US Drug Overdose Deaths Rose 7% in 2017 and Double Over a Decade, CDC Reports
(CNN)More than 72,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2017, up nearly 7% from 2016, according to preliminary data from the US Centers...
Australian Grandmother Sentenced to Death by Hanging for Drug Smuggling
(CNN)An Australian woman has been sentenced to death by hanging after a Malaysian court overturned an earlier acquittal of drug smuggling...
Manhattan to Stop Prosecuting Most Low-Level Marijuana Cases in August
Last year, cops in Manhattan arrested people for smoking or possessing small amounts of marijuana a little more than 5,500 times. A...
Opioid Commission Tells Trump to Declare State of Emergency
The White House panel examining the nation's opioid epidemic has told President Trump to declare a national public health emergency to...
Why Maternity and Mental Health Coverage May Decide Health Care Bill's Fate
(CNN)House GOP leaders are now looking to change an Obamacare provision that guarantees all health insurers cover services such as...
Report: Aide says Nixon's War on Drugs Targeted Blacks, Hippies
Washington (CNN)One of Richard Nixon's top advisers and a key figure in the Watergate scandal said the war on drugs was created as a...