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The Winchester family of Philip Baldwin, who fatally overdosed in July 2017, participated in a protest Sunday against Purdue Pharma, the makers of OxyContin. The all-day protest took place outside the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution and at Freedom Park near the White House, according to Beth Baldwin, Philip Baldwin's mother.
It has caused huge alarm in China and across Europe; more than 300,000 pigs have died of the disease or been culled in attempts to stop the virus spreading. Maybe you missed it.
Senate Democrats facing tough re-election fights this year are turning to their own constituents to describe their health struggles and addiction battles in starkly personal advertisements at a time when many voters say health care is a top concern. Many of the emotionally-charged advertisements attack Republican efforts scrap the Affordable Care Act, or highlight the opioid epidemic that has claimed so many thousands of lives.
The Senate on Tuesday approved a wide-ranging, $854 billion bill that funds the military and a host of civilian agencies for the next year and provides a short-term fix to keep the government open through early December. The measure includes $675 billion for the Defense Department and boosts military pay by 2.6 percent, the largest pay raise in nine years.
At a time when the U.S. government is trying to deal with a nationwide opioid epidemic, many jails across the country are only now rolling out medicines to help inmates overcome addiction. And most of those jails dispense only one of the drugs currently available.
U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro listens with state, local and federal officials at a roundtable discussion about efforts to curb the opioid epidemic at the New Haven Police Department in 2016. U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro listens with state, local and federal officials at a roundtable discussion about efforts to curb the opioid epidemic at the New Haven Police Department in 2016.
After nearly four months on the job, U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain has concluded that the nine-county region of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania needs more-of just about everything. In an interview with The Legal, McSwain said more new hires, more prosecutions, more cooperation with the media, and the creation of new units are all part of his plan to dial up the office's productivity and boost its public profile.
Cook County Jail detainees discuss their experiences with opioid relapse. The jail runs a program to help those who struggle with opioid addiction, but the reach of the program is limited.
After 50 years of fighting against corruption, racism, homophobia, and bigotry, activist David Mixner continues to shape D.C. politics and educate queer youth on the importance of remaining in the fight. Young people, Mixner says, have always been at the heart of change - from the early civil rights movement to modern day student-led gun reform protests.
Children and family have been central to the institution of the concentration camp from its beginnings 120 years ago. Wikipedia has now added the notorious American border detention centers to its list of concentration camps , and the # FamiliesBelongTogether Twitter hashtag has brought up frequent comparisons.
House Republicans are beefing up their efforts to tackle the nation's deadly opioid crisis, but some experts question how effective their piecemeal approach will be. Congress is touting its recent flurry of action - the House is on track to pass more than 50 bills addressing the issue by the end of this week - on an issue that is hitting many constituents hard, and one that lawmakers are sure to hear about on the campaign trail this year.
Rudy Giuliani admits 'Spygate' is Trump PR tactic against Robert Mueller - Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani said on Sunday that his repeated imputations of a supposed scandal at the heart of the Robert Mueller investigation - which Donald Trump calls "Spygate" - amounted to a tactic Stunning Oval Office leak: Aides fight in front of Trump - about leaks - Shortly after word leaked that Kelly Sadler had taken a nasty shot at John McCain, President Trump convened a meeting in the Oval Office for a tiny group of communications staffers, according to sources familiar with the gathering.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer Christopher Avila and his dog Jack check packages for contraband at the JFK mail facility in New NEW YORK - He looked like a regular mail carrier, dropping off an unremarkable package at an upscale New York City apartment tower, but neither the man nor the package were quite what they seemed. The mail carrier was really a federal agent, conducting a so-called controlled delivery, a tactic the U.S. government employs to help stem the flow of heroin, prescription painkillers and other opioids fueling the nation's epidemic of fatal overdoses.
Top executives of the nation's leading wholesale drug distributors told Congress under oath Tuesday that their companies didn't help cause the nation's deadly opioid epidemic, drawing bipartisan wrath that included one lawmaker suggesting prison terms for some company officials. The confrontation came at a House subcommittee hearing at which legislators asked why huge numbers of potentially addictive prescription opioid pills had been shipped to West Virginia, among the states hardest hit by the drug crisis.
Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who is running for re-election this year in Wisconsin, opened up Tuesday about her mother's mental illness and prescription drug addiction, in a moment of candor Baldwin hoped would empower others with similar experiences to come forward. "This epidemic hits close to home for me and for so many others," Baldwin said, sitting across the table from a Milwaukee woman who also told her story of her father's struggles with addiction.
The Democratic Weekly Address featured Senator Jeanne Shaheen, and it was aired as KVML's "Newsmaker of the Day." Here are his/her words: "Hello, I'm Jeanne Shaheen, Senator from New Hampshire.
That's the severity of the opioid epidemic in this country, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren stressed in Lowell Friday evening. If that plane crash was happening on a daily basis, the country would take every single action to stop it, she said.
A Republican candidate running to challenge West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin for his seat said he would like to "waterboard" opioid dealers during a primary debate on Monday. "When looking at this epidemic I might be a little bit stronger," Jack Newbrough said.