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Oct 03

Poll: Most Americans think Trump hasn’t done enough to fix opioid crisis

By Laura Santhanam

Only 2 percent of adults nationwide said the country’s opioid problem improved over the last year.

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Sep 13

5 important stories you may have missed

By Erica R. Hendry, Larisa Epatko, Jenny Marder

There are more drug overdose deaths than we thought, China is phasing out the production of gas-powered vehicles and other news you might have missed.

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Sep 12

WATCH: McCaskill leads roundtable on role of drug manufacturers in the opioid crisis

By Laura Santhanam

Watch the discussion about what factors have fed the opioid crisis live starting at 11 a.m.

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Jul 06

Prescription opioids tripled between 1999 and 2015, CDC says

By Laura Santhanam

The amount of opioids prescribed in 2015 was enough for every American to be medicated around the clock for three weeks, according to a new CDC report.

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Jun 14

5 important stories that have nothing to do with the Russia investigations

By Laura Santhanam, Erica R. Hendry, Joshua Barajas, Iman Smith, Andrew Wagner

Here are five important stories that were overlooked in the media frenzy.

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May 26

Column: Close the postal system loophole that allows opioid shipments into the U.S.

By Juliette Kayyem, STAT

A loophole in the global postal system allows overseas dealers to mail opioids directly to Americans’ doorsteps, writes Juliette Kayyem, faculty director of the Homeland Security Project at the Harvard Kennedy School.

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May 12

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How will harsher sentences affect the flow of drugs in the U.S.?

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered federal prosecutors across the country to revive some of the toughest practices of the decades-old "war on drugs," reversing Obama administration policies that aimed to lessen the federal prison population. Hari Sreenivasan talks to…

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May 08

As fentanyl death toll spikes, states step up their interventions

By Christine Vestal, Stateline

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.

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Feb 28

In the war on heroin, Baltimore drug programs face an uncertain future

By Laura Santhanam

In 2015, Baltimore wrote a city-wide prescription for a heroin antidote. Two years later, as the city tries to expand access to addiction treatment, will the White House support its mission?…

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Sep 30

This photo shows exactly why Fentanyl is deadlier than heroin

By ALLISON BOND, STAT

Fentanyl, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is up to 100 times more potent than morphine and many times that of heroin.

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