Addicts using pets to feed drug habit, vets warn

People don't want to believe anyone would intentionally hurt their pet, but vets say drug abusers are doing just that

• Feb 24, 2017

Hidden problem may hinder opioid addiction treatment

Opioid addicts who undergo “medication-assisted treatment” often have a serious side issue, say Johns Hopkins researchers

• Feb 24, 2017

CDC: Drug OD deaths nearly triple since 1999

Whites and middle-aged adults have been hardest hit, new report finds

• Feb 24, 2017

Louisville sees record 52 overdoses in 32 hours

In response, dozens of people received free training on how to administer naloxone, a drug used to counter the effects of opioids like heroin​

• Feb 14, 2017

Opioid overdose crisis plagues Cleveland

Every day, 91 Americans die from an overdose of opioids; in Cleveland, it's a crisis

• Feb 7, 2017

West Virginia distributing 8,000 overdose antidote kits

West Virginia has the highest rate of overdoses of any state

• Feb 6, 2017

Naloxone price spike felt by emergency responder

Several cities, including Indianapolis, say they are spending more taxpayer dollars on the life-saving drug because the price has doubled

• Feb 3, 2017

Mysterious amnesia cases may have surprising cause

Researchers say the cases clustered in one state are likely related to opioid use

• Jan 31, 2017

Federal prosecutor tackles heroin scourge that claimed his son

“This epidemic hits everybody, and I think my situation exemplifies that,” says Bruce Brandler, interim U.S. attorney in Pennsylvania

• Jan 2, 2017

Mass. baby revived twice after ingesting fentanyl

“The opioid epidemic knows no boundaries,” mayor warns, as police still have not announced charges in baby's near-overdose

• Jan 2, 2017

A novel approach: Fighting painkiller addiction at home

While waiting to get into a treatment program, people hooked on opioids can use a drug at home to curb cravings, new research suggests

• Dec 22, 2016

Former drugmaker execs accused of bribing doctors to push pain meds

Six former employees of Insys Therapeutics face conspiracy charges over allegedly rewarding doctors for prescribing their spray version of fentanyl -- even when it wasn't necessary

• Dec 22, 2016

Overdose deaths rise by more than 100 percent in some states, CDC report says

In comparison, the number of people who died from car crashes increased 12 percent and gun deaths (including homicides and suicides) increased 7 percent

• Dec 16, 2016

Drugmakers push profitable, but unproven, opioid solution

Pharmaceutical companies are promoting harder-to-abuse painkillers but proof is scant on whether or not they help reduce overdoses

• Dec 15, 2016

Doctors track "explosion" of opioid-addicted newborns

Newborn babies addicted to opioids are being born at record rates – especially in rural areas

• Dec 13, 2016

Drug overdoses now kill more Americans than guns

“I don’t think we’ve ever seen anything like this. Certainly not in modern times."

• Dec 9, 2016

Rising price of opioid OD antidote could cost lives

Escalating prices of the drug naloxone may threaten efforts to reduce opioid-related deaths​ across America, new research suggests

• Dec 8, 2016

Elephant sedative blamed for rash of W. Va. overdoses

Prosecutors say 22-year-old Ohio man was selling carfentanil, which is 100 times more potent than fentanyl

• Nov 22, 2016

Heroin's colorblind, gender-equal, easy-access assault on America

While anti-overdose drugs like Narcan have become a lifeline, there is no quick fix for the epidemic that's spread across the country

• Nov 17, 2016

Surgeon general report calls for major shift on treating addiction

In the first report of its kind, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called for a major shift in the way addiction is treated in the United States

• Nov 17, 2016

Surgeon general: Addiction is not a character flaw

Dr. Vivek Murthy calls for a major cultural shift in the way Americans view drug and alcohol addiction

• Nov 17, 2016

DEA chief on opioid epidemic

A groundbreaking new report calls substance abuse one of America's most pressing public health problems, with 12.5 million Americans having abused prescription painkillers last year. Seventy-eight Americans die every day from opioid overdoses, and the CDC says more people died from drug overdoses than car accidents or gun violence in 2014. Drug Enforcement Administration acting administrator Chuck Rosenberg joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the crisis.

• Apr 24, 2021

Prisons fight opioids with $1,000 injections: Does it work?

The drug, Vivitrol, is pricey and skeptics are questioning its effectiveness

• Nov 14, 2016

Opiate epidemic fades from the trail as death toll rises

The opioid crisis was the talk of the 2016 primaries, but the topic has taken a back seat in the general election

• Nov 1, 2016

Overdoses skyrocket as kids eat opioids "like candy"

A new study sees a spike in accidental poisonings among younger children, while more teens OD trying to get high

• Oct 31, 2016

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