State And Nation
Boom in overdose-reversing drug is tied to fewer drug deaths
NEW YORK (AP) — Prescriptions of the overdose-reversing drug naloxone are soaring, and experts say that could be ... Read more
Latest painkiller
State And Nation
Number of US overdose deaths appears to be falling
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. overdose deaths last year likely fell for the first time in nearly three ... Read more
State And Nation
Number of U.S. overdose deaths appears to be falling
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. overdose deaths last year likely fell for the first time in nearly three ... Read more
State And Nation
Suicide, at 50-year peak, pushes down U.S. life expectancy
NEW YORK (AP) — Suicides and drug overdoses pushed up U.S. deaths last year, and drove a continuing ... Read more
Editorials
OTHER VIEWS: A small step in battle against opioid epidemic
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama insures close to 3 million people, roughly two-thirds of them in the ... Read more
State And Nation
Prescription opioids fail rigorous new test for chronic pain
CHICAGO (AP) — A yearlong study offers rigorous new evidence against using prescription opioids for chronic pain. In ... Read more
Cnhi Network
Trump’s FDA chief takes wide aim at opioid addiction crisis
The Food and Drug Administration, as part of a sweeping overhaul in how it regulates opioid painkillers, plans ... Read more
Cnhi Network
How the opioid crisis traces back to a five-sentence scholarly letter from 1980
Long before opioid abuse exploded into a public health crisis, before drugs such as OxyContin and Vicodin claimed ... Read more
Cnhi Network
Massachusetts boy finds heroin in dad’s luggage, calls police
LAWRENCE, Mass. — Police said an 11-year-old boy called authorities after he was rummaging through his father's luggage ... Read more
Cnhi Network
Ex-NFL players find benefits in cannabis as a pain reliever
BOULDER, Colo. - One by one, they entered a nondescript building on the eastern edge of town, 18,000 ... Read more