Tag: Opioids
Study Suggests Fewer Refills, Higher Dosages Stop Addiction
A recent study published in the BMJ (British Medical Journal) suggests that the key to curbing rates of addiction causes by prescribed painkiller medications...
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...
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...
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...
Four Arizona Doctors Prescribed Nearly 6 Million Opioids in a Year
Over the course of twelve months, four Arizona doctors prescribed nearly 6 million opioid pills with the highest-prescribing doctor writing more than 20,000 prescriptions,...
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...
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...
Trump Reneges on Declaring Opioid Crisis National Emergency
On Thursday, October 26, the Trump Administration declared the US opioid crisis to be a public health emergency. In August, Trump stated that he would...
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