Search results
US Drug Overdose Deaths Declined in 2023
Medscape· 23 hours agoDrug overdose deaths dropped by 3.1% from 2022, the CDC reports. Despite the overall decline, 15 states reported an increase of up to 44% in overdose deaths.
Letters: Help homeless | Retail theft
San Jose Mercury News· 5 hours agoSubmit your letter to the editor via this form. The title of Dan Walters’ piece on homelessness is apt, but then Walters makes a similar error in...
Gov. Shapiro signs bill permanently classifying xylazine as Schedule III drug
WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey· 8 hours agoPennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed a bill into law permanently classifying xylazine as a...
U.S. drug deaths declined slightly in 2023 but remained at crisis levels
KTEP 88.5 El Paso· 18 hours agoPreliminary data released Wednesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found fatal drug overdoses in the U.S. fell by roughly 3% in 2023. Drug< ...
Frustrating biopic 'Back to Black' flattens Amy Winehouse story
Chicago Sun-Times· 6 hours ago“Back to Black” as a movie is a tame and mediocre affair. A conventionally told biopic about a...
‘We just need support’: How a recovering addict is helping others in Fresno
KSEE articles via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoFRESNO, Calif. (KGPE) – “It’s crazy because using in the end wasn’t even fun. It was just surviving....
Three doctors who helped fuel drug abuse in southeastern Kentucky sentenced to prison
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMedical, which had offices in Harriman and Jacksboro and claimed to provide treatment for opioid use...
Plant-based drug growing in popularity could have deadly side effects
WHIO via Yahoo News· 1 day ago“It’s a concern because we we still don’t have good studies to tell us who will benefit from it,...
Drug Dealer Linked To Fatal Overdose In Hudson Valley Gets Prison Time: Here's His Sentence
Daily Voice· 1 day agoA 47-year-old Hudson Valley drug dealer who sold a dangerous drug concoction connected to a fatal...
Which states have the worst substance abuse problems?
Stacker via AOL· 12 hours agoOregon recently announced that it would recriminalize drugs, making "personal use possession" a...