According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there have been more than 200,000 opioid-related deaths in the United States over the last...
Federal and state agencies working on an opioid task force gathered online for the first time this week. The Region IV Opioid Crisis Coalition federal...
New Jersey police detective Eric Price came in contact with fentanyl while doing his job. “I felt like my body was shutting down,” Price said. “People...
Drugs like fentanyl aren’t just creating new risks for human police officers. The dogs who use their powerful noses to sniff out drugs are inhaling the...
On a recent sweltering afternoon, Jeremy stood on a street corner in Atlanta, remembering how his relationship with opioids started. “I was stealing...
Imagine that you haven't eaten in several days. What would you be thinking about? Most likely, food would be on your mind! The craving for sustenance...
Lisa Kidd knows the drill. She flashes her identification card without needing to be prompted and has her lockbox open, ready to go. This is what she’s...
The push for medical amnesty all started with a group of parents who lost children to drug overdose. Robin Elliott was one of them. “My son Zach was a...
Getting opioids can be very easy. Getting rid of them can be very hard. There’s a lot at stake here. Failure to do dispose of opioids can impacts lives,...
Every day in the United States 91 people die of opioid overdose. That includes prescription opiates and heroin. Over a year, that’s more than ten times...
Georgia is a major distribution hub for everything from food and cars to raw materials like cotton and turpentine. And, increasingly, illegal drugs,...
