Government Data Refute the Notion That Overprescribing Caused the 'Opioid Crisis'

The root of the opioid crisis is not pain treatment. It is instead a crisis of hopelessness driven by the conditions in which people live. Read More

The Dangers of Painkillers: A Special Report

"All of this doesn't mean that everyone should avoid opioids and acetaminophen altogether," says Marvin M. Lipman, M.D., chief medical adviser for Consumer ... other drug without your doctor's ... Read More

Another drug company slashes the cost of drug inhalers

Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has announced it will cap the cost of all of its inhaler drug products at $35 ... Mark Huffman has been a consumer news reporter for ConsumerAffairs since 2004. Read More

Kansas City-area politicians pick between war on drugs or treatment when spending opioid settlement cash

Johnson County spent the biggest piece of its opioid settlement windfall so far cracking down on drugs. Jackson County chose to put its dollars into treatment. In both cases, the money came from ... Read More

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CBS News Miami's chief meteorologist Ivan Cabrera's weather outlook for South Florida. O.J. Simpson was famously acquitted in the 1994 slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend ... Read More

Former Alamo doctor gets federal prison for illegally distributing opioids

A former doctor in Alamo has been given a year and a day in federal prison for illegally distributing opioids ... Medicine," prosecutors said. The US Drug Enforcement Agency began investigating ... Read More

When doctors cut off their opioids, these patients turned to unregulated kratom for pain

For a long time, Darlene, an acupuncturist who has been on disability since 2017, controlled her chronic neck and spine pain with an opioid, specifically Tylenol with codeine. The drug allowed her ... Read More

Doctors visiting a Gaza hospital are stunned by the war's toll on Palestinian children

An international team of doctors was prepared for the worst ... there is only one way to end Gaza’s health care crisis. “They need the war to stop,” she said. Chehayeb reported from Beirut. Read More

Prescription Drug Abuse

What Is Prescription Drug Abuse? Prescription drug abuse is when you take a medication for a reason other than why the doctor prescribed it. Experts estimate that more than 18 million people ages ... Read More

Indentured Doctors

Rumors about doctors fraudulently billing Medicare and insurance companies are whispered throughout the Las Vegas medical community, and for good reason. Read More

Shrooms and drug tests: What to know

They may show up on specific drug tests designed to detect hallucinogens, but many standard drug tests do not test for these compounds. Because the body processes the mushrooms and their compounds ... Read More

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NEXT Weather meteorologist Lissette Gonzalez says we're in for a warm and breezy afternoon. There will be a few clouds but we'll still be able to see the partial solar eclipse. CBS News Miami's ... Read More