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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›
NEW TEAM TARGETS ONLINE OPIOID SALES FUELING THE DRUG CRISIS
Authorities on the new task force, the Joint Criminal Opioid Darknet Enforcement team, in this case targeted the vendors who sell illicit fentanyl by mail... READ MORE›
FENTANYL, MIXED INTO COCAINE AND METH, IS PUSHING OVERDOSE DEATHS HIGHER
The Ohio health department reported last year that cocaine-related deaths rose 62 percent to 1,109 in 2016, with the majority involving fentanyl and related opioids... READ MORE›
TRUMP CALLS FOR DEATH PENALTY TO 'GET TOUGH' ON DRUG PUSHERS
The Death Penalty Information Center lists 14 federal death row prisoners awaiting execution for drug-related crimes... READ MORE›
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›
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›
CLUBBERS NEED 'ACCESS TO DRUG SAFETY TESTING'
It believes many venues aren't equipped to deal with drug use but critics argue open testing encourages people to take illegal drugs... 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›
'PHARMANET RESCUES ME'
After Rian died, Jennens requested his PharmaNet records and questioned why he was prescribed such a wide range of medications including opioids... 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›
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›
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SESSIONS ISSUES SWEEPING NEW CRIMINAL CHARGING POLICY
Attorney General Sessions' new policy will accentuate that injustice... 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›
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›
'GUN THEM DOWN. GIVE NO MERCY'
Indonesia has executed 18 people for drug trafficking since Widodo assumed office in 2014... READ MORE›
A RARE SURVIVOR OF A PHILIPPINE DRUG RAID TAKES THE POLICE TO COURT
As he lay on the floor bleeding, he said, he overheard the police officers talking about planting guns and drugs because they had found none there... 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›
CITY URGING NYE PARTYGOERS TO PICK UP OVERDOSE KITS
Ottawa health officials are urging partygoers who recreationally use drugs to carry naloxone kits with them on New Year's Eve to prevent fentanyl deaths... 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›
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›
DEADLY CARFENTANIL DETECTED IN VANCOUVER DRUG SEIZURE
Vancouver Police say they have detected the deadly opioid carfentanil for the first time in a Vancouver drug seizure... 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›
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›
OTTAWA HOSPITAL SEES SPIKE IN SUSPECTED FENTANYL OVERDOSES
Ottawa public health recorded 15 suspected cases recorded in 72 hours... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S PICK FOR DRUG CZAR HAULED IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM DRUG DISTRIBUTORS HE WROTE BILL TO PROTECT
Rep. Tom Marino, who wrote legislation to protect opioid distributors, is expected to be named as the Trump administration's drug czar... 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 DEALER' SHOWS OFF WADS OF CASH ON FACEBOOK LIVE MOMENTS BEFORE BEING RAIDED BY POLICE
An alleged drug dealer filmed himself showing off wads of cash during a live online video stream when his house was raided by police... READ MORE›
'THE GREATEST DRUG FIENDS IN THE WORLD'
America's first Opium Commissioner Hamilton Wright is at left... READ MORE›