Recent News Headlines : Opiate

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

1st January, 2018 0

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

28th December, 2017 62

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

20th December, 2017 54

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

22nd November, 2017 4941

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

20th November, 2017 0

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

15th November, 2017 2

'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

10th November, 2017 2499

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

10th November, 2017 1115

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

28th October, 2017 141

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

27th October, 2017 1507

TRUMP DECLARES OPIOIDS A U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY


Trump declares opioids a US public health emergency... READ MORE

26th October, 2017 1948

TRUMP DECLARES OPIOID EPIDEMIC A NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY


Trump declares opioids a U.S. public health emergency... READ MORE

26th October, 2017 1249

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

26th October, 2017 990

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

26th October, 2017 6

TRUMP TO ISSUE EMERGENCY DECLARATION NEXT WEEK ON OPIOIDS


Trump said in August that he would declare opioid abuse a national emergency... READ MORE

26th October, 2017 1405

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

26th October, 2017 22

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

18th October, 2017 0

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

17th October, 2017 0

Trending News Headlines : Opiate

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

16th October, 2016 47718

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

17th December, 2016 8354

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

16th July, 2017 8058

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

23rd October, 2016 5630

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

16th September, 2016 5252

HOW THE POWERFUL OPIOID FENTANYL KILLS


This is your brain on fentanyl How the powerful opioid kills... READ MORE

25th November, 2016 4943

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

15th March, 2016 3358

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

28th January, 2016 2592

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

16th July, 2017 2507

OTTAWA HOSPITAL SEES SPIKE IN SUSPECTED FENTANYL OVERDOSES


Ottawa public health recorded 15 suspected cases recorded in 72 hours... READ MORE

22nd April, 2017 2161

'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

28th November, 2016 1895

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

13th June, 2015 1655

'THE GREATEST DRUG FIENDS IN THE WORLD'


America's first Opium Commissioner Hamilton Wright is at left... READ MORE

30th September, 2017 1434

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

6th June, 2017 1185

'SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE' HEROIN SKETCH SPARKS OUTRAGE


Do you think the SNL sketch on heroin crossed the line?... READ MORE

19th April, 2016 1017

AT LEAST 60 UK DRUG DEATHS IN PAST EIGHT MONTHS LINKED TO FENTANYL


Fentanyl, a synthetic opiate, is up to 100 times stronger than heroin and is sometimes prescribed as a painkiller for the terminally ill... READ MORE

1st August, 2017 956

TRUMP CALLS OPIOIDS 'NO GOOD,' URGES PEOPLE NOT TO ABUSE THEM


Most opioid overdose deaths are linked to prescription pain pills, though use of heroin is growing rapidly, accounting for almost 13,000 deaths in 2015, according to NIDA... READ MORE

8th August, 2017 799

BAN ON FORMER LEGAL HIGHS HAS DRIVEN TRADE UNDERGROUND STUDY


However, the report says that as a result of the ban, Spice and other NPSs have become just another street drug being sold by illicit dealers... READ MORE

7th February, 2017 586

'THIS IS BECOMING A NEW NORM'


Erika Hurt, 25, was found by police as in Hope, Indiana, on Saturday still holding a syringe in her hand... READ MORE

27th October, 2016 449

WHAT'S KILLING WHITE MIDDLE-AGED AMERICAN WOMEN?


Why are death rates going up for middle-aged less-educated white American women, given that mortality rates are generally improving?... READ MORE

11th May, 2016 434

DARK-WEB SALES GLUTTING U.S. MAILBOXES WITH DEADLY OPIOIDS


Latin American drug cartels are also getting synthetic opioids from Asia and moving them into the United States... READ MORE

11th June, 2017 397

MANY SUFFER NOT FROM PAINKILLER ABUSE BUT ABSENCE


Many low-income and middle-income countries continue to fail to provide adequate opioid analgesic medicine for pain, the report said... READ MORE

17th May, 2016 376

THE INSIDE STORY OF THE HEROIN OVERDOSE PHOTOGRAPH THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD


The inside story of the heroin overdose photograph that shocked the world... READ MORE

27th October, 2016 364

CHINESE BAN CUTS INTO US DRUG USE


Hide Caption 6 of 11 Photos Opioids Addictive painkillers Meperidine - Meperidine is another narcotic analgesic, similar to morphine... READ MORE

2nd September, 2016 310

TRUMP'S 'CURE' FOR THE OPIOID CRISIS IS BOUND TO JUST MAKE IT WORSE


Many of those new heroin users are former prescription opioid users driven to a black-market alternative by the government's crackdown on painkiller prescriptions... READ MORE

20th August, 2017 294

HEROIN USERS JUMPED BY 300,000 IN THE US OVER THE LAST DECADE


Experts say that reductions in prescription painkillers likely is a contributing factor to the spike in heroin use... READ MORE

8th July, 2015 235

CITY COUNCILLORS HOLD FORUM ON YOUTH DRUG OVERDOSES TONIGHT


Experts from Ottawa Public Health will also deliver a presentation on the recent overdoses... READ MORE

27th February, 2017 179

MOM GUILTY IN 16-MONTH-OLD SON'S DEATH FROM BENADRYL


Elizabeth Long faces up to life in prison after she was convicted of second-degree murder and second-degree child abuse in the death of 16-month-old Lukas... READ MORE

4th March, 2016 120

WORLDWIDE DRUG USE STEADY, BUT HEROIN ON RISE IN U.S.


Globally, the number of people using heroin, opium and morphine has changed little in recent years, the report indicated... READ MORE

2nd August, 2016 103

JUSTICE DEPT. ANNOUNCES TAKEDOWN OF ALPHABAY, A DARK WEB MARKETPLACE FOR DRUGS AND OTHER ILLICIT GOODS


Announces takedown of AlphaBay, a dark Web marketplace for drugs and other illicit goods The inside track on Washington politics... READ MORE

20th July, 2017 103


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