Drug abuse and addiction

The Hempstead Town Board voted unanimously Tuesday to raise the legal age for purchasing smoking products to 21 from 18, making it the second town in Nassau County to do so. The Hempstead Town Board proposed its legislation on April 4 after a news conference championing it a day earlier …

The opioid epidemic that claimed 33,000 lives nationwide in 2015 may actually be worse than thought, says a report by CNN.com. “It’s quite concerning, because it means that the (opioid) epidemic, which is already quite severe, could potentially be even worse,” Hall said. How did opioid use become an epidemic? …

There’s a very large volume of the distributors of opioid crisis in the Cherokee territory — sufficiently large to be shocking,” said Richard Fields, special counsel to the attorney general of the Cherokee Nation. Story highlights The Cherokee Nation alleges that opioid distributors and pharmacies neglect their role in curbing …

Ottawa Public Health (OPH) also confirmed the numbers reported by the hospital and said the cases were either life-threatening or potentially life-threatening. The Ottawa Hospital says six more people have been treated for potential opioid overdoses this weekend, following a spike in such cases earlier in the week and a …

The region’s opioid epidemic County officials in West Virginia filed a federal lawsuit against pharmacies and drug distributors including AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal and McKesson in February, saying negligent oversight exacerbated. It has systems in place to combat opioid diversion, the company said. The companies also gave bonuses based on the number …

Arkansas originally wanted to put eight inmates to death before the state’s supply of midazolam, one of three drugs used in its lethal injection process, expires at the end of April. But at least one high court justice expressed serious reservations about what critics have called Arkansas’ rush to the …

The Lafayette City-Parish council banned smoking in bars with a 7-2 vote Tuesday night. The smoke-free ordinance bans smoking inside, but smokers can light up as long as they’re five-feet away from the doors. (ORIGINAL) Ordinance 0-065-2017 which bans smoking in public places in the City and Parish of Lafayette, …

America’s voracious craving for opioids has brought forth an epidemic.The news is lamentable and heartbreaking.”We have many individuals, a great deal of youngsters that are kicking the bucket superfluously,” said Sussex County Emergency Medical Services Director Robert Stuart. “I will reveal to you a great deal of these individuals that …