#Opioid epidemic

Author: William K. Rashbaum / Source: New York Times Mustafa Hussain for The New York Times [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] For the first time, a major pharmaceutical distributor is facing federal criminal charges over its role in the opioid crisis

Source: TMZ … ‘Chris’s Death Was Not Inevitable’ Chris Cornell‘s widow is speaking out about the opioid crisis in America and sharing her firsthand knowledge about the impact addiction has on families. Vicky Cornell was on Capitol Hill Monday to share her personal story of her husband’s tragic

Author: Daniel Kreps / Source: Rolling Stone Stephen Colbert tackled the opioid crisis and took aim at Big Pharma in a sobering Late Show segment Friday. “There are certain subjects that are genuinely hard to talk about like, the opioid crisis. It’s an epidemic that affects both political

Source: Good News Network These scientists have been working to find a safe, non-addictive pain killer to help fight the current opioid crisis in this country – and they may have done just that. Known as AT-121, the new chemical compound has dual therapeutic action that suppressed the addictive

Author: Laura Sanders / Source: Science News As I’ve been reporting a story about the opioid epidemic, I’ve sorted through a lot of tragic numbers that make the astronomical spike in deaths and injuries related to the drugs feel more real. The rise in the abuse of opioids — powerfully addictive