Tag: opioid

Today’s opioid crisis shares chilling similarities with past drug epidemics

Oct 28 2017- POSTED BY Loknath Das

While declaring the opioid crisis a national public health emergency Thursday, President Donald Trump said: “Nobody has seen anything like what’s going […]

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New pain reliever may help combat opioid abuse

Aug 18 2017- POSTED BY Loknath Das

Scientists have discovered a powerful pain reliever that is effective in alleviating neuropathic pain, a discovery that could be instrumental […]

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Opioid use higher among cancer survivors

Aug 16 2017- POSTED BY Loknath Das

At a time of rising rates of opioid overdose and addiction, new research by an Indian origin scientist reveals that […]

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Opioid crisis commission chair Chris Christie to miss Trump’s drug briefing

Aug 09 2017- POSTED BY Loknath Das

As President Trump was briefed on combating the nation’s opioid epidemic in Bedminster, New Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie, Trump’s pick […]

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Trump proposes steep cuts to White House ‘drug czar’ office amid opioid crisis

May 06 2017- POSTED BY Loknath Das

Paraphernalia for smoking and injecting drugs was found during a police search on April 19, 2017, in Huntington, West Virginia. […]

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