Opioid Crisis: McKinsey's Reckoning Amidst DOJ Investigation

The opioid epidemic has wreaked havoc across the United States, leaving a trail of addiction, suffering, and loss. Amidst this crisis, McKinsey & Company ... the scales weigh heavy, and the world ... Read More

The opioid crisis is everywhere. Why aren’t our treatments for it?

In Appalachia, we’ve felt the opioid crisis in a way that few people outside of the region can really understand. West Virginia continues to have the highest overdose fatality rate in the nation — 90. Read More

World News

We looked at how far South Africa has come in meeting its goals after ... A group of about 30 rabbis and peace activists from Israel and the United States were trying to take food supplies into ... Read More

Q&A: How harm reduction can help mitigate the opioid crisis

Maia Szalavitz discusses harm reduction's effectiveness against drug addiction, how punitive policies can hurt people who need pain medication and more. Read More

Kroger to pay WA $47.5 million over role in opioid crisis

Washington sued Kroger, along with Albertsons and Rite Aid, arguing the pharmacy chains failed to be the "final barrier" against the overprescription of opioids. Read More

Opioid Epidemic

ABC News’ Dr ... Purdue Pharma fuel the opioids epidemic in the United States. Oregon officials declared a 90-day state of emergency to address Portland’s fentanyl crisis as fatal synthetic ... Read More

House panel says China subsidizes fentanyl production to fuel crisis in the United States

“Through its actions, as our report has revealed, the Chinese Communist ... and the fentanyl crisis in the United States is not caused by the Chinese side, and blindly blaming China cannot ... Read More

What is the opioid crisis?

In over 20 years, almost 600,000 people have died from opioid overdose in the United States and Canada ... OUD before it begins. Medical News Today has strict sourcing guidelines and draws ... Read More

China ‘fuelling fentanyl crisis in US’ with tax breaks for opioid’s chemical makers

Fentanyl is now the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18 to 45 Credit: Breeden Media LLC/James Breeden China has been accused ... and the fentanyl crisis in the United States is not ... Read More

Opioid crisis: Port Orange chamber forum addresses 'biggest threat to our community'

PORT ORANGE ― The opioid epidemic is a national crisis that claimed the lives of ... can personally attest to who widespread the opioid epidemic has become. April 29 will mark the one-year ... Read More

Mexico Warns Of "Zombie Drug" Xylazine Found In Opioids On US Border

In cities across the United ... in opioids in cities along the country's northwest border with the United States. Nicknamed "tranq dope" and "zombie drug," Xylazine has worsened the opioid crisis ... Read More

WORLD NEWS

WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Thursday confronted a major test of the power of the presidency as the justices began hearing arguments over Donald Trump's bid for immunity from prosecution ... Read More