opioids
Maintenance workers poisoned by fentanyl-laced flyer outside library
About 30 minutes after being handed the flyers, which appeared to contain a typed religious message, the employees began feeling shaky, dizzy, and experienced hot flashes.
Jack Ciattarelli cleared to sue Mikie Sherrill for defamation over opioid epidemic remark
The GOP candidate got the go-ahead to slap a defamation suit against his Democratic foe over her stunning accusations that he killed tens of thousands of people while profiting off...
Memo to Mamdani: OD deaths surged after Canada province legalized drugs, as pol admits 'I was wrong'
Since Vancouver opened its first supervised injection site in 2003, overdose deaths increased 996.5%, from 229 vs 2,511.
The Tylenol scare is a reminder: We're leaving people in pain with too few options
What do pregnant women with high fevers and people with severe chronic pain have in common? Increasingly, both are being told to “tough it out.” The recent Tylenol-autism scare has...
How my dad, Steve Witkoff, turned pain into purpose
My father, Steve Witkoff, has always been a man of compassion. And to him, peace is not negotiated only in conference rooms but built in the quiet moments of shared...
Mikie Sherrill took more than $25K from pharma giants accused of fueling opioid crisis, records show
New Jersey gubernatorial hopeful Mikie Sherrill took in over $25,000 in campaign donor cash from pharma giants accused of fueling the opioid crisis, despite accusing her rival of having blood...
A week with pork roll-loving GOP gov candidate Jack Ciattarelli: ‘How about we elect the Jersey guy!’
Jack Ciattarelli’s whirlwind campaign to become New Jersey’s next governor heated up this past week, with the Republican stopping in more than 20 municipalities to promote his tough-on-crime, business friendly...
Painkiller taken by millions doesn't ease chronic pain — and it can trigger serious side effects: study
The findings come as the US battles the ongoing opioid crisis.
Which painkillers are actually safe during pregnancy, according to doctors — after new Tylenol-autism report
After President Trump's Monday announcement, pregnant women were left wondering what they should take if they feel ill.
San Francisco vigilantes spraying OD antidote Narcan into unsuspecting homeless people
“I’ve been shot seven times, and being Narcan’d like that was worse,” one of the individuals targeted said.
Deadly new opioid 100 times stronger than fentanyl seized for first time in Long Island raid: officials
A new form of nitazene was seized by agents during a Hicksville raid in August and was discovered for the first time in the Northeast, the agency revealed.
Narcan and condoms and Plan B, oh my! Parents pack doomsday kits for their college-bound kids — here's how they're preparing for the worst
Modern must-haves that might have been unthinkable a generation ago are becoming the norm — and experts say that's good.
Little-known synthetic opioid is up to 43 times more deadly than fentanyl, resistant to Narcan and killing Americans
"Sometimes I get mad because I couldn't save my own son, but I do want to save other people, even if it's just one person in honor of him," a...
Safe injection site brings daytime public sex to East Harlem: 'Getting my own porno show'
New York City's controversial safe injection sites have reached a raunchy new low -- with zonked out addicts having al fresco sex at the doorstep of neighbors forced to endure...
Everything to know about the 'really sinister' legal supplement RFK Jr. is cracking down on
“‘Natural’ doesn’t mean safe,” Dr. Joseph Volpicelli warned.
RFK Jr. launches crackdown on kratom — the 'legal morphine' substance often found in smoke shop products
"They're marketing them to children: They're gummy bears, they're bright colors, they're candy-flavored. This is really a sinister, sinister industry," the HHS boss said last week.
Beware: Synthetic kratom 7-OH powers a new opioid crisis
Dangerous products are marketed as “kratom extract” or “enhanced kratom” and often disguised as candies, gummies and even ice cream cones that parents might never see as a risk.
National shortage of prescription pain meds, like Percocet, sparks major concern in Canada
This news must have been a hard pill to swallow.
Commonly prescribed pain drug can increase your risk of dementia by up to 40%
The anti-seizure drug is used to treat epilepsy, nerve pain after shingles and restless legs syndrome by affecting chemical messengers in the brain and nerves.
'Speedballing' trend is becoming 'increasingly lethal,' warns public health expert
The US is said to be in the fourth wave of the opioid epidemic.