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DoJ alleges pharmacy chain knowingly filled prescriptions that were ‘medically unnecessary’, including opioids

McKesson took a drubbing for its role in shipping obscene quantities of opioids to the most addicted corners of America.

Democrats see guns as the biggest threat to Americans’ public health, while Republicans say it’s fentanyl and opioid addiction.

PHILADELPHIA — Many people living on the streets in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood — the largest open-air drug market on the East Coast — are in full-blown addiction, openly snorting, smoking or injecting illicit drugs, hunched over crates or on stoops. Syringes litter sidewalks, and the stench of urine fouls the…

As a dangerous new additive found in fentanyl and other street drugs surges from coast to coast, health officials in nearly every state are scrambling to track it.

Over 88 percent of opioid overdose deaths now involve either heroin or fentanyl. Targeting prescriptions is not an efficient way to address mortality.

A Canadian experiment to decriminalize small amounts of hard drugs could reduce stigma and police run-ins for addicts but does little to tackle a bigger problem of overdose deaths from drugs adulterated with lethal ingredients.

Lisa Marie Presley was taking opioids and weight loss medication before her death this month, according to a report.

Lisa Marie Presley reportedly wanted to look her best for the awards season and lost around three stone in the weeks leading up to her tragic death at the age of 54