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After yearslong delay, DEA revokes license of wholesale drug distributor over opioid crisis failures
(AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration stripped one of the nation’s largest drug distributors of its license to sell highly addictive painkillers Friday after determining it faileMay 26, 2023
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Adolescent mental health shows signs of improvement but remains a crisis, CDC reports
(CNN) — During the Covid-19 pandemic, mental health-related visits to emergency departments rose sharply among children and adolescents. A new report published Thursday by the US CenteMay 11, 2023
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Frustration grows over wait on OxyContin maker’s settlement
More than a year after OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma reached a tentative settlement over the toll of opioids that was accepted nearly universally by the groups suing the company — includinApril 29, 2023
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Dying patients protest looming telehealth crackdown
At age 93, struggling with the effects of a stroke, heart failure and recurrent cancer, Teri Sheridan was ready to end her life using New Jersey’s law that allows medically assisted suicide RApril 23, 2023
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Indiana chief justice: State should act to avoid ‘justice by geography’
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Indiana needs to take act to avoid creating a “justice by geography” criminal court system, the chief justice of the Indiana Supreme Court tells I-Team 8 in anApril 17, 2023
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El Chapo sons among 28 Sinaloa cartel members charged by US with fentanyl trafficking
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday announced charges against 28 members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel, including sons of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” GuzmaApril 14, 2023
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Biden administration declares fentanyl laced with xylazine ‘an emerging threat’ in the US
(CNN) — The White House has declared that the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl combined with xylazine — an animal tranquilizer increasingly used in illicit drugs — is an “emApril 12, 2023
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FDA approves first over-the-counter opioid overdose antidote Narcan
(CNN) — With drug overdose deaths continuing to hover near record levels, the US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved for the first time an over-the-counter version of thMarch 29, 2023
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What did fmr. US surgeon general and WISH med. expert say about overhaul of organ donation rules
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Dr. Jerome Adams, WISH-TV medical expert and former U.S. surgeon general, talked with News 8 Tuesday about big medical news over the past week. Suggested changes for organMarch 28, 2023