Drug and Substance Abuse - Page 100

July 28, 2021

Geraldo calls for legalizing marijuana 'in every corner of this country' to curb fentanyl overdoses

Geraldo Rivera called for the complete legalization of recreational marijuana in the hopes of offering a safer alternative to fentanyl, which continues to spread havoc through the United States at record pace.

July 27, 2021

Rikers inmate steals log book to complain about ‘outrageous’ lack of guards

Rikers Island inmates are looking for guards in all the wrong places.

July 21, 2021

Jason Rantz: Don't just blame COVID for surge in overdose deaths, Dems' bad policies are responsible, too

More Americans died from fatal overdoses in 2020 than in any other year since we started tracking the data. It was both historic and tragic.

July 15, 2021

Biden border policies have allowed drugs to flood into US as overdose deaths hit new record: Angel mom

Current border policies under the Biden administration have allowed China’s criminal 'partnership' with Mexican cartels to flourish after U.S. drug overdose deaths hit a new record in 2020, according to Parents Against Illicit Narcotics Founder Virginia Kreiger.

July 15, 2021

Coronavirus-related stress likely a factor in record overdose deaths, experts say

Overdose deaths hit a record 93,000 amid coronavirus last year due to pandemic-driven instabilities and loss of support systems, inaccess to medical care and the increasing presence of deadly synthetic opioids, top experts in addiction suspect.

July 14, 2021

US overdose deaths hit record 93,000 amid coronavirus last year

Overdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government reported Wednesday.

July 10, 2021

Harvard to study pyschedelics and the law as decriminalization gains steam

Harvard University has plans to study "equity in psychedelics research, commerce and therapeutics," thanks to a new search grant.

July 9, 2021

Biologist to Tucker: If Ivermectin proven effective against COVID, it moots vaccine push

Bret Weinstein, an evolutionary biologist claimed Friday on "Tucker Carlson Today" that, if the anti-malarial drug Ivermectin is effective against COVID, it would moot the usage of the coronavirus vaccine.

June 30, 2021

Police shoot, kill California man near marijuana farms evacuated by fire

Officers shot and killed a man who pulled a gun as they tried to keep him out of a complex of marijuana farms in an area of far Northern California where thousands of people were ordered to evacuate as a wildfire raged during a heat wave enveloping part of the U.S. West, authorities said.

June 25, 2021

Several states legalize Fentanyl test strips to help save lives

Across the country more states are beginning to legalize drug testing strips that can detect the presence of the potent opioid Fentanyl to avoid deadly overdoses. Arizona is the latest state to legalize these it, allowing users to see if their drugs have been laced with lethal doses.