Recent News Headlines : Kaléo - United Kingdom

TINY PHARMA FIRM SOARS AFTER TRUMP HAILS DRUG LICENSEE AT EVENT


Opiant makes Narcan and licenses it to Adapt Pharma Inc., which won praise from Trump during a speech at a community college in Manchester, New Hampshire... READ MORE

20th March, 2018 39

AS U.S. OPIOID CRISIS GROWS, TRUMP CALLS FOR DEATH PENALTY FOR DEALERS


As U.S. opioid crisis grows, Trump calls for death penalty for dealers... READ MORE

19th March, 2018 23638

TRUMP PROPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG DEALERS


President Donald Trump, in a bid to tackle the burgeoning opioid crisis, will reportedly impose tough punishment, including the death penalty, on drug dealers... READ MORE

18th March, 2018 9

OXYCONTIN MAKER STOPS PROMOTING OPIOIDS


Its sales representatives will now focus on Symproic, a drug for treating opioid-induced constipation, and other potential nonopioid products, Purdue said... READ MORE

11th February, 2018 17

CORONER SAYS 2017 WAS 'MOST TRAGIC YEAR EVER' FOR OVERDOSE DEATHS IN B.C.


The coroners service said nobody died at any supervised consumption site or at any of the drug overdose prevention sites... READ MORE

31st January, 2018 2146

ANALYSIS | CANADA'S FIX TO THE OPIOID CRISIS: VENDING MACHINES THAT DISTRIBUTE PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS TO ADDICTS


Death rates from drug overdoses in British Columbia are almost as high as those in the states hardest-hit by the opioid epidemic in the United States... READ MORE

24th January, 2018 947

TOM PETTY DIED OF ACCIDENTAL DRUG OVERDOSE


Petty suffered from emphysema, a fractured hip and knee problems that caused him pain, the family said, but he was still committed to touring... READ MORE

20th January, 2018 181

NO NEW FUNDS BUT NEW DATA HELPING OFFICIALS TARGET 'DRUG-DEALING' DOCTORS AS OPIOID EPIDEMIC KILLS 100 A DAY


Another addiction expert, Dr. Andrew Kolodny, founder of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing, said prosecutors' emphasis on drug-dealing doctors is appropriate but inadequate on its own... READ MORE

1st January, 2018 0

CHINA: U.S. SHOULD CURB DEMAND FOR DRUGS FUELING ITS OPIOID EPIDEMIC


China and the U.S. have worked to build a close working relationship to fight global flows of illicit synthetic drugs, but their collaboration remains fraught... READ MORE

28th December, 2017 62

Trending News Headlines : Kaléo

DONALD TRUMP CALLS FOR DRUG TEST AHEAD OF NEXT DEBATE


Trump calls for drug test ahead of next debate, says clinton was 'pumped up'... READ MORE

16th October, 2016 47718

NINE DIE IN VANCOUVER IN 24 HOURS FROM FENTANYL OPIOID OVERDOSE


Nine people have died in Vancouver in the past 24 hours from an overdose of the painkiller fentanyl opioid, officials say... READ MORE

17th December, 2016 8354

AS OPIOID OVERDOSES EXACT A HIGHER PRICE, COMMUNITIES PONDER WHO SHOULD BE SAVED


Jones has decided not to let his deputies carry Narcan, a potentially lifesaving medicine for those suffering opioid overdoses... READ MORE

16th July, 2017 8058

U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS PEOPLE SHOULD JUST 'SAY NO' TO OPIOIDS


Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at the Heritage Foundation's Legal Strategy Forum in Washington, U.S., October 26, 2017... READ MORE

26th October, 2017 5619

EXCLUSIVE: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO LAUNCH NEW EFFORT ON HEROIN CRISIS


Yet after Congress approved landmark legislation in July for expanded drug addiction treatment and prevention, it did not include the 181 million to actually fund the measure... READ MORE

16th September, 2016 5252

MILLIONS OF PATIENTS FACE PAIN AND WITHDRAWAL AS OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS PLUMMET


In the battle to wean patients off opioids, dosage has emerged as a critical issue... READ MORE

22nd November, 2017 4941

AS MANY AS 13 PEOPLE ACROSS B.C. DIED OF SUSPECTED OVERDOSES IN 1 NIGHT


Vancouver officials held a news conference Friday to address the growing crisis of drug overdose deaths... READ MORE

17th December, 2016 4471

DURHAM POLICE WILL GIVE ADDICTS HEROIN TO INJECT IN 'SHOOTING GALLERIES'


A part government-funded pilot scheme in Darlington, London and Brighton involving 127 chronic addicts found that giving them heroin significantly reduced both their drug usage and crime... READ MORE

5th March, 2017 4133

AS OVERDOSE DEATHS HIT RECORD LEVELS, DRUG AND ALCOHOL SERVICES FACE MASSIVE CUTS


Its 2016 annual report, published last week, which also aggregates data from Turkey and Norway, found the UK also had the highest proportion of heroin addicts... READ MORE

