Addiction - Page 17

March 28, 2023

Anti-addiction drug buprenorphine may cut risk of future fatal overdose by 62%: study

Researchers found that receiving buprenorphine after a nonfatal opioid overdose was associated with a 62% reduction in the risk of subsequent opioid overdose death.

March 22, 2023

States launch mobile addiction clinics to combat fentanyl epidemic

Addiction experts say fentanyl is the backbone of drug overdose deaths. Mobile clinics are going straight to the people who may not have otherwise gotten treatment for their addiction.

March 20, 2023

Oregon lawmakers 'loving homeless to death' by throwing millions in funding at crisis, local official says

Oregon lawmakers could approve an additional $200 million to address the state's homeless crisis. But critics say more money for housing won't fix the problem.

March 17, 2023

Lisa Rinna's daughter Delilah Belle reveals she had seizure on set of music video

Actress Lisa Rinna and actor Harry Hamlin's daughter Delilah Belle revealed that she suffered from seizures on the set of her new music video.

March 16, 2023

What happened to the woman who called being homeless in Portland a ‘piece of cake’?

Wendy's tongue-in-cheek description of homelessness in Portland as a "piece of cake" went viral. Then her siblings saw the video and went looking for their sister.

March 16, 2023

Portlander called homelessness a ‘piece of cake.’ What happened next?

Wendy's tongue-in-cheek description of homelessness in Portland as a "piece of cake" went viral. Then her siblings saw the video and went looking for their sister.

March 11, 2023

Portland’s ‘Band-Aid’ approach to the homeless crisis

As Oregon struggles with one of the highest rates of homelessness in the nation, a longtime drug counselor says Portland is using a Band-Aid approach on the crisis.

March 9, 2023

Mississippi on track to ban 'gas station heroin' with opioid-like withdrawal symptoms

Mississippi would join several states that have banned tianeptine, a pill that can cause withdrawal symptoms similar to those of opioids.

March 6, 2023

Teenage binge-drinking: Why it’s so dangerous for young people to overindulge in alcohol

With over 3,900 people under 21 years old dying each year due to excessive alcohol consumption, binge-drinking is a real danger for young people. What to know in light of the "BORG" TikTok trend.

March 4, 2023

'Family has power': Recovering addict who witnessed more than 100 overdoses rescued by long lost sister

Washington has one of the biggest homeless populations in the nation. One recovering addict who spent years on the streets says his "guardian angel" saved him.