Drug and Substance Abuse - Page 91

April 21, 2022

White House releases national drug control strategy

The Biden administration released its National Drug Control Strategy for the year. 

April 21, 2022

Father who lost daughter to fentanyl demands action on border: 'She didn't overdose, she was poisoned'

A father who lost his daughter to a fentanyl overdose is warning the drug crisis should be treated as a 'national security threat' amid a migrant influx at the southern border

April 20, 2022

Former DEA agent sounds alarm on fentanyl deaths, border crisis: 'A catastrophic situation'

A former DEA special agent warns the fentanyl crisis is 'catastrophic' as drugs continue to pour into the U.S. through the southern border.

April 19, 2022

Drug dealer who sold rapper Mac Miller fentanyl-laced pills sentenced to more than a decade in prison

One of the three men convicted of selling fentanyl-laced drugs to rapper Mac Miller, who died of an overdose in 2018, was sentenced to 10 years and 11 months in prison this week.

April 12, 2022

2021 deadliest year in US history due to COVID-19, drug overdoses

2021 was the deadliest year in U.S. history. 

April 11, 2022

Mother of addict sounds alarm on California fentanyl crisis: Politicians need to wake up

Co-founder of Mothers Against Drug Deaths Jacqui Berlinn said she has been trying to get politicians to 'wake up' to combat the opioid epidemic on 'America's Newsroom'

April 9, 2022

Florida spring break goers given Fentanyl warning from concerned street teams

Community activists have been canvassing South Florida to warn of the dangers of Fentanyl after a group of West Point cadets overdosed on the drug.

March 31, 2022

Secondhand marijuana smoke from bongs more dangerous than cigarette smoke: study

Secondhand cannabis smoke from a bong is more dangerous than cigarette smoking, according to researchers. 

March 30, 2022

Florida warns of new drug much more powerful than fentanyl

Isotonitazene, also known as ISO, is creating problems for spring breakers in Florida and even leading to second-hand overdoses.

March 30, 2022

Alaska feeling effects of border crisis, 'hit hard' by fentanyl deaths

A mother who lost her son to a fentanyl overdose last October said Wednesday she's seen the effects of the southern border crisis all the way in Alaska.