leave the communities no better off.

November 19, 2021

GOP Rep. Nancy Mace's cannabis decriminalization bill is personal – and a matter of principle

Rep. Nancy Mace has introduced legislation that would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level, giving states control over cannabis laws.

November 17, 2021

Drug overdose deaths, fueled by fentanyl, hit record high in US

The U.S. recorded its highest number of drug-overdose deaths in a 12-month period, eclipsing 100,000 for the first time, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.