14th June, 2017 3209

AS AN OPEN-AIR HEROIN CAMP IS CLOSED, OPTIONS NARROW


Now people come to Kensington from around the city, state and country in search of heroin... READ MORE

21st July, 2017 2774

FENTANYL DEATHS ARE A CANADA-WIDE 'DISASTER'


Fentanyl is a highly potent drug that many recreational drug users take unknowingly, putting them at high risk of an overdose... READ MORE

28th January, 2016 2592

MAKERS OF OXYCONTIN, PERCOCET SUED BY U.S. GOVERNMENTS OVER OPIOID CRISIS


Whenever an autopsy is done in Sullivan County, in northeast Tennessee, the report is sent to the district attorney... READ MORE

16th July, 2017 2507

'THIS IS WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE DYING'


'This is why so many people are dying' Data show dramatic rise in street drugs testing positive for fentanyl... READ MORE

10th November, 2017 2499

DRUG CZAR NOMINEE COULD BE IN LIMBO AFTER REPORT ON DRUG INDUSTRY TIES


Manchin calls on Trump to withdraw drug czar nomination, saying Marino is unfit for job and can't be trusted to confront opioid epidemic... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 2433

OTTAWA HOSPITAL SEES SPIKE IN SUSPECTED FENTANYL OVERDOSES


Ottawa public health recorded 15 suspected cases recorded in 72 hours... READ MORE

22nd April, 2017 2161

TRUMP DECLARES OPIOIDS A U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY


Trump declares opioids a US public health emergency... READ MORE

26th October, 2017 1948

'THERE IS LIFE AFTER DRUGS': A MESSAGE FOR TEENS ADDICTED TO FENTANYL


And Smith has some advice for the Kanata teens who have recently spoken out about their own fentanyl addictions... READ MORE

22nd February, 2017 1705

FACES OF DRUG ADDICTION POLICE MUG SHOTS SHOW DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS OF METH AND OXYCODONE


The people in the photos are users of cocaine, heroin or oxycodone - a prescription opioid... READ MORE

13th June, 2015 1655

AS OPIOID OVERDOSES SPIKE, OTTAWA HEALTH WORKERS TRY GIVING ADDICTS 'CLEAN DRUGS'


Said Dr. Jeff Turnbull, the chief physician for Ottawa Inner City Health, which provides health care to the homeless... READ MORE

27th October, 2017 1507

DRUG FATALITIES HIGHEST WHERE TREATMENT CUTBACKS DEEPEST


Other drug death hotspots with the biggest cuts are Gateshead 51 percent, Sefton 51 percent, Portsmouth 38 percent, and Durham 38 percent ... READ MORE

14th October, 2017 1437

'THE GREATEST DRUG FIENDS IN THE WORLD'


America's first Opium Commissioner Hamilton Wright is at left... READ MORE

30th September, 2017 1434

TRUMP TO ISSUE EMERGENCY DECLARATION NEXT WEEK ON OPIOIDS


Trump said in August that he would declare opioid abuse a national emergency... READ MORE

26th October, 2017 1405

TRUMP DECLARES OPIOID EPIDEMIC A NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY


Trump declares opioids a U.S. public health emergency... READ MORE

26th October, 2017 1249

ALMOST ONE IN THREE DRUGS OVERDOSES IN EUROPE RECORDED IN UK


Britain has Europe's highest proportion of heroin addicts and problematic use of novel psychoactive substances, say reports by the European drugs agency... READ MORE

6th June, 2017 1185

DESPITE TRUMP'S PLEAS, CHINA'S ONLINE OPIOID BAZAAR IS BOOMING


Mr. Trump has accused China of being the main source of the flood of cheap and deadly fentanyl into America... READ MORE

10th November, 2017 1115

'SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE' HEROIN SKETCH SPARKS OUTRAGE


Do you think the SNL sketch on heroin crossed the line?... READ MORE

19th April, 2016 1017

BUT NOW EXPERTS FEAR THE PROGRAMME HERE IS BEING ABANDONED


More than half of addicts given heroin were off it within three years... READ MORE

22nd October, 2016 992

TRUMP TO DECLARE OPIOID CRISIS A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IN U.S.


It will also expand access to medical services in rural areas and shift some federal HIV money to help addicts... READ MORE

26th October, 2017 990

AT LEAST 60 UK DRUG DEATHS IN PAST EIGHT MONTHS LINKED TO FENTANYL


Fentanyl, a synthetic opiate, is up to 100 times stronger than heroin and is sometimes prescribed as a painkiller for the terminally ill... READ MORE

1st August, 2017 956

TRUMP CALLS OPIOIDS 'NO GOOD,' URGES PEOPLE NOT TO ABUSE THEM


Most opioid overdose deaths are linked to prescription pain pills, though use of heroin is growing rapidly, accounting for almost 13,000 deaths in 2015, according to NIDA... READ MORE

8th August, 2017 799


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