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FILE PHOTO: Cast member Matthew Perry attends the premiere of the film "17 Again" in Los Angeles

Nation Aug 30

One of two doctors charged over Matthew Perry’s death appears in court after making plea deal

By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press

Health Nov 17

Paramedic prepares to administer Narcan in Somerville
U.S. surpassed 100,000 overdose deaths in first year of COVID-19

Experts believe the top drivers are the growing prevalence of deadly fentanyl in the illicit drug supply and the COVID-19 pandemic, which left many drug users socially isolated and unable to get treatment or other support.

By Laura Santhanam

Nation Aug 16

A man prepares to smoke K2 or "Spice", a synthetic marijuana drug, along a street in East Harlem on August 5, 2015 in New York City. New York, along with other cities, is experiencing a deadly epidemic of synthetic marijuana usage including varieties known as K2 or "Spice" which can cause extreme reactions in some users. According to New York's health department, more than 120 people visited an emergency room in the city in just one week in April. While the state banned the ingredients used to make K2 in 2012, distributors have switched to other ingredients and names in an attempt to circumvent the law. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
76 people overdosed near Yale, and officials suspect a bad batch of synthetic marijuana

People on and around the historic New Haven Green near Yale University began falling ill shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday, and the overdoses continued into Thursday morning. No deaths were reported, and most people brought to hospitals have been discharged,…

By Associated Press

Nation Aug 16

Drugs are prepared to shoot intravenously by a user addicted to heroin in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Heroin overdoses killed 3 times as many teens in 2015 than in 1999

Drug overdose deaths among teenagers have ticked up after years of decline, according to a new report released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

By Synclaire Cruel

Health Oct 06

Federal data shows 76 billion opioid pills were distributed from 2006 to 2012. Photo by Education Images/UIG via Getty Images
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How drug companies helped drive the opioid crisis

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…

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Oct 03

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For some wounded veterans, strong prescription drugs can be cause of more pain

For some wounded veterans, strong prescription drugs may be causing more pain…

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Mary Jo Bang Examines Grief’s Poetic Form, the Elegy

Mary Jo Bang is professor of English and director of the Creative Writing Program at Washington University. Her fifth book, "Elegy," which won of the National Book Critics Circle Award, examines the pain and grief following the death of her…

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