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Adriana Bello on 23rd Jun

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); An Oklahoma doctor was charged Friday with second-degree murder...

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A bipartisan coalition of State Attorneys General has been created to join efforts to investigate the marketing and sale...

Opana ER
Daniel Francis on 09th Jun

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has requested Endo Pharmaceuticals to remove Opana ER from the market. The drug’s...

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Adriana Bello on 02nd Jun

A paragraph in a letter published in 1980 in the New England Journal of Medicine may have had a huge impact on the opioid...

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Daniel Francis on 12th May

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a report showing that the number of people infected with hepatitis...

Gray Death, Opioid Overdose
Adriana Bello on 04th May

“Gray death” is the newest opioid in the United States, and officials are warning about its dangerous and deadly...

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The Cherokee Nation introduced a lawsuit against CVS Health, Walgreens and other drug retailers and distributors for the...

Opioids
Jesus Molina on 10th Dec

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday that there have been more heroin-related deaths in the...

Melany Mejias on 31st Oct

More than 13,000 children were poisoned 1997 to 2012 by taking opioid pills intended for adults in their households. This...

Last week, President Obama declared that this Sunday would be the first day of the Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic...