Overdose

People Rush to Save Man from Overdosing

VIDEO – ALMOST DEAD –   July 1, 2024 - Sarah Nazorek remembers the scary experience when she saved her…

6 months ago

Doctor Convicted for Prescription Practices: Gets 300 year Sentence

VIDEO – OPIATES ON PARADE –   June 22, 2024 -  A Maine doctor could be sentenced to hundreds of…

6 months ago

Will Murderous Sackler Family Face Reckoning?

STILL MASS MURDERERS –   June 27, 2024 -  A divided Court blocked a controversial proposed Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan…

6 months ago

Sheriff’s Deputy Died of Meth Overdose While on Duty

MYSTERIOUS –   June 20, 2024 - Jonathan Stewart died from the effects of methamphetamine April 27. An LA sheriff’s…

7 months ago

‘Scam Alert’ About California Treatment Claims

AUDIO – SAY WHAT? –   June 12, 2024 - “The Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health’s Overdose Response…

7 months ago

How University of Chicago-Trained Doctor Became the ‘Pill Mill Killer’

FACE OF EVIL –   June 7, 2024 - Over time, Paul Volkman, a doctor trained at the University of…

7 months ago

Horrific Number of Older Black Men Dying of Overdoses

AN ENDING NO ONE DESERVES –   June 3, 2024 - William, 63, killed by fentanyl and found in his…

7 months ago

1 in 3 Americans Lost Someone to an Overdose

VIDEO – AMERICAN TRAVESTY –   May 31, 2024 - “Although large numbers of U.S. adults are bereaved due to…

7 months ago

No End to Opioid Epidemic “in the foreseeable future”

VIDEO – PESSIMIST OR PROGNOSTICATOR? –   May 29, 2024 - “What we have to understand is that with our…

7 months ago

Gangs’ Greed Causing ‘mass overdoses’

AUDIO – PROFIT MOTIVE –   May 29, 2024 - Public health officials say Mexican cartels and drug gangs inside…

7 months ago

New Wave of Overdoses From Animal Tranquilizer

AUDIO – MAKING FENTANYL WORSE –   May 24, 2024 - Medetomidine a chemical long used by veterinarians, is now…

7 months ago

Baltimore Becomes the Overdose Capital of America

A COUNTRY GONE MAD –   May 23. 2024 - In the past 6 years, nearly 6,000 lives have been…

7 months ago

Walgreens Offering Cheaper Version of Opioid Reversal Drug

SAVE-A-LIFE CHEAPLY –   May 15, 2024 - Walgreens’ version of the drug is $34.99, according to the release, which…

8 months ago

OPINION: Providing Safe Supply Would Reduce Overdoses

GOOD IDEA –   May 13, 2024 - It seems very cruel to me to recognize how many people are…

8 months ago

Drug Overdose Deaths Down

GOOD NEWS –   May 15, 2024 - “There’s been a lot of billboards, newspaper ads and TV stuff surrounding…

8 months ago

I Didn’t Understand Opioid Addiction Until My Son Died

SUCH A SAD MAN –   May 7, 2024 - Over many years, I have resuscitated countless numbers of patients…

8 months ago

‘A Call to All’ rally held in Brevard to combat ongoing opioid epidemic

VIDEO – FAMILIES MOURN –   May 5, 2024 - Raising awareness about the dangers of illicit fentanyl and other…

8 months ago

Mindfulness Training Reduces Relapses

TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS –   May 6, 2024  - Supplementing standard opioid addiction treatment with Mindfulness Oriented Recovery Enhancement…

8 months ago

Amneal Pharmaceuticals Cops to $270 Million U.S. Opioid Payment

MEASLY AMOUNT –   May 3, 2024 - Amneal Pharmaceuticals reached an agreement to pay $92.5 million in cash and…

8 months ago

Man Found in Boss’ Bathroom 9 Hours After Fentanyl Overdose

VIDEO – ONE LAST SHOT –   May 1, 2024 - His family says he struggled with addiction for years,…

8 months ago

50 Drug Overdoses in One Day In Austin, Texas

AND 4 DEAD –   April 30, 2024 - Christa Steadman, ATCEMS public information officer, said officials suspect the “outbreak”…

8 months ago

Opioids Came for Country Music

NOT JUST WILLIE’S WEED –   April 23, 2024 - DRUGS NEVER SEEMED like a problem to Elvie Shane. Dabbling…

8 months ago

Art Exhibit Remembers Those Lost to Addiction

VIDEO – SOUL ALCHEMY: GRIEF INTO ART –   April 11, 2024 - When Theresa Clower lost her son, Devin,…

9 months ago

Prescription Drugs Are the Leading Cause of Death

CVS - RITE AID - DUANE READE - TARGET –   April 16, 2024 - Overtreatment with drugs kills many…

9 months ago

Ex-Gangster Turned Pastor Warns About POWERFUL Opiates

REDEMPTION SONG – April 2, 2024 - While it is unknown which opiate caused the overdoses, Pastor Mick Fleming, founder…

9 months ago

Forced Drug Treatment Could Lead to More Fatal Overdoses

NPR AUDIO – NO ONE FORCED THEM TO START – April 6, 2024 - More people suffering from drug addiction…

9 months ago

These Were Amy Winehouse’s Tragic Final Words

SUPERSTARS DIE TOO –   Feb. 10, 2024  - Amy Winehouse was tipsy but still able to hold a conversation.…

9 months ago

Gov. Gavin Newsom to Spend $6.4 Billion on Treatment That Works, HOPEFULLY

AUDIO – ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE –   April 7, 2024 - We’ve told you about so many people who’ve died…

9 months ago

Portland’s Overdose Response Team Sees 90 OD’s in One Month

VIDEO – SAVE MORE LIVES –   March 29, 2024 - Fentanyl will kill you. It’s heartless. You never underestimate…

9 months ago

Amanda Seyfried Plays Police Officer Fighting Opioid Crisis

VIDEO – A WORK IN PROGRESS –   March 25, 2024 - Ms. Seyfried appeared ready ‘to serve and to…

9 months ago