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Providence approves first state-sanctioned safe injection site in Rhode Island
A Rhode Island city has approved the first state-sanctioned safe injection site,…
Annual count of homeless residents begins in Los Angeles, where tens of thousands live on streets
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County’s annual count of homeless residents began…
Some New Hampshire residents want better answers from the 2024 candidates on the opioid crisis
ROCHESTER, N.H. — Kristina Amyot’s life has drastically improved since the last…
OxyContin maker bankruptcy deal goes before the Supreme Court on Monday, with billions at stake
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments over a nationwide settlement…
OxyContin maker’s settlement plan divides victims of opioid crisis. Now it’s up to the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — The agreement by the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands…
Oregon’s first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law faces growing pushback amid fentanyl crisis
PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon’s first-in-the-nation law that decriminalized the possession of small…
As billions roll in to fight opioid epidemic, one county shows how recovery can work
FINDLAY, Ohio — Communities ravaged by America’s opioid epidemic are starting to…
A fire at a drug rehabilitation center in northern Iran kills 27 people and injures 17 others, state media say
A fire at a drug rehabilitation center in northern Iran kills 27…
Movie Review: ‘Pain Hustlers’ tells a sadly familiar story with a kitchen-sink style
The wife of a man who nearly died of an opioid overdose…
Man charged with stealing ‘Wizard of Oz’ slippers expected to plead guilty
MINNEAPOLIS — A man charged with the museum heist of a pair…
Los Angeles city and county to spend billions to help homeless people under lawsuit settlement
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County and city will spend billions of…
Kilogram of fentanyl found in NYC day care center where 1-year-old boy died of apparent overdose
NEW YORK — A taped package containing several thousand dollars worth of…
As sports betting spikes, help for problem gamblers expands in some states
When the NFL season kicks off this week, Kentucky residents and visitors…
As sports betting spikes, help for problem gamblers expands in some states
When the NFL season kicks off this week, Kentucky residents and visitors…
Rapper Tory Lanez is expected to be sentenced on day two of hearing in Megan Thee Stallion shooting
Rapper Tory Lanez is expected to be sentenced for shooting Megan Thee…
As clinics pivot post-Roe, battle rages over syringe service in opioid-ravaged West Virginia
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Staff at Women’s Health Center of West Virginia know…
Rapper Quando Rondo crashes car while awaiting trial. Prosecutors want him back in jail
Prosecutors in Georgia want rapper Quando Rondo back in jail after he…
Woman arrested on drug charges in death of Robert De Niro’s grandson, official says
NEW YORK — A 20-year-old woman has been arrested on federal narcotics…
Indiana authorities investigate deaths of 3 patients within a week at addiction treatment center
MISHAWAKA, Ind. — The deaths of three patients within a week at…