Overdose

ANGELS OVER TEXAS: Moms put dead children’s pics on billboards

FACING THE FACTS – Feb. 11, 2023 - Now, eight digital and four vinyl billboards have been set up across…

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Recovery High Schools And Teens Facing Addiction

AUDIO – CAN IT HELP? – Feb. 6, 2023 - As part of our “Remaking America” collaboration, we highlight reporting…

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Study Looks to Prevent Overdoses in Mice

VIDEO – WHAT ABOUT A MICKEY FINN? – Feb. 3, 2023 - Researchers found by blocking an enzyme called CA4,…

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I Took Oxy And Fentanyl For Years

ONE MAN POISON IS ANOTHER WOMAN’S LONGEVITY –  Jan. 30, 2023 - This was pain that knifed and throbbed ―…

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Daughter Dies From Fentanyl Overdose at Rehab Clinic

VIDEO – ANOTHER HUMAN TRAGEDY –  Feb. 8, 2023 - That was on July 23, but just a few days…

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Administration Eliminated Barrier To Medication For Opioid Addiction

ANOTHER BIG PHARMA VICTORY –  Feb. 8, 2023 - That requirement had been in place for two decades, and its…

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Supreme Court Frees Pill Mill Operator

GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD – Feb. 3, 2023 - He was at the center of a Supreme Court…

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More Vending Machines With Narcan As Opioid Scene Gets Worse

ON EVERY CORNER? – Jan. 29, 2023 -  There is, on average, a death a week from opioids in Vine…

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200 People Take the Fight Against Addiction Crisis to the Statehouse

MARCHING FOR RELIEF – Feb. 2, 2023 - More than 200 people gathered outside the Capitol for a rally to…

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Mother Calls Pres. Biden To Say ‘NO’ To Safe Consumption Sites

VIDEO – IT’S COMPLICATED – Feb. 1, 2023 - The drug overdose crisis is killing on average 50 people a…

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Overdose Kits Available at NYC Bars

VIDEO – SAVE-A-NEW YORKER’S LIFE –    June 24, 2022 - The NYC Office of Nightlife hosted a training session…

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Family Uses Son’s Adderall Death To Warn Others

VIDEO – DOC DRUGS CAN KILL TOO –    Jan. 24, 2023 - VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Richard Fee was…

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Son Died From Fentanyl He Bought Through Snapchat

VIDEO – SNAPDEATH –  Jan. 25, 2023 - On Aug. 15, 2020, Nicholas took his last breath after overdosing on…

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Doctor Who Distributed 40-60 Kilos of Oxycontin Laughs at 4 Month Home Sentence

VIDEO – NO PAIN, NO SHAME – Jan. 24, 2023 - The third and final defendant in a federal oxycodone…

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Addiction Crisis Causing Spike In Endocarditis Cases

STOP BEFORE IT STOPS YOUR HEART –  Jan. 17, 2023 - With drug deaths hovering at an all-time high and…

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Women Search For Solutions After Mass Overdose Event

VIDEO – RESOLUTION? –  Jan. 13, 2023 - “It’s really important to me for lots of reasons,” Paul said. “I’ve…

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1-Year-Old Dies of Fentanyl Overdose, Mommy Arrested

VIDEO ONLY – F**KING MADNESS –  Jan. 14, 2023 - Kenner’s mother, 34-year-old Alexis Callero, was arrested earlier this week…

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Middle School Teacher Overdoses on Fentanyl in Front of Students

VIDEO – BETTER LESSON THAN A LECTURE –  Jan. 9, 2023 - In an announcement released on Friday, Westfield Police…

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15-Year-Old Charged in Teen’s Overdose Death

TEENAGE WASTED LAND –  Jan. 9, 2023 - A 15-year-old girl from Green Bay is charged with being party to…

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‘Injecting Hope’ Watch Documentary

VIDEO – FILM MATTERS –    Jan. 8, 2023 - From the mayor’s office to the heart of Vancouver’s Downtown…

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NYC Reports Spike In Fentanyl Deaths

MADE IN CHINA –    Jan. 13, 2023 - Fentanyl, an opioid 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine, was…

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Tranq Dope: Animal Sedative Mixed With Fentanyl Brings Fresh Horror

HORROR AMID THE HORRORS –    Jan. 7, 2023 -  Over a matter of weeks, Tracey McCann watched in horror…

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Vancouver Actor’s Struggle with Addiction and Street Life

VIDEO – NOT A PRETTY PICTURE –  Dec. 29, 2022 - In a chance meeting with Global News near Main…

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National Survey on Drug Use and Health Detailing Mental Illness and Substance Use Levels

YEP, MANY PEOPLE ARE MESSED UP –    Jan. 4, 2023 - Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human…

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The New CDC Opioid Guidelines Abandon Pain Patients

VIDEO – WIN WIN LOSE LOSE –  Jan. 5, 2023 - Six years later, with millions harmed, the CDC emphasizes…

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Supreme Court Ruling Tosses ‘pill mill’ Convictions

PILL PUSHERS FREED –    Jan. 5, 2023 - The Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the convictions…

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Oscar Buzz for ‘All The Beauty and the Bloodshed’ that Explores Sackler Family Murderers

FILMS CAN IMPROVE YOUR LIFE –    Jan. 5, 2023  - Poitras, who won a best documentary Oscar in 2014…

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‘9-1-1: Lone Star’ actor Tyler Sanders Died From Fentanyl Overdose

EVERY DEATH IS TRAGIC –  Dec. 29, 2022 - In the full coroner’s report obtained by the entertainment site, Sanders…

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After Record Deaths, There Have Been Reforms in Addiction Treatment

AUDIO – DEAR MR. FANTASY –    Dec. 30, 2022 - You know, A, I think it’s helpful to remember…

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Feds Sue ‘AmerisourceBergen’ For ‘hundreds of thousands’ of Opioid Violations

AUDIO – GREEDY WHITE COLLAR MURDERERS GO FREE –    Dec. 29, 2022 - According to the complaint, AmerisourceBergen executives…

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