Travis Rieder has bleak outlook on the current state of America’s overdose crisis. The author of In Pain: A Bioethicist’s Personal Struggle With Opioids told the Straight that not only have authorities failed to reduce deaths, they’re also badly hurting people with their attempts.In a...
Chronic Pain Advocate Jeff Edney listened/watched (when the feed was working) to the FDA meetings last week, it spawned many questions in his mind that chronic pain advocates should have in mind when they discuss or meet with Congressional, federal or state policy or state...
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Idaho Gov. Brad Little is hoping a new advisory group will provide some...
CLOSE Andy Hopson had dreams of building a recovery home with his son Dakota. That never happened. Mandi Wright, Detroit Free PressDETROIT - Is it love?Is it guilt?Is it a little – or maybe a lot – of both that Andy Hopson...
By TOM LATEK, Kentucky Today FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) - Spend a couple of hours and learn how to save a life. According to Kentucky’s Office of Drug Control Policy, in 2017 there were 1,565 fatal drug overdose cases in the state, 52 percent that involved Fentanyl. During a...
Sheriff, police chief support use of Narcan Local law enforcement confiscates heroin, methamphetamine and other drugs of abuse in a variety of forms including powdered...
After a breakup in 2008, a cousin gave Ashlee Krichmar, then 20, a Percocet. She’d never much liked them in the past — they made her sick — but that day the college student majoring in business management took the pill. “It numbed all the emotions...
Health experts are concerned about a potential HIV outbreak among opioid users on Long Island amid a shift in recent years from prescription drugs such as OxyContin to injectable heroin and fentanyl. ...
Mealand Ragland-Hudgins, Murfreesboro Daily News Journal Published 2:39 p.m. CT June 14, 2019 | Updated 4:34 p.m. CT June 14, 2019CLOSE Fentanyl is 50 times stronger than heroin and...