Tag: Drugs

Local governments need naloxone as an antidote to heroin overdoses, but the price is soaring. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Drug overdose deaths hit record in 2014

Robert King · December 18, 2015 7:40 pm

Based on the Evidence, Obama Drug Policy Fails to Meet Its Own Goals

John Walters, Brian Blake, David Murray · December 17, 2015 4:00 pm

Local governments need naloxone as an antidote to heroin overdoses, but the price is soaring. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

High drug prices collide with efforts to stop overdoses

Robert King · December 9, 2015 5:01 am

Candidate Clinton Goes Wobbly on Dope

David Murray · November 9, 2015 5:17 pm

About that Chris Christie Video on Drug Addiction

Brian Blake · November 5, 2015 4:05 pm

Obama links drug abuse epidemic to income inequality

Obama links drug abuse epidemic to income inequality

Robert King · October 21, 2015 8:26 pm

A major problem that contributes to the opioid abuse epidemic is overprescribing painkillers, sometimes when they are not necessary, said Michael Botticelli, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. (AP file photo/Toby Talbot)

Obama to announce plan to halt drug abuse

Robert King · October 21, 2015 4:13 pm

California’s Proposition 47, So Far

Brian Blake · October 19, 2015 3:26 pm

Our nation has yet to fully recognize the urgent need to expand access to care for drug addicts and provide outcomes-based treatment models that can save lives. (AP Photo)

The system is broken: We need to change how we treat addiction

Marybeth Cichocki · October 17, 2015 4:01 am

The John A. Wilson Building, which contains the offices of the D.C. mayor.

D.C. employee arrested in cocaine bust

Curt Mills · October 7, 2015 11:44 pm

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said Tuesday that he wants a commitment that the agency will be held responsible on opioid approvals after several controversial decisions. (AP Photo)

‘Rogue’ FDA could stoke painkiller abuse: Senator

Robert King · October 7, 2015 4:01 am

"I don't think we are as scared of heroin today as I felt when I was a teenager," said Dr.Â Oz. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Dr. Oz talks heroin on Capitol Hill

Robert King · October 6, 2015 7:26 pm