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December 31, 2019

Tom Basile: Top 5 government failures of 2010s

As the 2010s come to a close and America begins a new decade, we’re taking stock of the last 10 years. It’s been a wild ride, to be sure.

December 26, 2019

Rwanda makes its own morphine, bypassing dangerous opioid trade

Locally produced liquid morphine has become part of Rwanda’s groundbreaking effort to address pain treatment, one of the world’s great disproportions.

December 26, 2019

Matthew Barnett: Opioid epidemic is destroying us — here's a way forward

If this opioid crisis is not reversed, thousands more lives will be destroyed. 

December 23, 2019

To battle opioid crisis, some track overdoses in real time

While the number of drug overdose deaths appears to have fallen nationally in 2018 for the first time in nearly three decades, the overdose death rate remains about seven times higher than a generation ago.

December 15, 2019

OxyContin maker's foreign affiliate selling overdose cure

The foreign affiliate of the major pharmaceutical company behind OxyContin, a controversial drug blamed in part for unleashing America’s opioid epidemic, is now expanding to offer an overdose cure.

December 12, 2019

Major League Baseball: Marijuana will no longer be considered a banned substance

Major League Baseball (MLB) and its players' union announced Thursday that marijuana will be removed from its list of banned substances and that players will be tested for major opioids, cocaine and other drugs in a new treatment-based approach to drug use.

December 9, 2019

Woman's raw post on addiction goes viral after brother-in-law's overdose death

A family who lost a loved one to drug addiction six months ago is using their grief to spread awareness in a raw social media post that’s been shared and republished thousands of times.

December 5, 2019

Maryland teen mom, grandmother charged in 9-month-old baby's fentanyl overdose death

A 17-year-old mother and 43-year-old grandmother in  Maryland were charged Thursday with the death of a 9-month-old boy who had overdosed on the lethal synthetic opioid fentanyl, according to reports.

November 30, 2019

Sally Pipes: Surprising findings about your life expectancy and US health care

Far too many Americans are dying young, but it's wrong to blame the U.S. health care system.

November 19, 2019

Man overcomes decade-long heroin addiction, reaches millions with viral blog posts

Alter, who has been sober for three years now, reaches millions through his posts on "The Addict's Diary."