Tag: Drugs
Two Studies Point to Successful Migraine Treatments, but What are the...
According to a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, two new studies focusing on two drugs that modify the circuits in...
Backpackers Traveling in Perth Overdose on Travel Sickness Drug they Thought...
Two French citizens are in critical condition and a German woman is in an induced coma after a group of travelers in Perth snorted...
Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Longtime Partner Reflects on His Loss to Addiction
In a new essay appearing in Vogue, Philip Seymour Hoffman’s longtime partner and mother of their children, Mimi O’Donnell, laments the loss of the...
Detained Drug Smugglers are Being Held on the Coast Guard’s “Boat...
The United States Coast Guard is detaining suspected drug smugglers and traffickers for weeks and months on end on boat prisons that are being...
LAPD Cops Caught Allegedly Planting Drugs on Suspect in Body-Camera Footage
Body-camera footage from a LAPD police officer show that Los Angeles cops caught allegedly planting drugs on a suspect during a routine traffic stop. The...
Philadelphia Cop Caught in Conspiracy to Sell Drugs Seized from Dealers
A Philadelphia officer is accused of playing a role in a multi-state conspiracy to distribute drugs seized from dealers. A federal investigation has been opened...
White House Commission Suggests 56 Strategies to Combat Opioid Crisis
Thursday the Opioid Commission tasked by President Donald Trump sent the White House a list of 56 methods to mitigate the opioid crisis. It...
California Now Has Seventh Lowest Overdose Rate in the Country
Although California is one of the states with the lowest opioid abuse, the epidemic is still killing thousands of people. While in West Virginia--the...
Founder of Drug Company Insys Therapeautics Charged with Bribery
John N. Kapoor, founder of Insys Therapeutics--a multibillion dollar drug company that manufactures opioids--is being charged with bribery in a scandal where he led a nationwide campaign...
Children with mental health disorders found to be at high risk...
New research has shown that people who battle mental health disorders as children are at greater risk of developing addictions as adults. Dutch researchers launched...