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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›
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›
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›
FDA WARNS OF INJURY, DEATH WITH HERBAL SUPPLEMENT KRATOM
But the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that kratom carries similar risks, including addiction and death, and the agency is working to block shipments... 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›
'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›
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›
HOW AMERICA'S OPIOID EPIDEMIC IS EXPLODING IN DONALD TRUMP'S MAR-A-LAGO BACK YARD
This year an estimated 65,000 Americans will die after overdosing on opioids, whether it be prescription painkillers or illegal street drugs like heroin... READ MORE›
DRUG COMPANY FOUNDER KAPOOR CHARGED WITH PUSHING POWERFUL OPIOID
U.S. prosecutors leveled charges Thursday against the billionaire founder of an opioid medication maker that has faced increasing scrutiny from authorities... 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›
TRUMP DECLARES OPIOIDS A U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
Trump declares opioids a US public health emergency... READ MORE›
TRUMP DECLARES OPIOID CRISIS A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
I am directing all executive agencies to use every appropriate emergency authority to fight the opioid crisis, he said... READ MORE›
TRUMP DECLARES OPIOID EPIDEMIC A NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
Trump declares opioids a U.S. public health emergency... 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›
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›
OFFICIALS SAY TRUMP'S OPIOID EMERGENCY WON'T MEAN NEW MONEY
Utah wants to use video to connect rural patients with a Provo-based doctor trained to prescribe buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid addiction... READ MORE›
TRUMP TO ISSUE EMERGENCY DECLARATION NEXT WEEK ON OPIOIDS
Trump said in August that he would declare opioid abuse a national emergency... READ MORE›
AS U.S. OPIOID CRISIS DEEPENS AND SHIFTS, TRUMP SEEKS SOLUTIONS
The human and economic toll of the U.S.'s opioid crisis has only widened since President Donald Trump swept into the Oval Office promising solutions... READ MORE›
FDA HOPES TO LIFT STIGMA ON USING DRUGS AS TREATMENT FOR OPIOID ADDICTION IN FACE OF RESISTANCE
FDA hopes to lift stigma on using drugs as treatment for opioid addiction in face of resistance... READ MORE›
ROGER CRYSTAL WENT TO BUSINESS SCHOOL TO LEARN HOW TO TREAT ADDICTION
He was lying there with his liver and intestines exposed, and all he wanted to do was shoot up on heroin, Crystal says... READ MORE›
EUTHANASIA DEBATE PROMPTS FAMILY'S MEMORIES OF PAIN AND SUFFERING
Ms Godden said making Cassie comfortable involved continually increasing pain killers so she was virtually in an induced coma ... READ MORE›
U.S. CHARGES CHINESE PAIR WITH ILLEGAL OPIOID MANUFACTURING BUT EXTRADITION SAID UNLIKELY
At least 21 other people were also indicted on charges they trafficked the drugs across the U.S. and Canada, often through the U.S. mail... READ MORE›
CHINESE NATIONALS INDICTED ON ILLEGAL DRUG MANUFACTURING
At least 21 other people were also indicted on charges they trafficked the drugs across the U.S. and Canada, often through the U.S. mail... 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›
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›
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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›
'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›
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›
HOW THE POWERFUL OPIOID FENTANYL KILLS
This is your brain on fentanyl How the powerful opioid kills... 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›
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›
DOCTORS TOLD TO AVOID PRESCRIBING OPIATES FOR CHRONIC PAIN
When the benefits of prescription opiates outweigh the risks, doctors should talk to patients about their treatment goals and when they will stop using the drugs... 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›
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›
HAITI MOURNS CARNIVAL FLOAT VICTIMS
Three days of mourning for haiti carnival float victims... 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›
'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›
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›
'THE GREATEST DRUG FIENDS IN THE WORLD'
America's first Opium Commissioner Hamilton Wright is at left... READ MORE›
OPIUM USE BOOMS IN AFGHANISTAN, CREATING A 'SILENT TSUNAMI' OF ADDICTED WOMEN
Several women going through withdrawal pleaded to go home, swearing they would never touch drugs again... READ MORE›
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›
'SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE' HEROIN SKETCH SPARKS OUTRAGE
Do you think the SNL sketch on heroin crossed the line?... READ MORE›
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›