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[ad_1] BALTIMORE (WJZ) – Every day, 115 people die from an opioid overdose in the United States. In Maryland, the fourth in the drug addiction market. "Many of them are suffering so …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pledged on Wednesday to put an “extremely big dent” in the scourge of drug addiction in America as he signed legislation intended to help tackle the …

[ad_1] Suddenly, the news seems a little more optimistic about the opioid epidemic in America. On Tuesday, Health and Social Services Secretary Alex Azar, who chaired President Donald Trump, spoke of new …

[ad_1] Fentanyl and heroin addicts may also have been more cautious about how they use these drugs. "It is also plausible that people using heroin adapt their behavior to improve the safety …

[ad_1] Darren McCollester/Getty Images A lawsuit alleges that Purdue Pharma execs knew about OxyContin’s addictive potential ‘long before’ they publicly admitted it. Top executives at Purdue Pharma, the company that makes OxyContin, …

[ad_1] The actress, who currently stars in “Halloween,” told People she first became addicted to pain killers in 1989 and hid it for ten years. “I was ahead of the curve of …

[ad_1] Oklahoma's drug rehab homes drive back people who are trying to escape opioid addiction by taking medications considered extremely effective for their cure. Oxford House, one of the largest networks of …

[ad_1] Opioid addiction is a national crisis, and Texas has not escaped it. As a specialist in addiction psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine, I have devoted my professional life to studying …

[ad_1] While the opioid epidemic continues to make many US victims, the deaths associated with another drug are multiplying. In the last 12 months of March, cocaine overdose deaths increased by 22% …

[ad_1] (RNN) – The FDA is considering approving a new form of pill of a potent opioid that the chairman of an advisory committee who voted in favor of its approval has …