September 24, 2018 China's fentanyl exports targeted in bipartisan opioid bill A bipartisan bill aimed at curbing the nation’s crippling opioid epidemic would make U.S. aid for fentanyl-producing countries like China contingent on drug investigation cooperation.
September 21, 2018 Alcohol abuse kills 3 million a year, most of them men: WHO More than 3 million people died in 2016 due to drinking too much alcohol, meaning one in 20 deaths worldwide was linked to harmful drinking, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
September 17, 2018 Overdose deaths up in NYC; fentanyl most common substance identified, report says In the country’s largest city, confirmed drug overdose deaths are up over a year ago — and still at epidemic levels — but the rate of deaths has slowed down, according to a report Monday.
September 17, 2018 Tennessee nurse wrote herself prescriptions for thousands of opioids, documents reveal A nurse has had her medical license suspended after authorities discovered that she used a doctor’s prescription pad to write herself 104 prescriptions to access thousands of powerful opioids.
September 17, 2018 To avoid overdoses, some test their heroin before taking it The newest tool in the fight against opioid overdoses is an inexpensive test strip that can help heroin users detect a potentially deadly contaminant in their drugs.
September 7, 2018 Artery damage seen in some teenage smokers, drinkers Teenagers who smoke or who binge on alcohol have signs of artery damage by age 17, a recent study shows.
September 4, 2018 New synthetic drug strains are making it difficult to diagnose overdoses Experts say many of these new synthetic drugs don’t show up on blood tests, making it more difficult for medical professionals to identify an overdose.
August 30, 2018 Tammy Bruce: Too much of Trump's time is spent cleaning up Obama's and the Democrats' deadly messes Many things contribute to drug abuse, but there is one big factor our reliably liberal legacy media ignore: The disaster of ObamaCare and its destruction of our health care infrastructure.
August 30, 2018 Mom's prenatal opioids may stunt kids' learning, study finds Learning disabilities and other special education needs are common in children born with opioid-related symptoms from their mother's drug use while pregnant, according to the first big U.S. study to examine potential long-term problems in these infants.
August 28, 2018 Long Beach Fire Department investigating after several members treated for overdose at wedding, report says Several members of the Long Beach Fire Department reportedly had to be revived with the opioid antidote Narcan after overdosing at an after-hours post-wedding party Sunday.
