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Adriana Bello on 06th Jul

A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claims that the number of prescriptions written by health-care...

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Adriana Bello on 23rd Jun

An Oklahoma doctor was charged Friday with second-degree murder in the overdose deaths of five patients from the powerful...

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

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

Daniel Contreras on 10th Feb

31 U.S. Senators have addressed a letter to Kaléo Pharmaceuticals, asking questions about the excessive rise in the...

Heroin
Daniel Francis on 14th Sep

Canada is now allowing physicians to prescribe heroin as a measure to control the country’s opioid epidemic. Unlike...

Daniel Contreras on 01st Sep

After the United States public health crisis regarding overdoses involving opioids and benzodiazepines, the FDA has made...

Fentanyl
Daniel Francis on 28th Aug

Overdoses occasioned by illicitly-manufactured fentanyl have increased exponentially over the past few years in the United...

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Daniel Contreras on 28th Jul

Heath Ledger’s father Kim Ledger gave an interview to Daily Mail Australia about his son’s tragic death. In January...

Daniel Francis on 24th Jul

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack met Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill last Friday to discuss the opioid abuse crisis. Both...