May 7, 2019 Melania Trump announces expansion of her 'Be Best' initiative with focus on child welfare and drug abuse First Lady Melania Trump marked the anniversary of her "Be Best" campaign on Tuesday by announcing the expansion of the initiative and another international trip for the president's wife.
May 6, 2019 Former US drug czar says national focus on opioid epidemic is overlooking real culprit William Bennett, the nation’s first drug czar, said Monday that the debate about the opioid overdose epidemic wrongly focuses on prescription drugs.
May 2, 2019 Opioid crisis helps explain rise in cocaine deaths: report Cocaine deaths have been rising in the U.S., health officials said Thursday in their latest report on the nation’s deadliest drug overdose epidemic.
May 2, 2019 Drug company founder, 4 other former executives guilty in opioid kickback scheme The founder of Arizona-based drug company Insys Therapeutics and four other former executives were convicted Wednesday of conspiring to pay doctors bribes and kickbacks to boost sales of the highly addictive opioid spray Subsys.
May 1, 2019 West Virginia hospitals sue opioid companies; want damages Hospitals in West Virginia have banded together to sue some of the country's largest opioid companies, saying they flooded Appalachia with powerful painkillers and forced medical centers to deal with the financial repercussions.
April 30, 2019 Geraldo Rivera calls ‘innovative’ drug rehabilitation program at Florida jail a 'real success’ Fox News correspondent-at-large Geraldo Rivera got an inside look at the opioid crisis with a visit to the Sarasota County Jail in Florida. Speaking on “Fox & Friends” Tuesday, in the second part of his series on addiciton, Rivera explained the “innovative program” at the jail to help the inmates overcome their addictions and get their lives back.
April 29, 2019 Geraldo Rivera to pharmaceutical companies: ‘They’re drug pushers in white coats’ Fox News correspondent-at-large Geraldo Rivera got an inside look at the opioid crisis with a visit to the Sarasota County Jail in Florida. Speaking on “Fox & Friends” on Monday.
April 25, 2019 Two-thirds of Americans blame drug companies for opioid crisis, new poll says About two-thirds of Americans believe drug companies are to blame for the opioid crisis, although nearly as many hold drug users themselves responsible, a new poll finds.
April 25, 2019 Delaware latest state to push for opioid tax Lawmakers in Delaware are pushing to impose a tax on drug manufacturers who sell opioid painkillers.
April 24, 2019 Indictment: Former pharmaceutical industry CEO ignored red flags as opioid crisis raged Pharmaceutical industry executives were hit Tuesday with criminal charges stemming from the opioid crisis.
