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US task force recommends anxiety and depression screenings for adults

The United States Preventive Services Task Force has recommended anxiety screenings for all those below the age of 65 and depression screenings for all adults.

Utah family of autistic boy shot by police to get $3 million settlement

A Utah family reached a $3 million settlement with Salt Lake City after police officers shot a 13-year-old autistic boy in September 2020.

LA homeless man caught on video hurling feces at fed-up business owner: 'Literally a psych ward'

A Los Angeles homeless man was seen on video hurling a bag of his own feces at a Ventura Boulevard business owner’s SUV, as restaurateurs rebuke inaction on mental illness, drug abuse.

Kentucky school shooter, up for parole after 25 years, says he still hears voices

Michael Carneal, who at 14 years old, killed three students and injured five at his high school in Kentucky in 1997. He said he still hears devilish voices in his head.

FDA advises against cooking chicken with cold medicine in response to 'Sleepy Chicken' trend

Food and Drug Administration cited 'Sleepy Chicken' – a social media phenomenon where raw chicken is cooked in cold medicine – as an example of over-the-counter drug misuse.

Alleged Planned Parenthood shooter may be forcibly medicated to stand trial

A mentally ill man who allegedly killed three people in a Planned Parenthood clinic shooting may be forcibly medicated in an effort to make him competent for trial.

Indianapolis CBP seize 28 pounds of date rape drug ketamine

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Indianapolis recently seized around 28 pounds of the date rape drug ketamine inside multiple shipments.

North Carolina man opens fourth halfway house in Belmont for struggling addicts to honor late wife

Cornell Thomas, A North Carolina resident, is opening up a fourth halfway house in Belmont in honor of his late wife. The project began last year but was delayed due to the pandemic.

Former DEA official sounds the alarm on fentanyl crisis as poisonings surge: 'Where is the White House?'

A former DEA official slammed the Biden administration on 'Fox & Friends Weekend,' Sunday, over the drug crisis as fentanyl-related poisonings spike across the country

Cooper Davis Act aims to prevent fentanyl deaths

Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall announced the Cooper Davis Act on Friday. The bill is named for Davis, 16, who died in 2021 after taking half a pill laced with fentanyl.