Oct 16 WATCH: Donald Trump stands with Mitch McConnell for Rose Garden press briefing By Laura Santhanam President Donald Trump offered remarks today that wandered from the opioid crisis to the Russia probe and to relief efforts in hurricane-hit Puerto Rico with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at his side. Continue reading
Oct 16 Joe Manchin demands White House withdraw drug czar nominee Tom Marino By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia says Marino played a key role in passing a bill weakening the Drug Enforcement Administration's authority to stop companies from distributing opioids. Continue reading
Oct 10 Gov. Christie says it’s ‘not good’ that Trump hasn’t declared emergency over opioid crisis By Michael Catalini, Associated Press Christie said Tuesday that recommendations from the president's commission are "lessened" without the declaration, but he says it's too soon to say whether not declaring one has made things worse. Continue reading
Oct 05 ‘Boosting’ to support her habit — one woman’s nightmare By Paul Solman As part of the NewsHour’s series on the opioid epidemic, Paul Solman interviewed Donna Dibo, a former addict who is participating in a jobs training program in Youngstown, Ohio. Dibo recalled her struggling with opioid addiction and its impact on… Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch 9:32 At an innovative high school, students get support battling their addictions while they learn By Mike Fritz, Frank Carlson, Pamela Kirkland Drug use among teenagers in the U.S. is down, but the mortality rate is rising. As part of our series “America Addicted,” the NewsHour’s Pamela Kirkland visited one so-called recovery school in Indianapolis that is giving new hope to students… Continue watching
Oct 02 Saving the babies of the opioid epidemic By Laura Santhanam On bad days, five new babies are born in withdrawal from opioids at Cabell County-Huntington Hospital in southern West Virginia. In the neonatal therapeutic unit, there are zero unoccupied beds, but staff can’t turn the infants away. On one week… Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch 4:37 Opioid addiction is the biggest drug epidemic in U.S. history. How’d we get here? By PBS News Hour Every day brings another story about the depth of the country’s opioid crisis. A rise of pain killer prescriptions from doctors and a pharmaceutical industry eager to boost sales in the 1990s sparked a wave of addiction that shot up… Continue watching
Sep 28 Twitter chat: America’s unhealthy relationship with opioids By Lora Strum As a part of the PBS NewsHour series "American Addicted," NewsHour will host a Twitter chat at 1 p.m. ET Friday, Sept. 29 to talk about opioid use and substance abuse. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Sep 12 Opioid education is now a college requirement in this state By Nick Roll, Inside Higher Ed Can prevention and education programs be effective measures for stemming the opioid crisis? A new Maryland law raises the question. Continue reading