Federal regulators have been scrutinizing kratom for about a decade after reports of addiction, injury and overdose. But users and distributors have long opposed efforts to regulate it, saying kratom could be a safer alternative to opioid painkillers that sparked the ongoing drug addiction epidemic. Last month, the FDA issued ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A doctor who was a primary target in the sweeping investigation of actor Matthew Perry's overdose death pleaded guilty Wednesday to supplying the “Friends” star with ketamine despite knowing he was a struggling addict. Dr. Salvador Plasencia became the fourth of the five people charged in ...
Officials in Baltimore are investigating a suspected mass overdose event that saw more than two dozen people sent to the hospital. The city's fire department first responded to an overdose incident yesterday morning in West Baltimore. Community members then directed emergency crews to more unconscious people in the area ...
Stephanie Sy: Dr. Absalon Galat says overdose is the leading cause of death among the city's homeless population, and that programs like L.A. County's Pathway Home support recovery. Dr. Absalon Galat: Before, our focus was, how can I keep you alive on the street as long as ...
... on Shawna, but she was beyond help. In the postmortem examination, tests showed she had methamphetamines, fentanyl and alcohol in her system, indicating an accidental overdose. Geraldine Toya: They told me that they found out that they didn't see that there was any foul play. And they immediately kind ...
... would be dedicated to battling the epidemic. Most of the money would go to state and local governments to address the nation's addiction and overdose crisis, but potentially more than $850 million would go directly to individual victims. That makes it different from the other major settlements. The payments ...
... of work. But that means only about $850 million will go to people who were devastated by OxyContin, people who lost family members to fatal overdoses, people who lost years of their own lives to this. Some of them say they will only get a few thousand dollars in compensation ...
... would be dedicated to battling the epidemic. Most of the money would go to state and local governments to address the nation's addiction and overdose crisis, but potentially more than $850 million would go directly to individual victims. That makes it different from the other major settlements. The payouts ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A doctor charged with giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the month leading up to the “Friends” star's overdose death has agreed to plead guilty, authorities said Monday. Dr. Salvador Plasencia has agreed to plead guilty to four counts of distribution of ketamine, federal prosecutors said in ...
... of them for over 20 years to look at how early life experiences predict a variety of different health outcomes, most specifically HIV, substance use, overdose, suicide, mental health, a variety of health issues that we know disproportionately impact that group of young men. And the goal of that study ...
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