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Opioid Deaths in Hospitals Quadruple Over Fifteen Years, According to CDC

A study from the CDC found that opioid deaths during hospital stays quadrupled between 1993 and 2014, physician and assistant professor of health care...

Staff on Dr. Phil show Accused of Giving Alcohol, Drugs to...

Todd Herzog, start of hit TV show “Survivor,” is claiming he was served alcohol and Xanax by the staff of TV show Dr. Phil...

LA County Substance Abuse Medical Director Says Diversity is Strength in...

While Los Angeles County is taking on efforts to combat the opioid epidemic, only eight of California’s 58 counties have fewer opioid overdoses, says...

Chris Christie Says Fighting Stigma Key to Beating Opioid Crisis

Chris Christie, the outgoing New Jersey Governor and Republican who led the Trump Administration’s commission on addiction says that once stigma is has been...

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...

Coast Guard Intercepts Semi-Submersible Vessel with 3,800 lbs of Cocaine

The United States Coast Guard intercepted a semi-submersible vessel that held almost four thousand pounds of cocaine off the coast of the coast of...

Injection to Mitigate Opioid Addiction Approved by the FDA

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Sublocade, an injection version of their commonly-used opioid addiction treatment medication Suboxone. Indivior is the company...

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...

Opioid Overdose Deaths Rise in Florida

The Florida Medical Examiners Commission’s annual report on drugs found in the systems of diseased persons has been released, revealing that opioid overdose deaths...

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...
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