Heroin Overdose Antidote: Who Gets to Carry It?
Heroin overdose antidote: Who gets to carry it?
Supporters say the opportunity to save potentially thousands of lives outweighs any fears by critics that the promise of a nearby antidote would only encourage drug abuse. At least 17 states and the District of Columbia allow naloxone … Norway plans …
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We need the right tools to tackle the overdose pandemic
They are also grandmothers who take too many painkillers, labourers who get addicted after treatment for a back injury, teenagers who raid their parents' medicine cabinet, kids who mistake pills for candy and recreational users who can be anyone from …
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Murder Charges Dismissed in Mississippi Stillbirth Case
Rennie Gibbs' "depraved heart murder" charge related to a 2006 stillbirth was dismissed, but prosecutors said they plan to try and re-indict the young woman this summer. (Trial via Shutterstock). On Thursday, a Mississippi judge dismissed the …
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