December 19, 2016 Homeless across country fall victim to synthetic marijuana The nation's homeless are proving to be especially susceptible to a new, dirt-cheap version of synthetic marijuana, which leaves users glassy-eyed, aimless, sprawled on streets and sidewalks oblivious to their surroundings or wandering into traffic.
December 16, 2016 Drug overdose deaths rise significantly in past 5 years Drug overdose deaths have increased by 33 percent in the past five years across the country, with some states seeing jumps of nearly 200 percent.
December 16, 2016 Here's what caused the New York City 'zombie' outbreak An uncommon drug caused a "zombie" outbreak in a New York City neighborhood this past summer, and now a new report identifies the exact compound that the affected people took.The report also shows scientists how they could identify other such drugs in the future.
December 16, 2016 How the opioid crisis is impacting American children Te police officer who entered Mikaya Feucht’s Ohio apartment found it littered with trash, dirty dishes and plastic milk jugs full of the opioid addict’s vomit.
December 15, 2016 Opioid-abuse treatment eludes most who need it in Rhode Island One-fifth of young adult opioid abusers in Rhode Island tried at least once - but failed - to get treatment to break their dependency on prescription narcotics, a new study finds.
December 15, 2016 Project examines opioid industry's political influence This is another installment in an investigation by The Associated Press and the Center for Public Integrity examining the politics behind the nation's opioid epidemic.
December 15, 2016 Key findings of investigation into harder-to-abuse opioids The Associated Press and the Center for Public Integrity investigated how pharmaceutical companies are using their political clout to push a new form of opioids as their answer to the epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse.
December 15, 2016 Drugmakers set to gain as taxpayers foot new opioid costs The latest installment in a joint investigation by The Associated Press and the Center for Public Integrity into the political influence of the opioid industry.
December 15, 2016 Drugmakers push profitable, but unproven, opioid solution The latest installment in a joint investigation by The Associated Press and the Center for Public Integrity into the political influence of the opioid industry.
December 15, 2016 New York 'zombie' outbreak shows value of predicting future designer drugs Researchers in California say they have found a faster method for identifying designer drugs similar to one that caused a "zombie" outbreak on a Brooklyn, New York block this summer.
