FDA panel backs moving opioid antidote Narcan over the counter
The switch would allow the overdose-reversing drug to be sold in vending machines, convenience stores and supermarkets.
By Associated Press - February 16, 2023The switch would allow the overdose-reversing drug to be sold in vending machines, convenience stores and supermarkets.
By Associated Press - February 16, 2023The grants from the Department of Health and Human Services are just the latest steps taken by the White House to address addiction in America.
By Oliver Willis - September 23, 2022Experts said it’s crucial that the money is spent to combat the opioid scourge because the overdose epidemic is raging.
By Associated Press - July 25, 2021Prescribers will be able to treat up to 30 patients at a time with buprenorphine.
By Associated Press - April 27, 2021Tommy Tuberville and his wife own more than $30,000 worth of stock in pharmaceutical companies that have been sued over opioid distribution.
By Josh Israel - June 22, 2020Wealth gained from the deadly opioid epidemic is being funneled into the Trump campaign by the millions.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 04, 2020The Maine senator falsely claimed she had never taken money from members of the Sackler family, which owns the company that produces OxyContin.
By Josh Israel - January 16, 2020Trump also figured in the second and third biggest stories of the year: his family separation policy and the investigation by former special counsel Robert Mueller.
By Associated Press - December 22, 2019A Kentucky mother called Mitch McConnell’s ‘Cocaine Mitch’ campaign shirt ‘reprehensible.’
By Emily Singer - May 09, 2019Drug overdose deaths in the US have reached an all-time high, driven primarily by fentanyl use. And thanks to Trump’s trade war, fentanyl may soon be easier to get than ever.
By Caroline Orr - August 16, 2018Trump’s plan to address the opioid epidemic is mostly just TV commercials and the death penalty.
By Tommy Christopher - March 19, 2018Pennsylvania Republican state Rep. Rick Saccone would rather give tax cuts to billionaires than fund the fight against opioid addiction.
By Matthew Chapman - March 05, 2018