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The first generic naloxone nasal spray to treat opioid overdose has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Teva Pharmaceuticals' lifesaving product is also the first generic naloxone nasal spray approved for use by people without medical training. There was already a brand-name spray,...

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) - Between 13,000 to 14,000 people gathered at a "Four Twenty" marijuana celebration at Hippie Hill in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park Saturday.This is the first year celebrations have fallen on a Saturday after recreational marijuana use was legalized statewide in 2016. Social media...

CLOSE Veronica Jecker, 22, was an organ donor to three people after she died from a drug overdose. Marty Pearl/Special to Courier Journal, Louisville Courier JournalCarrie Parsley begged the first emergency room worker she saw for answers about her...

Clark County will be a part of a federal-funded University of Kentucky study tasked with decreasing opioid-related deaths. In the largest grant ever awarded to the University of Kentucky, researchers from UK’s Center on Drug and Alcohol Research  in partnership with the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and...

Marijuana is a budding business and on first legal 4/20 many lined up outside Theory Wellness to get in on the buzz. "It's super exciting, it's the first legal 4/20 on the East Coast," said Theory Wellness CEO Brandon Pollock. "It's a rainy day but we have...

By Max BryanTimes Recordmbryan@swtimes.com Saturday Apr 20, 2019 at 2:00 PM The Fort Smith man and woman who allegedly possessed a pill press prior to their arrest Wednesday were formally handed multiple felony narcotics charges Friday. Sebastian County Prosecutor Dan Shue on Friday charged Devon Carl Dodd and Muriah Lee Wilson with felony manufacture...

Heather B. Armstrong was never a mommy blogger who presented an idyllic picture of parenthood. Her Dooce.com — which began in 2001 — is full of candid posts about her postpartum depression, divorce and struggles as a single mother. But in 2016, Armstrong reached a nadir:...