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  • Racial disparity in addiction treatment access highlights inequities of opioid epidemic

    Racial disparity in addiction treatment access highlights inequities of opioid epidemic

    Dec 08, 2023 11:35 PM EST

    ... taking only three, his cravings went up, and he relapsed, buying on the street what he thought was codeine, but were counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl. He overdosed, but, thankfully, his sister found him. Kevin Hargrove: She told me my eyes went up into my head. I started slurring my ...

  • GOP candidates focus attacks on each other as Trump skips another debate

    GOP candidates focus attacks on each other as Trump skips another debate

    Dec 07, 2023 11:30 PM EST

    ... Presidential Candidate: This is where Trump went wrong. Trump was good on trade. But that's all he was with China, because here he allowed fentanyl to continue to come over. He continued to allow them to take -- he would give them technology that would build up their military and ...

  • Adults can now legally possess and grow marijuana in Ohio — but there's nowhere to buy it

    Adults can now legally possess and grow marijuana in Ohio — but there's nowhere to buy it

    Dec 07, 2023 10:59 PM EST

    ... through the Ohio House, which — insistent there's no rush— opted to adjourn. DeWine predicted that black market sales would flourish in the state, making fentanyl- or pesticide-laced marijuana products more accessible and endangering Ohioans, including children who could be subjected to second-hand pot smoke at this holiday ...

  • Live updates: 4th GOP debate in the 2024 presidential race

    Live updates: 4th GOP debate in the 2024 presidential race

    Dec 07, 2023 01:14 AM EST

    ... more on China than Mexico as a source of the drug. DeSantis defended his vow to shoot smugglers at the border, even though 90% of fentanyl seized at the border during the latest budget year was at official crossings — not between them — and nearly 3 of 4 fentanyl seizures at ...

  • Illinois scraps plan for building migrant winter camp due to toxic soil risk

    Illinois scraps plan for building migrant winter camp due to toxic soil risk

    Dec 06, 2023 12:39 AM EST

    ... the site was previously home to a railyard with tanks and oil houses, a zinc smelter and truck trailer parking. WATCH: Biden, López Obrador talk fentanyl, migration during San Francisco meeting The city released a study late Friday from consultant Terracon that detailed the discovery and removal of sections of ...

  • How dozens of U.S. adolescents are dying of drug overdoses each month, shown in 3 charts

    How dozens of U.S. adolescents are dying of drug overdoses each month, shown in 3 charts

    Dec 02, 2023 05:45 PM EST

    ... that not using drugs or alcohol while young helps promote healthy development. What parents can do Having naloxone available can also be important. It prevents fentanyl and other opioids from causing an overdose by blocking access to opioid receptors in the brain. This potentially lifesaving drug is easy to use ...

  • LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments on legality of Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan

    LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments on legality of Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan

    Dec 01, 2023 10:58 PM EST

    ... prescribed and used were generic drugs. Opioid-related overdose deaths have continued to climb, hitting 80,000 in recent years. Most of those are from fentanyl and other synthetic drugs. The Purdue Pharma settlement would be among the largest reached by drug companies, wholesalers and pharmacies to resolve epidemic-related ...

  • Supreme Court to decide on legality of OxyContin maker's settlement plan with victims of opioid crisis

    Supreme Court to decide on legality of OxyContin maker's settlement plan with victims of opioid crisis

    Nov 23, 2023 05:56 PM EST

    ... 000 in recent years. That's partly because people with substance abuse disorder found pills harder to get and turned to heroin and, more recently, fentanyl, an even more potent synthetic opioid. Drug companies, wholesalers and pharmacies have agreed to pay a total of more than $50 billion to settle ...

  • Blinken discusses improving relations with China, support of Israel amid ceasefire calls

    Blinken discusses improving relations with China, support of Israel amid ceasefire calls

    Nov 16, 2023 11:50 PM EST

    And, by the way, this is something that I think China understands is important, that it be seen as playing a leading and productive role in dealing with the fentanyl crisis, because it's not only affecting us. It's affecting increasingly countries around the world. We're the canary ...

  • Election workers face violent threats and harassment amid dangerous political rhetoric

    Election workers face violent threats and harassment amid dangerous political rhetoric

    Nov 16, 2023 11:35 PM EST

    ... someone who spends his job trying to make elections smarter and smoother and more accurate, what do you make of all of these offices receiving fentanyl-laced letters? David Becker, Center for Election Innovation and Research: Well, sadly, these kind of threats and harassment have been going on now for ...

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