House Bill 159 would cut the number of days’ supply of opioid pills in a single prescription.
Alcohol & Substance Abuse
New laws in the U.K. and EU further restrict tobacco industry
An EU directive goes into force today, with new rules regulating the tobacco industry. The U.K. is going further: Cigarettes must now be sold in plain green packaging with graphic health warnings.
A new meth surge gathers momentum across U.S.
The opioid epidemic has killed tens of thousands over the past two years and driven major reforms in state and local law enforcement and public health policies for people with addiction. But another deadly but popular drug, methamphetamine, also has been surging in many parts of the country. And federal officials say that, based on…
Addiction experts: Health secretary’s comments on opioid treatments unscientific and damaging
Addiction experts are up in arms after Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price referred to medication-assisted treatment as “substituting one opioid for another.”
Sessions tells prosecutors to seek ‘most serious’ charges, stricter sentences
The move, which was announced in a memo, reverses an Obama-era recommendation that asked federal prosecutors not to hit low-level drug offenders with charges that carry mandatory minimum sentences.
Public restrooms become ground zero in the opioid epidemic
People often turn to public restrooms as a place to get high on opioids. It has led some establishments to close their facilities, while others are training employees to help people who overdose.