Editor Brian Harrod Provides Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, with aggregated news from sources all over the world from the Roundup Newswires Network
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.
White House blasts 'obstructionist loser' Democrats for blocking spending bill while Schumer blames 'chaotic' Trump as potential deal falters and the country is plunged into crippling shutdown Mo'nique calls for a BOYCOTT of Netflix over 'gender and color bias' after she's offered a $500,000 deal while other comedians receive millions Tom Petty's family reveal he died of an accidental overdose from a huge cocktail of pain medication - including Fentanyl and oxycodone - that he was taking for a broken hip Are you SURE you have the flu? Or is it just a common cold? Experts explain the red flags to look out for The flu shot may be MORE effective now than ever - and it won't make you sick: We break down the myths and facts about this year's vaccine 'I said, "what are we going to do about this?"': Trump's awkward Howard Stern remarks suggesting he considered ABORTING Tiffany come back to ... (more)
Patients would travel hundreds of miles to see Dr. Andrzej Zielke, eager for what authorities described as a steady flow of prescriptions for the kinds of powerful painkillers that ushered the nation into its worst drug crisis in history.
Americans think it's safer to use marijuana than opioids to relieve pain, but they were less comfortable with children and pregnant women using pot to treat medical conditions, according to a new Yahoo/Marist poll released Monday. Two-thirds of the respondents in the telephone survey said opioid drugs such as Vicodin or OxyContin are "riskier" to use than pot, even when the pain pills are prescribed by a doctor.