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June 16, 2019

Timothy McMahan King: I've struggled with an opioid addiction – To find a solution, we must break the silence

For years, I thought my story was just my own. I didn’t think anyone else needed to know, or would even care, that I struggled with an opioid addiction.

June 15, 2019

Addicted to meds: One nurse's story of addiction and recovery

For one nurse, having access to opioids led to addiction – and the fear of losing her job kept her from getting the help she needed.

June 3, 2019

Senate committee focuses on pain sufferers denied painkillers amid opioid crisis

When Senator Lamar Alexander, who chairs the upper chamber’s health committee, held a hearing about prescription opioids earlier this year, the focus was a critical side of the drug overdose debate that has been neglected – people who suffer chronic debilitating pain.

May 28, 2019

Mother of Oklahoma football player who died of opioid overdose: I 'absolutely' hold drug companies responsible

An Oklahoma mother whose son died of a prescription opioid overdose has argued that pharmaceutical companies are to blame for the modern opioid crisis, not doctors, ahead of a landmark civil case in her home state.

May 25, 2019

Colorado signs bill allowing doctors to recommend medical marijuana instead of opioids

Colorado is trying to help limit the opioid crisis by allowing doctors to recommend medical marijuana for any condition their patients are being prescribed painkillers for.

May 22, 2019

CBD may reduce drug cravings for heroin addicts, small study finds

The marijuana compound CBD, or cannabidiol, may help reduce drug cravings in people with heroin addiction, a preliminary new study suggests.

May 18, 2019

Michael Caputo: It's time to stop China’s fentanyl

For the sake of millions of Americans, our nation must stem the tide of fentanyl as we end this opioid crisis.

May 17, 2019

Exclusive: U.S. drug czar to travel to China to press government to stop fentanyl trafficking

U.S. drug czar James Carroll says he will be traveling to China by year's end to inspect their efforts to crack down on fentanyl manufacturers and press them to do more.

May 15, 2019

Metropolitan Museum of Art to reject funding from Sackler family over links to opioid crisis

The Sackler name is emblazoned on the walls at some of the world’s great museums, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which has become the latest institution to sever ties over the family’s link to the opioid crisis in America.

May 15, 2019

Mexican cartels using border migrant crisis to distract agents from drug smuggling, Carroll says

Mexican cartels are using the migrant crisis at the southern border to overwhelm U.S. agents stationed there so they can smuggle drugs here with greater ease, said James Carroll, the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.