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Supreme Court rejects multibillion-dollar Purdue Pharma opioid settlement that shielded Sackler...
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 week agoThe Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a controversial settlement that would have sent billions of...
Supreme Court Rules Sackler Family Can Still Be Held Liable for Opioid Epidemic
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 1 week agoThe family behind one of the most addictive substances in the world, peddled to patients by their...
First Nations 'triaging grief' as opioids claim lives at more than 8 times the rate of the rest of...
CBC via Yahoo News· 1 month agoFirst Nations people in Alberta have been dying from opioids at more than eight times the rate of...
Feds reject Toronto's request to decriminalize simple possession of illicit drugs
CBC via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe federal government has rejected a request from Toronto to decriminalize the possession of small...
Ontario warns Toronto to drop drug decriminalization request
CBC via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe Ontario government says it is "100 per cent opposed" to Toronto Public Health's bid to have...
Despite all the shouting, the opioid crisis continues to defy simple answers
CBC via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe debate in Parliament about British Columbia's experience with drug decriminalization was already...
Alcohol use is widely accepted in the US, but even moderate consumption is associated with many...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 months agoResearch increasingly shows that the dangers of alcohol have been downplayed and its benefits...
Oregon’s Making a Terrible Mistake in Rebooting the Drug War
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 4 months agoPatrick T. Fallon/Getty ImagesState legislators in Oregon just voted to reinstate the war on drugs....
'Very aggressive treatment' on the streets of Skid Row from a 'Renegade M.D.'
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoBy administering long-acting antipsychotic medication, Dr. Susan Partovi is pushing boundaries in...
Sorry, MAGA. Americans, Not Migrants, Are Smuggling Fentanyl.
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAFP via Getty In one 48-hour period last week, Customs and Border Patrol officers thwarted three...