February 14, 2019 Fentanyl deaths from 'Mexican oxy' pills hit Arizona hard Aaron Francisco Chavez swallowed at least one of the sky blue pills at a Halloween party before falling asleep forever.
February 10, 2019 Protesters stage Guggenheim Museum demonstration to protest opioid crisis Protesters staged a demonstration at the Guggenheim Museum in New York to call on the eradication of the Sackler name from the museum - gifted by the family who owned Purdue Pharma.
January 31, 2019 Fentanyl seized by Border Patrol in record bust could have killed 57M, officials say A Mexican national was arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents on Saturday with enough fentanyl to kill 57 million Americans, according to an internal memo first reported on Wednesday on "Tucker Carlson Tonight."
January 30, 2019 Former stripper-turned-drug exec gave doctor lap dance while pitching painkiller, witness testifies A witness has testified that an ex-stripper-turned-drug company executive gave a doctor a lap dance as part of a sales pitch for an addictive fentanyl spray.
January 30, 2019 Florida man trying to steal roommate’s prescription pills tricked into taking laxatives, police say A Florida man going into his roommate’s room to take his prescription pills got a rude awakening when he was caught red-handed taking what later turned out to be laxatives, police said.
January 28, 2019 New Hampshire's opioid crisis key issue for 2020 presidential candidates Experts in both politics and mental health agree: the Opioid Crisis is not going away anytime soon, and the candidates need to set forth a plan on what exactly they will do differently.
January 28, 2019 California nurse charged with illegally selling thousands of opioid pills on dark web A California nurse is under arrest on charges of illegally selling more than 20,000 prescription opioids through the dark web.
January 28, 2019 'I couldn't save him': Family's pain after son's overdose death There is nothing left to do, no more frantic phone calls to make, no begging or fighting that can fix this because the worst thing that could happen already has, so Doug Biggers settles into his recliner and braces for his daughter's voice to echo through his head.
January 25, 2019 Why are so many women dying from drug overdoses? The opioid crisis has continued to worsen in the United States, and middle-aged women are significantly affected.
January 18, 2019 Researchers see possible link between opioids, birth defect Health officials are looking into a possible link between prescription opioids and a horrific birth defect.