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May 19, 2021

HHS announces $3B to address pandemic-related mental health issues, substance use

The Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday announced $3 billion in American Rescue Plan funding for states, tribes and territories to address mental health and substance use challenges relating to the pandemic.

May 11, 2021

Brian Kilmeade dismisses Bob Baffert's claim Derby horse controversy 'cancel culture': 'You're no Dr. Seuss'

'Fox News Primetime' host Brian Kilmeade sounded off after renowned horse trainer Bob Baffert pushed back on claims his Kentucky Derby-winning horse Medina Spirit was drugged before the race, as a preliminary post-race test reflected

April 28, 2021

Navy SEALs to shift from counterterrorism to global threats

Ten years after they found and killed Osama bin Laden, U.S. Navy SEALs are undergoing a major transition to improve leadership and expand their commando capabilities to better battle threats from global powers like China and Russia.

April 25, 2021

Alice Johnson: Second Chance Month – people capable of redemption. Here's how you can help

April has a special significance for me and others who were convicted of a crime and served time in prison. It is Second Chance Month, commemorating a deeply American belief that people are capable of redemption and should not be forever defined by their worst moment.

April 20, 2021

Opioid vaccine in the works, could be 'game changer for addiction,' researcher says

Research is underway to develop a twice-per-year vaccine that may help people overcome opioid addiction.

April 14, 2021

Drug overdose deaths have surged during pandemic, CDC data shows

As the COVID-19 pandemic killed more than a half-million Americans, it also quietly inflamed what already was one of the country’s greatest public health crises: drug addiction.

April 8, 2021

Biden DOJ slow to act on opioid crisis despite AG Garland saying it should be 'high priority'

Attorney General Merrick Garland pledged to make the opioid crisis still plaguing America a "high priority" for the Department of Justice (DOJ), but it seems as though the Biden administration has put the situation on the backburner.

April 8, 2021

Coronavirus takes toll on progress made in fight against addiction

As the COVID-19 pandemic killed more than a half-million Americans, it also quietly inflamed what was before it one of the country’s greatest public health crises: addiction.

April 4, 2021

New York man smokes pot in front of two NYPD police officers in celebration of legal marijuana

New York adults over the age of 21 can now possess and use marijuana — even in public — under a legalization bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, though legal sales of recreational-use cannabis won’t start for an estimated 18 months until regulations are set.

March 31, 2021

Journalist Michael Moss says people have been conditioned to consume processed foods like a drug addiction

Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and food science author Michael Moss joined Tucker Carlson for the second installment of his Fox Nation program "Tucker Carlson Today", and discussed the dangers of processed foods and how humans are being conditioned to become addicted to them as they are already naturally conducive to being hooked on illicit drugs.