Nation May 27 Matthew Perry's assistant gets 3 years, 5 months in prison for role in deadly ketamine injection By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press
Nation Jul 23 Doctor pleads guilty to selling Matthew Perry ketamine weeks before actor's death A doctor has pleaded guilty to illegally supplying ketamine to Matthew Perry before the overdose death of the ‘Friends’ star. By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press
Health Oct 20 Watch 6:28 Overdose deaths involving antidepressants are on the rise. The reason why is complex For the first time in decades, public health data shows a sharp drop in U.S. drug overdose deaths. But at the same time, numbers from the CDC show that fatal overdoses involving antidepressants have been on the rise for the… By John Yang, Veronica Vela, Andrew Corkery
Nation Aug 15 5 people, including 2 doctors, charged in 'Friends' star Matthew Perry's death Perry died in October due to a ketamine overdose and received several injections of the drug on the day he died from his live-in personal assistant. By Andrew Dalton, Kaitlyn Huamani, Associated Press
Nation Jul 21 Watch 7:33 How the opioids settlement will impact communities affected by addiction After more than two years of negotiations, a number of states agreed to a $26 billion settlement with three large drug distributors and Johnson & Johnson for their roles in the opioids epidemic. Half a million deaths over two decades…
Jun 05 Charged with murdering patients by painkillers, Ohio doctor pleads not guilty By Kantele Franko, Associated Press The 43-year-old doctor was fired from the Columbus-area Mount Carmel Health System in December and stripped of his medical license after allegations came to light that he ordered potentially fatal drug doses for 29 patients over his five years at… Continue reading
Dec 22 Watch 7:42 What's in that synthetic drug? An unknown grab-bag of toxic chemicals By PBS News Hour The synthetic drug Spice is known as "fake pot," but its effects are completely different from marijuana. The hard-to-detect substances are often made in foreign facilities with an ever-changing cocktail of chemicals, meaning you can never be sure of what… Continue watching
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