Enlarge this image Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, testifying before a House subcommittee in May. There are “very tight restrictions”…
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Rural Americans Are OK With ‘Outside’ Help To Beat Opioid Crisis And Boost Economy
by Frank Morris October 25, 2018Enlarge this image Among at least some rural Americans, pragmatism may now be superseding traditional disdain for government and the prizing of…
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Knocking On Doors To Get Opioid Overdose Survivors Into Treatment
by Sarah McCammon October 24, 2018Enlarge this image Paramedic Larrecsa Cox (center) and her quick-response team, including police Officer Stephanie Coffey (left) and Pastor Virgil Johnson (right),…
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Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine Becoming A Deadly Problem Among Drug Users
by Martha Bebinger March 29, 2018Enlarge this image Arlington, Mass., Police Chief Fred Ryan (right) and Inspector Gina Bassett review toxicology reports on cocaine evidence looking for…
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Cost Of U.S. Opioid Epidemic Since 2001 Is $1 Trillion And Climbing
by Greg Allen February 13, 2018Enlarge this image A young man uses heroin under a bridge in the Kensington section of Philadelphia, a neighborhood that has become…
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Trump Says He Will Focus On Opioid Law Enforcement, Not Treatment
by Greg Allen February 7, 2018Enlarge this image On Jan. 10, President Trump signed into law the bipartisan Interdict Act, to give federal agents more tools to…
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Hospitals Brace Patients For Pain To Reduce Risk Of Opioid Addiction
by Blake Farmer January 9, 2018Enlarge this image Michelle Leavy surrounded by her three sons. She became addicted to opioids when she was discharged from the hospital…
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Fight The Opioid Epidemic, All Agree. But Strategies Vary Widely
by Will Stone December 19, 2017Enlarge this image The rising number of opioid-linked deaths led Arizona to declare a public health emergency in 2017. Needle exchange programs…