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Milwaukee County takes new steps to curve the opioid crisis, including the first harm reduction vending machines in the city.

U.S. authorities have known for years that Americans have died after consuming counterfeit pills containing fentanyl purchased from pharmacies in Mexico.

U.S. authorities have known for years that Americans have died after consuming counterfeit pills containing fentanyl purchased from pharmacies in Mexico.

Precipitously rising there. >> yet, is just heartbreaking watching the town hall which, in the audience, where numerous parents who had lost their children to this and what struck me watching it was just a sense of humility that we really need to re-examine some of our assumptions and kind of check our priors. there was a moment where a senator lindsey graham was on there, making a strong case for intervening in mexico and taking aggressive action. and that might not be where i would go to ideol...

Liberals looking at harm reduction because thats how serious this crisis is. >> that shift in mindset. this is a public health issue -- this is not an issue to shame people. this is not an issue where victims deserve their punishment. it is something that i wish that we had in the 19 80s when crack hit communities and we learned those lessons. we criminalized victims. we threw them away in jail. it is crafted families. it disrupted communities. we have a chance to do something different. but i t...

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Hoping to save lives from opioid overdose, Berkshire Harm Reduction is bringing Narcan to the streets.   Program Manager Sarah DeJesus updated the Board of...

Lets create a system and place where people can go get the support. but in the interim, we need to keep him alive. and we know that the 3000 people weve seen in our program have utilized our space more than 65,000 times. i mean 65 utilization didnt unpacked children or people the street. we had 1. 7 million units of hazardous waste collected on our site, that wouldve stayed in the street. and over 750 overdose interventions, by keeping these beautiful people with us. if theyre with us and stay a...

Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt General Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik on Monday said that all efforts will be made to reach the last mile and untap the unrealized po

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Hoping to save lives from opioid overdose, Berkshire Harm Reduction is bringing Narcan to the streets.   Program Manager Sarah DeJesus updated the Board of...

Investegate announcements from British Amer.Tobacco, Annual Financial Report