• Wider access to Narcan helps rural communities fight overdose deaths

    Wider access to Narcan helps rural communities fight overdose deaths

    Apr 05, 2023 10:40 PM EST

    Wally Meyers: Well, I mean, a lot of times, it's -- it seems as though they don't -- two doesn't work, seven, yes, seven for me. So I have been in recovery for 10 years, but sober for six-and-a-half. So, I relapsed, overdosed on fentanyl. Seven ...

  • How FDA approval of over-the-counter Narcan sales affects the opioid crisis

    How FDA approval of over-the-counter Narcan sales affects the opioid crisis

    Apr 01, 2023 09:35 PM EST

    ... it has to essentially be free. And if we can make this -- that treatment more valuable, while making it harder for people to continue using fentanyl or heroin or prescription opioids, I think we'd start to see overdose deaths come down significantly. John Yang: Is the cost of it ...

  • Narcan just got over-the-counter approval. Here's what you need to know

    Narcan just got over-the-counter approval. Here's what you need to know

    Mar 29, 2023 02:59 PM EST

    ... Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Emergent BioSolutions is the best-known form of naloxone. It can reverse overdoses of opioids, including street drugs such as heroin and fentanyl and prescription versions including oxycodone. WATCH: Schools stockpile medication to combat rise in fentanyl overdoses Making naloxone available more widely is seen as a ...

  • Biden says he will sign bill blocking new D.C. laws that overhaul criminal justice system

    Biden says he will sign bill blocking new D.C. laws that overhaul criminal justice system

    Mar 02, 2023 09:32 PM EST

    ... poison out of our neighborhoods are among the most basic governing responsibilities you can possibly think of,” McConnell added, a reference to the country’s fentanyl crisis. “Evidently the Biden administration does not agree or just cannot deliver.” Washington's criminal code hasn’t been updated substantially since it was ...

  • WATCH: Biden rallies Democrats as GOP pushes him toward 1st veto of his presidency

    WATCH: Biden rallies Democrats as GOP pushes him toward 1st veto of his presidency

    Mar 01, 2023 08:00 PM EST

    ... Economic uncertainty at home and the grinding war in Ukraine are testing America's resolve. There are no easy answers to stubborn worries over the fentanyl crisis, climate change, gun violence and the lingering COVID-19 crisis. Biden had success drawing Republicans to his side last year, when Democrats controlled ...

  • WATCH: Attorney General Garland testifies in Senate Judiciary oversight hearing

    WATCH: Attorney General Garland testifies in Senate Judiciary oversight hearing

    Mar 01, 2023 02:41 PM EST

    ... soaring overdose deaths in the U.S. “There is no strategy that I can discern about how to deal with the poisoning of Americans with fentanyl,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, the panel's top Republican. Garland said fentanyl is a “horrible epidemic unleashed on purpose” by drug ...

  • News Wrap: Congressional Budget Office offers bleak reassessment of U.S. economy

    News Wrap: Congressional Budget Office offers bleak reassessment of U.S. economy

    Feb 15, 2023 11:50 PM EST

    ... and TV. Raquel Welch was 82 years old. And still to come on the "NewsHour": members of Congress seek ways to stem the flow of fentanyl into the U.S.; India's government cracks down on press freedom after the BBC aired a documentary critical of the prime minister; plus ...

  • WATCH: State Department holds news briefing as Ukraine asks for jets, ammunition

    WATCH: State Department holds news briefing as Ukraine asks for jets, ammunition

    Feb 15, 2023 07:01 PM EST

    ... the resources to deal with the ramifications of migrants crossing into the U.S. at the southern border, a rise in drug overdoses caused by fentanyl and other lab-produced synthetic opioids, and a homelessness crisis in his state. Biden has repeatedly stated that the United States will help Ukraine ...

  • Support for Ukraine aid softens in U.S. public, poll says

    Support for Ukraine aid softens in U.S. public, poll says

    Feb 15, 2023 05:47 PM EST

    ... the resources to deal with the ramifications of migrants crossing into the U.S. at the southern border, a rise in drug overdoses caused by fentanyl and other lab-produced synthetic opioids, and a homelessness crisis in his state. WATCH: Western nations accelerate air defense to Ukraine as Russia launches ...

  • Read Biden's full 2023 State of the Union remarks

    Read Biden's full 2023 State of the Union remarks

    Feb 08, 2023 02:16 PM EST

    ... working to end stigma and change laws. He told us he wants to “start the journey towards America’s recovery.” Doug, we’re with you. Fentanyl is killing more than 70,000 Americans a year. Let’s launch a major surge to stop fentanyl production, sale, and trafficking, with more ...