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BLACKPOOL STRUGGLES TO KICK HEROIN AMID SEASIDE DEPRIVATION
There were 14 heroin misuse deaths per 100,000 people in 2016, compared with the national average of 1.7 in England and 2.3 in Wales... READ MORE›
TOP U.S. DOCTOR WANTS AMERICANS TO START CARRYING OPIOID OVERDOSE ANTIDOTE
As of July 2017, all 50 states have passed laws improving naloxone access, according to The Network for Public Health Law, a nonprofit that helps government agencies... READ MORE›
'I DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO MY FAMILY'
Isaac Roberts wept as he asked for mercy and revealed his partner had died in Kuala Lumpur... READ MORE›
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›
DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKERS PART OF TRUMP OPIOID PLAN COMING OUT MONDAY
It's a fate for drug dealers that Trump, who aims to be seen as tough on crime, has been highlighting publicly in recent weeks... READ MORE›
TRUMP OPIOID PLAN SEEN CALLING FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR DRUG TRAFFICKERS
President Donald Trump's plan to combat opioid drug addiction calls for stiffer penalties for drug traffickers, including the death penalty where it's appr... READ MORE›
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›
FRANCE LOOKS TO REFORM ITS DRUG POLICIES
The cultivation and sale of cannabis and other drugs, however, remains illegal... READ MORE›
TRUMP PUBLICLY PRAISES DEATH SENTENCES FOR DRUG DEALERS
WASHINGTON - President Trump said Thursday he wants tougher penalties for drug dealers and praised countries that punish pushers with the ultimate death penalty... READ MORE›
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›
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›
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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›
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›
DONALD TRUMP MADE ME GREAT AGAIN
He should also heed the call for expanding public health services for the 22 million Americans and their families facing addiction... 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›
'ADDICTION CLAIMED HIS LIFE': SCOTT OAKE OPENS UP ABOUT SON'S BATTLE WITH DRUGS
Bruce had been assaulted over a drug debt, so he turned to his parents... READ MORE›
AMID OPIOID EPIDEMIC, WHITE HOUSE MAY CUT DRUG CONTROL OFFICE BUDGET
Drug office budget cuts being considered by Trump White House... 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›
PREGABALIN, KNOWN AS 'NEW VALIUM', TO BE MADE CLASS C DRUG AFTER DEATHS
The letter warned of the risk of addiction for both pregabalin and a similar drug called gabapentin... READ MORE›
'LONG-TERM TREATMENT SAVED MY LIFE,' SAYS FORMER B.C. ADDICT WHO OVERDOSED ON FENTANYL 17 TIMES
It took the sisters two years to get into the program, which used suboxone to transition them off fentanyl... 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›
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›
'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›
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›
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›
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›
FENTANYL SPIRAL: HOW THE GUILT AND SHAME OF ADDICTION STOLE A B.C.'S MAN'S LIFE
She says a lot of it has to do with how the health care system treats addiction... READ MORE›
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›
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›
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›
FIRST INTERNET ADDICTION REHAB CLINIC OPENS IN ALGERIA
Nobody has spontaneously visited us to be cured of internet dependency, only because no one knows about digital addiction... 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›
'VAPING ME IS LIKE SMOKER ME REBOOTED'
I have brought myself to a level of nicotine addiction my younger self wouldn't have got up early enough for... READ MORE›
OTTAWA HOSPITAL SEES SPIKE IN SUSPECTED FENTANYL OVERDOSES
Ottawa public health recorded 15 suspected cases recorded in 72 hours... READ MORE›
IS SUGAR REALLY AS ADDICTIVE AS COCAINE? SCIENTISTS ROW OVER EFFECT ON BODY AND BRAIN
Heated debate has greeted an article in a medical journal suggesting sugar should be considered an addictive drug, as experts deride the claims as 'absurd'... READ MORE›
TRUMP DECLARES OPIOIDS A U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
Trump declares opioids a US public health emergency... READ MORE›