'Overdose epidemic': Bipartisan senators target fentanyl classification as lapse approaches
Senators came together to reintroduce a bipartisan bill that would permanently classify fentanyl as a Schedule I controlled ...
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In first full session, GOP-led state Senate moves fast on Ayotte's priorities
In votes along party lines, senators moved to advance bills to tighten the state's immigration policies and stiffen fentanyl ...
Marianne Faithfull, singer and pop icon, dies at 78
On her own, the London-born Faithfull specialized at first in genteel ballads, among them “Come Stay With Me,” “Summer Nights ...
Stockton university team develops single-dose injection to counter fentanyl overdose
A University of the Pacific team has developed a single-dose injection to counter the effects of fentanyl and other opioid ...
FDA OK's painkiller designed to end opioids' addiction and overdose risk
Federal officials approved a new type of pain drug designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid​ medications like Vicodin and OxyContin.
Boston becomes first city to launch fund for families of drug overdose victims
The fund culminates more than a year of planning and community meetings over how to spend money from opioid legal settlements ...
Loudoun County Superintendent is called out for lowering student overdose number
Loudoun County Superintendent Aaron Spence is telling Virginia leaders that only four Park View High School students ...
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Opioid overdose deaths linked to lack of upward income mobility, Boston College researchers find
The unprecedented increase in drug overdose deaths in the United States, long believed to be driven by access to legal and ...
How drug overdose deaths have plagued one generation of Black men for decades
Young Black men in cities across America died of drug overdoses at high rates in the 1980s and 1990s. During the recent fentanyl crisis, older Black men in many cities have been dying at unusually ...
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Addiction treatment often overlooks trauma. That's a major hurdle in stopping the overdose crisis
The fourth step in Alcoholics Anonymous requires participants to take a “moral inventory” of the problems their substance use has caused in their lives before asking God to remove their “def ...
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Man accused in teen's overdose death captured, Marshals say
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A man accused in the death of a 17-year-old boy by an overdose of fentanyl was found in Olive Branch, Mississippi, according to the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS). 22-year-old ...
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Skagit County officials worry 'killer' batches of fentanyl are causing spike in overdose deaths
Skagit Co. EMS Director Josh Pelonio has the following guidance for those who come upon a suspected fentanyl overdose: 1. Don’t run; The Good Samaritan Law protects you and the OD victim from ...