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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›
FENTANYL ADDS DEADLY KICK TO OPIOID WOES IN BRITAIN
Several people in Hull who said they had collapsed after trying fentanyl vowed never to take it again... READ MORE›
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›
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›
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›
FINNS TEST NASAL SPRAY IN BID TO KICK GAMBLING HABIT AFTER PILL PROVED TOO SLOW
HELSINKI - Finnish researchers on Monday said they were to launch a study to see if gambling addiction can be treated with a fast-working nasal spray... READ MORE›
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›
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›
ON DEFENSE HEARING DAY, EGYPT COURT ABRUPTLY CONVICTS BRITON OF SMUGGLING PAINKILLERS, HANDS HER THREE YEARS
An Egyptian court on Tuesday convicted a British woman of smuggling hundreds of powerful painkillers into the country, sentencing her to three years in pri... READ MORE›
SOARING OVERDOSE DEATHS CUT U.S. LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR 2ND STRAIGHT YEAR
The CDC also reported --West Virginia continued to be the state with highest drug overdose death rate, with a rate of 52 deaths per 100,000 state residents in 2016... READ MORE›
DEADLY PAINKILLER DRUG FENTANYL HAS 'GROWING MARKET IN EUROPE'
Overdose deaths from all opioids, not just fentanyl, hit 2,304 in the UK, the highest number in Europe... READ MORE›
AS THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM CHANGES, SO DOES A PRIVATE PRISON GIANT
Among GEO's 54 residential reentry centers, 42 offered such programming, and 21 focused predominantly on substance abuse... READ MORE›
PORTUGALS RADICAL DRUGS POLICY IS WORKING. WHY HASNT THE WORLD COPIED IT?
Alvaro Pereira was working as a family doctor in Olhao in southern Portugal... READ MORE›
'RULE OF LAW' FOR PHILIPPINE DRUG WAR
Rights groups say Mr Duterte has sanctioned extrajudicial killings by vigilantes and by police... READ MORE›
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›
WHY HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE'S ATTITUDES TO ALCOHOL AND DRUGS CHANGED? SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS
But secondary school children in England are now more likely to have tried illegal drugs than cigarettes, according to NHS Digital... READ MORE›
WHITE HOUSE REPORT SAYS TRUE COST OF OPIOID EPIDEMIC TOPS $500 BILLION
Last month at the White House, President Donald Trump declared opioid abuse a national public health emergency... READ MORE›
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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›
'EL CHAPO' ARREST SPARKS HOMICIDE SURGE AS FACTIONS FIGHT TO FILL VACUUM
Mexico had just started emerging from its bloody battle with drug cartels, with murder rates dropping for four consecutive years from 2011 to 2014... READ MORE›
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›
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›
43 PERCENT RISE IN ESTIMATED OPIUM HARVEST
Figures from government and UNODC show 10 percent increase in poppy cultivation and 91 percent decrease in eradication... READ MORE›
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›
'A SMALL BAND-AID ON A BIG CUT'
Nice work, says Lynch as the man comes back to life after repeated shots of Narcan... READ MORE›
NO ONE STARTS OUT WITH A NEEDLE IN THEIR ARM
We try to place everyone as easily and quickly as possible, says Leonard Campanello, the chief of police in Gloucester... READ MORE›
THESE ARE THE WORLD'S CHEAPEST PLACES TO BUY DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND CIGARETTES
Bloomberg mined its own research, the annual World Drug Report published by the United Nations along with data from the World Health Organization... READ MORE›
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›
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›
TED CRUZ WANTS EL CHAPO TO PAY FOR TRUMP'S BORDER WALL
Ted Cruz wants to build the border wall using a different kind of brick... READ MORE›
DRUG OVERDOSES CLAIM UNPRECEDENTED 914 LIVES IN B.C. IN 2016
Health Minister Terry Lake announced more money for treatment beds and said the federal government needs to step up... READ MORE›
'DOSE AS SMALL AS A GRAIN OF SAND CAN KILL YOU'
Soon afterwards, the police arrived at the house in Pickering, near Toronto, with a search warrant... READ MORE›
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›
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›
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›
'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›
INDIAN STUDENT DRAGS DRUNK ATTACKER TO POLICE BY HIS HAIR
I also asked the police officers to teach the accused a lesson so that he would not dare to molest a woman ever again... READ MORE›
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›
IN CHINA ILLEGAL DRUGS ARE SOLD ONLINE IN AN UNBRIDLED MARKET
SHANGHAI Ordering illegal drugs from China is as easy as typing on a keyboard... READ MORE›
OTTAWA HOSPITAL SEES SPIKE IN SUSPECTED FENTANYL OVERDOSES
Ottawa public health recorded 15 suspected cases recorded in 72 hours... READ MORE›
TRUMP DECLARES OPIOIDS A U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
Trump declares opioids a US public health emergency... READ MORE›
KETAMINE SHOULD BE KEPT OFF WORLDWIDE ILLEGAL DRUGS LIST, DOCTORS SAY
But China and some other Asian countries, including Thailand, have problems with ketamine abuse... READ MORE›
'I'M SMARTER THAN THEY ARE': UNDERGROUND CHEMIST SAYS POLICE LOSING FENTANYL BATTLE
Drug producer known as Beeker says underground chemists are steps ahead of the police when it comes to the movement of illicit drugs on the streets... READ MORE›
'THEY BROUGHT ME BACK AGAIN': ADDICTS WHO OD REVIVED ON THE SPOT AT POP-UP SAFE INJECTION SITES
Fentanyl, which is exponentially more potent than heroin, is behind a huge spike in overdose deaths across the country... READ MORE›
DUTERTE SAYS HIS SON WILL BE KILLED IF HE IS INVOLVED IN DRUGS
As president, Duterte has said he would be happy to slaughter 3 million drug addicts, and described children shot dead in the drug war as collateral damage ... READ MORE›
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›
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›
'THE GREATEST DRUG FIENDS IN THE WORLD'
America's first Opium Commissioner Hamilton Wright is at left... READ MORE›