Emergency Room Visits for Opioid Overdoses Went Up 30 Percent Last Year
It seems few corners of America have been spared the ravages of opioid misuse.
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In Colorado, Legal Pot Increases Housing Values
Homeowners are getting high, and so is the value of their residences.
Prozac Preschool
The youngest Americans are being prescribed a growing number of adult psychotropic drugs.
Is the Secret to Solving the Opioid Crisis More Opioids?
Medication-assisted treatment in Rhode Island's prisons is preventing overdose deaths among the recently incarcerated.
An Off-Label Use of Cheap Strips—to Test for Deadly Contaminants in Drugs—Gets the Backing of Science
Research is beginning to show that cheap strips can accurately detect deadly fentanyl, and encourages people to get high more cautiously.
Philadelphia Announces It Will Decriminalize Marijuana
Though the office will no longer charge possession, those who are caught selling or delivering marijuana will still be charged.
Driving on 4/20 Is Hazardous for Your Health
Deadly car crashes are 12 percent more likely on April 20th, and it doesn't take a genius to guess why.
The DEA Is Trying to Help Rural Americans Get Better Access to Addiction Treatment. Will Its Plan Work?
The DEA's rule change allows other health-care professionals aside from just doctors to prescribe buprenorphine, an effective—but potentially addictive—treatment.
Philadelphia Clears the Way for Supervised Injection
Philadelphia has the highest opioid-overdose death rate of any American city.
Trump Is Allegedly Set to Propose Potential Budget Cuts to Drug Policy Office
Trump's apparent plan would result in cutting 95 percent of the Office of National Drug Control Policy's budget.