Drug addiction
Pastor Marsha Hawkins-Hourd, a community leader in St. Louis, drives past a man standing on a sidewalk in a neighborhood known to locals as a gathering spot for drug use on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Hawkins-Hourd describes the vacant buildings in the neighborhood as a symbol of addiction and a community thrown away. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
In pandemic, drug overdose deaths soar among Black Americans

Claire Galofaro Jun. 24, 2021 02:59 AM EDT

Kentucky AG sues CVS Health over state's opioid problems

By Bruce Schreiner Jun. 02, 2021 11:37 AM EDT
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's attorney general on Wednesday sued CVS Health, accusing its pharmacy chain of flooding the state with prescription opioids...

This image released by Red Table Talk shows TV personality Kelly Osbourne, who will appear in an episode of the talk show series to discuss her battle with drug and alcohol addiction. The episode will be available on Wednesday, June 2 on Facebook Watch. (Jordan Fischer/Red Table Talk via AP)
Kelly Osbourne opens up about drug and alcohol addictions

By Mark Kennedy Jun. 01, 2021 10:00 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press May. 10, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Akron Beacon Journal. May 9, 2021. Editorial: $20 million can’t reduce Akron’s gun violence without innovation, clear plan ...

Theresa Guerrero, of Tucson, Ariz., raises a candle in memory of those lost to drug overdoses during an event in Gilbert, Ariz., on March 31, 2021. Her son died of a fentanyl overdose last May, and she says his struggles with drugs were exacerbated by isolation brought on by the pandemic. (Alberto Mariani/Cronkite News via AP)
Tragedies pile up with drug overdoses surging amid pandemic

By Jamie Landers May. 08, 2021 10:00 AM EDT

FILE - This July 23, 2018 file photo shows packets of buprenorphine, a drug which controls heroin and opioid cravings, in Greenfield, Mass. The U.S. government is easing requirements that made it difficult for doctors to treat opioid addiction using the medication. New guidelines announced Tuesday, April 27, 2021, mean doctors will no longer need eight hours of training to prescribe buprenorphine. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
US lifts barriers to prescribing addiction treatment drug

By Carla K. Johnson Apr. 27, 2021 09:34 AM EDT

Larrecsa Cox, who leads the Quick Response Team whose mission is to save every citizen who survives an overdose from the next one, peers around a stairwell while walking through an abandoned home frequented by people struggling with addiction, in Huntington, W.Va., Thursday, March 18, 2021. As the COVID pandemic killed more than a half-million Americans, it also quietly worsened what was before it the country's greatest public health crisis: addiction and despair. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
A city wrestled down an addiction crisis. Then came COVID-19

By Claire Galofaro Apr. 08, 2021 01:02 AM EDT

People wear face masks as they queue in front of the vaccination center in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, March 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
The Latest: Trump blasts Fauci and Birx as 'self-promoters'

By The Associated Press Mar. 29, 2021 05:27 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Feb. 17, 2021 09:00 AM EST
Erie Times-News. Feb. 14, 2021. Editorial: Carl Knight’s story underscores importance of criminal justice reform The...

Grants address racial disparities in opioid services

Feb. 13, 2021 12:45 PM EST
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts attorney general's office has awarded $1.5 million in grants to 16 organizations across the state to address racial disparities...

WVa, others to get $1.85M in federal opioid misuse funding

Dec. 23, 2020 04:23 AM EST
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s U.S. senators announced $1.85 million in federal funding for opioid misuse research and treatment programs in the...

Editorial Roundup: Tennessee

By The Associated Press Dec. 16, 2020 03:07 PM EST
Recent editorials from Tennessee newspapers: ___ Dec. 14 The Kingsport Times-News on why the...

7-year term for Virginia doctor accused of running pill mill

Dec. 01, 2020 02:48 PM EST
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia physician has been sentenced to seven years in prison for running what prosecutors described as a pill mill that...

Hulu series on opioid addiction set to film in Virginia

Nov. 27, 2020 10:29 AM EST
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — “Dopesick,” a new Hulu series about America's struggle with opioid addiction, is set to begin filming in locations around Virginia. ...

This Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020 photo shows Purdue Pharma headquarters in Stamford, Conn. The Justice Department says on Wednesday, Purdue Pharma, the company that makes OxyContin, will plead guilty to three federal criminal charges as part of a settlement of more than $8 billion. OxyContin is the powerful prescription painkiller that experts say helped touch off an opioid epidemic. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to plead to 3 criminal charges

By Michael Balsamo And Geoff Mulvihill Oct. 21, 2020 09:48 AM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2017, file photo, Jeanne Moser, center, of East Kingston, N.H., watches as President Donald Trump reaches out to touch a photo of her son, Adam Moser, during an event to declare the opioid crisis a national public health emergency in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Adam was 27 when he died from an apparent fentanyl overdose. The coronavirus outbreak and the Trump administration's response to the pandemic have been a dominating theme in this year's presidential race. That has overshadowed debate over how to handle the nation's drug overdose crisis, which has contributed to the deaths of more than 470,000 Americans over the last two decades. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Worsening opioid crisis overshadowed in presidential race

By Farnoush Amiri And Geoff Mulvihill Oct. 21, 2020 03:09 AM EDT

People wait to ride a revolving swing at the Perry State Fair in New Lexington, Ohio, Friday, July 24, 2020. In the towns that speckle the Appalachian foothills of southeast Ohio, the pandemic has barely been felt. Coronavirus deaths and racial protests - events that have defined 2020 nationwide - are mostly just images on TV from a distant America. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
In Appalachia, people watch COVID-19, race issues from afar

By Tim Sullivan Oct. 01, 2020 12:34 AM EDT

In this image taken during a video broadcast via Zoom, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a law on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, in Sacramento, Calif., that for the first time defines “medical necessity," a move aimed at requiring private health insurance plans to pay for more mental health and drug addiction treatments. (Zoom via AP)
California governor signs law to grow mental health coverage

By Adam Beam Sep. 25, 2020 03:35 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press Sep. 09, 2020 04:05 PM EDT
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from New York’s newspapers: Give Money to Babies New York Time ...

Tourists wearing face masks carry their surfboard at Kuta beach, Bali, Indonesia on Thursday, July 9, 2020. Indonesia's resort island of Bali reopened after a three-month virus lockdown Thursday, allowing local people and stranded foreign tourists to resume public activities before foreign arrivals resume in September.(AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Asia Today: India's cases jump, transmission rate increases

Jul. 08, 2020 11:36 PM EDT