July 29, 2016 New York pharmacy owner, husband plead guilty to large opioid pill scheme The owner of two New York City pharmacies and her husband pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges arising out of their roles in what authorities have called one of the largest opioid painkiller diversion schemes ever uncovered in the city.
July 28, 2016 A new threat in fight against overdoses: Elephant sedative A drug used to sedate elephants and other large animals, 100 times as potent as the fentanyl already escalating the country's heroin troubles, is suspected in spates of overdoses in several states, where authorities say they've found it mixed with or passed off as heroin.
July 27, 2016 CVS to join pharmacies selling opioid overdose reversal drug The drug store chain CVS has announced that it is making naloxone, a drug to reverse the effects of opioid overdose, available without prescription at all of its Texas stores.
July 27, 2016 Cocaine and meth use may erode moral compass, study finds People who use cocaine or methamphetamine on a regular basis may have differences in those brain regions that are involved in choosing between right and wrong, compared to people who don't use these drugs, according to a new study of prison inmates
July 27, 2016 Teens who play sports less likely to say they've done heroin Teens who play sports are less likely than those who don't to say they've ever used opioid painkillers without a prescription or heroin, according to a new U.S. study.
July 25, 2016 When pot became legal in Colorado, kids' exposures went up After recreational marijuana was legalized in Colorado, there was an increase in hospitalizations and poison control center visits for kids who’d been accidentally exposed to the drug, researchers say.
July 22, 2016 Alcohol can cause certain cancers, study says Drinking alcohol may cause seven different types of cancer, a new meta-analysis finds
July 19, 2016 Surging heroin use threatens Kenya's HIV/AIDS gains Rashid Hassan Mohammed began using drugs when he was 15, after fleeing an abusive home in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa and joining a street gang that robbed and stole to buy heroin.
July 15, 2016 Dangerous drugs: Why synthetic-cannabinoid overdoses are on the rise Overdoses from synthetic cannabinoids are on the rise, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
July 15, 2016 Women may not admit to smoking during pregnancy Although only about 8 percent of pregnant women in a new U.S. study reported smoking cigarettes, twice as many tested positive for high levels of a chemical that indicates nicotine exposure.
