Drug Policy
A misunderstanding of harm reduction programs coupled with a Republican-led misinformation campaign led to a viral storm.
The woman said she'd been training with supposed agent Robert Edward Golden for a year while taking criminal justice classes, according to a criminal complaint.
A jury has held Teva Pharmaceuticals responsible for contributing to the opioid crisis by delivering a verdict in a sweeping lawsuit filed by New York state.
After a record year of overdoses in 2020, the two new supervised injection sites aim to offer a safer alternative for drug users.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
WHAT'S HAPPENING
"I was 8 years old the first time I took an opiate — an expired painkiller I found in our medicine cabinet with a 'May cause drowsiness' label."
Overdose deaths have been rising for more than two decades, accelerated in the past two years and jumped nearly 30% in the latest year.
"While I don’t have all the answers, there are a couple of things I know for sure."
Mark Sami Ibrahim wasn’t working as a law-enforcement officer at the Capitol on Jan. 6, but he told investigators after the riot that he was there to help a friend.
"It’s not the ’60s and I’m not a hippie. Neither am I in my experimental teens or 20s. Yet here I am: a mom on mushrooms."
A government report found overdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
