An opioid that is 50 times stronger than pure heroin (and 100 times more potent than morphine) is being over-prescribed …

http://www.addiction.news/2017-07-25-doctors-are-prescribing-deadly-fentanyl-for-cash-and-lavish-dinners-reveals-report.html

In the midst of the ongoing and seemingly never ending healthcare debate, Senator Mike Lee of Utah and Senator Ted …

http://www.addiction.news/2017-07-24-new-healthcare-bill-uses-45-billion-in-taxpayer-money-to-fight-the-opioid-epidemic-caused-by-wealthy-pharmaceutical-corporations.html

The worsening heroin epidemic in the United States has raised safety concerns for both the environment and the general population. In …

http://www.addiction.news/2017-07-20-heroin-epidemic-leaving-a-trail-of-dirty-needles-in-rivers-beaches-and-playgrounds.html

In the latest bit of evidence that people will never run out of creative ways to jeopardize their health, Pennsylvania …

http://www.addiction.news/2017-07-06-vampire-addicts-are-now-injecting-themselves-with-human-blood-mixed-with-morphine.html

The city of Philadelphia has reached an agreement with Conrail to begin a clean-up drive on a notorious half-mile stretch of train …

http://www.addiction.news/2017-06-25-philadelphia-turns-into-heroin-wasteland-500000-used-syringes-and-piles-of-trash.html

The late actress Carrie Fisher may have taken a cocktail of hard drugs only a few days before her death. A …

http://www.addiction.news/2017-06-22-carrie-fisher-was-on-cocaine-and-heroin-at-the-time-of-her-death-autopsy-finds.html

Baltimore’s supply of the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone is running low, leaving the Maryland city to sink even deeper …

http://www.addiction.news/2017-06-22-baltimores-heroin-epidemic-is-bad-they-are-running-out-of-naloxone-the-opioid-overdose-reversal-drug.html

If you want to see just how quickly drugs can plunge a beautiful and thriving city into desolation, look no …

http://www.addiction.news/2017-06-15-horrifying-video-shows-how-opioid-addiction-has-transformed-the-city-of-baltimore-into-a-third-world-city.html

The drug epidemic plaguing the United States seems to only get worse as time trudges on. Deputy Attorney General Rod …

http://www.addiction.news/2017-06-09-drug-overdose-is-now-the-leading-cause-of-death-for-americans-under-50-big-pharmas-opioid-death-machine-marches-on.html

ATLANTIC CITY — On a cold morning last Monday, social workers and police officers walked around Brown’s Park, looking for …

http://www.addiction.news/2016-11-07-homelessness-addiction-in-atlantic-city-resist-easy-answers.html

It’s no secret that there is an opioid epidemic here in the United States. It’s also no secret that the …

http://www.addiction.news/2016-09-07-americans-find-success-using-cannabis-to-fight-opioid-addiction.html

Well, they don’t exactly have a pill for that. But the American Medical Association (AMA) has recommended that those insipid advertisements for …

http://www.addiction.news/2016-08-23-big-pharmas-addiction-to-television-ads-the-ama-has-a-pill-for-that.html

I know people who suffer with severe unrelenting pain. People for whom the only relief is an opiate medication. But …

http://www.addiction.news/2016-04-26-health-conscious-hypocrisy-fda-now-wants-their-fda-approved-gateway-drugs-to-come-with-addiction-and-death-warning-labels.html