

Health Jan 30

The rise is mostly due to lower death rates for cancer and drug overdoses.
By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press
Health Jul 17

Overdose deaths had been climbing each year since 1990, topping 70,000 in 2017.
By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press
Health May 08

With the advent of fentanyl and other highly potent synthetic drugs, many states are amplifying those policies and adding new programs to protect drug users from deadly contaminants in heroin, cocaine and other illicit drugs.
By Christine Vestal, Stateline
Education Dec 27

In opioid-stricken West Virginia, this school is taking on the role of parent. Lisa Stark of Education Week visits Cottageville Elementary, where students often lack food, clothes and transportation because of drug-addicted parents. In addition to increasing communication with local…
By PBS NewsHour
Oct 06

By PBS NewsHour
The abuse of opioids has become a major public health concern; more than 28,000 people died by overdose in 2014. According to reporting by STAT News, drug companies downplayed the addictive effects of opioid drugs in the late 1990s, assuring…
Dec 18

By Joshua Barajas
Nearly 50,000 people died from drug overdoses in the U.S. in 2014, a new record driven by the deaths of heroin addicts and people misusing prescription painkillers, new federal statistics showed.
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