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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›
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›
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›
AFGHANISTAN'S BOOMING HEROIN TRADE LEAVES TRAIL OF ADDICTION AT HOME
In 2001, the last year of its rule, the Taliban outlawed opium cultivation, but they have since reversed course... 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›
TRUMP DECLARES OPIOIDS A U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
Trump declares opioids a US public health emergency... 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›
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›
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›
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›
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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›
'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›
'GUN THEM DOWN. GIVE NO MERCY'
Indonesia has executed 18 people for drug trafficking since Widodo assumed office in 2014... 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›
'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›
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›
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›
OTTAWA HOSPITAL SEES SPIKE IN SUSPECTED FENTANYL OVERDOSES
Ottawa public health recorded 15 suspected cases recorded in 72 hours... 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›
PUNITIVE DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT FAILING, SAYS HOME OFFICE STUDY
A Home Office spokesperson, responding to the evidence of the international report, said This government has absolutely no intention of decriminalising drugs... 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›
'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›
WHAT WE LEARNED PHONING EVERY DRUG REHAB FACILITY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
The drug is supposed to be the first line of treatment for opioid addiction in B.C... 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›
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›
ECSTASY SOLD IN US IS LESS PURE AND MORE DANGEROUS THAN IN EUROPE, EXPERTS WARN
People in the US have good prescription drugs, are moderate drinkers, smart cannabis users, but poorly discerning MDMA users, Winstock said... 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›