What Trump’s Budget Means for America’s Opioid Epidemic
Last week, President Donald Trump’s administration unveiled its “blueprint budget“— a less-detailed version of the budget it’ll eventually send…
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What Happens If Trump Gets Rid of America’s Top Drug-Law Coordinator?
The White House is considering eliminating the agency that coordinates America’s anti-drug strategy. Here's what would happen next.
The White House Mulls Cutting the Office of National Drug Control Policy
The White House is considering eliminating the Office of National Drug Control Policy, among other programs, the New…
Drug Distributors Are Being Penalized for Willfully Ignoring the Opioid Epidemic
The middlemen between drug companies and pharmacies have been hit recently with fines for their role in not…
We’re Giving the Most Vulnerable People the Most Potent Opioid Painkiller Prescriptions
Every medicine has the possibility of harmful side effects, but for painkillers like OxyContin and Percocet, that potential…
Why Some Doctors’ Groups Blocked Opioid Reform
The American Cancer Society describes itself as a “health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer.” So it might come…
What an Obamacare Repeal Would Mean for Mental-Health Treatment
If the Affordable Care Act is repealed, what’s going to happen to the tens of millions of Americans…
What An Obamacare Repeal Would Mean for Addiction Treatment
Six months after the Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics began routinely asking all of their patients about drug use,…
Street Hustle: The Truth Behind the ‘New’ Police Tool for Fighting Fentanyl
A drug test manufacturer has repackaged an old, error-prone chemical formula and is marketing it as a new,…
As American HIV Rates Stall, the CDC Calls for a Controversial Solution
Since the peak of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and ’90s, the number of Americans who have…