Deaths from alcohol, drugs and suicide have increased markedly over the last 20 years, reversing a century-long trend of rising life expectancy in the U.S. These “deaths of despair” are now greater than the number of motor vehicle-related fatalities each year. Many of these deaths could...
When Lauren Lollini went to the hospital for kidney surgery in 2009, she was shocked when she left with hepatitis C and a liver infection."My life dramatically changed because now I am a 40-year-old woman with a...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — An Orange Park man has been ordered to spend the rest of his life behind bars for distributing...
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A former pharmacy technician at a Springfield hospital has been sentenced to three years in prison for stealing painkillers meant for cancer and burn patients. The Springfield News-Leader reports that 37-year-old Marc Musil, of Springfield, was...
Waterloo Regional Police have arrested and charged a 47-year-old man after searching a home in Kitchener on Friday afternoon, where police said they found fentanyl, methamphetamine, hydromorphone and other items. READ MORE: House of Friendship fire in Cambridge now a criminal investigation...
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CHICAGO (CBS) — A group of lawmakers held an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss ways to fight the ongoing opioid crisis, nearly two weeks after at least 20 people overdosed on heroin on the West Side. The lawmakers said opioid addiction is nothing short of...