Tag: Drug abuse
Indiana expected to get $507 million from opioid settlement
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana will receive $507 million as part of a multi-state agreement to settle a lawsuit against opioid distributors designed to bring relief...
50-year war on drugs imprisoned millions of Black Americans
Landscaping was hardly his lifelong dream.
As a teenager, Alton Lucas...
For pregnant women, pandemic made hunt for drug rehab harder
After using drugs on and off for years, Megan Sims wanted to get clean again. But she couldn’t bring herself to stop during the...
Needle exchange law in West Virginia halted amid lawsuit
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A judge in West Virginia has granted a group's request to stop a law tightening requirements on needle exchange programs from...
In pandemic, drug overdose deaths soar among Black Americans
ST. LOUIS — She screamed and cried, banged on the dashboard, begging her husband to drive faster, faster, faster toward her brother lying face-down...
Jails emptied in the pandemic. Should they stay that way?
It wasn’t long after Matthew Reed shoplifted a $63 set of sheets from a Target in upstate New York that the coronavirus pandemic brought...
Kelly Osbourne opens up about drug and alcohol addictions
NEW YORK — Kelly Osbourne is opening up about her battles with drug and alcohol addiction, stopping by “Red Table Talk” to discuss getting...
Sheriff at WVa opioid trial worried about future generations
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia sheriff testified Thursday during a landmark trial against three large opioid distributors that he is worried the scourge...
US lifts barriers to prescribing addiction treatment drug
The Biden administration is easing decades-old requirements that made it difficult for doctors to treat opioid addiction using medication.
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West Virginia gov signs needle exchange program regulations
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Thursday signed a bill to introduce more stringent requirements to needle exchange programs amid a...