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Topic: Overdose Crisis

Fentanyl test strip with bottle of life saving Naloxone. (Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Trump will make overdoses soar again

Charles LeBaron
LEWISVILLE, NC - March 11: Susan Stevens shows off a prescription for Suboxone her daughter Toria filled the day before she died at her home in Lewisville, NC, Monday, March 11, 2019. Stevens lost her 22-year-old daughter Toria to an opioid overdose last year after years of her daughter struggling with addiction following a violent sexual assault. (Photo by Eamon Queeney/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Medicaid cuts may worsen overdose deaths

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Will Trump go after harm reduction?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Green kratom powder, capsule and beverage (Getty Images/Betka82)

Kratom is a "blessing and a curse"

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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A staff member packs overdose prevention kits, including Narcan nasal spray used to treat narcotic overdoses in an emergency situation, at St. Ann's Corner of Harm Reduction in New York City on April 24, 2023. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Overdoses decline but not for everyone

Elizabeth Hlavinka
A Jar Of Dried Psilocybe Mushrooms (Getty Images/James MacDonald/Bloomberg)

"Magic" mushrooms vs. Canada's cops

Troy Farah
The young woman holds onto the prescription bottle while she listens to the doctor (Getty Images/SDI Productions)

FDA calls for new meds for stimulant use

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Paramedics carrying patient in ambulance at night (Getty Images/Cavan Images)

How Oregon's drug policy impact overdose

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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Bottles of the generic prescription pain medication Buprenorphine are seen in a pharmacy (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Why aren't we using addiction meds?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Rushing ambulance at night, US (Getty Images/Marco_Piunti)

Study maps overdose crisis' fourth wave

Elizabeth Hlavinka
(Getty/Stuart Ritchie)

Opioid settlement cash going to police

Elizabeth Hlavinka

Opioid settlement payouts made public

Aneri Pattani - KFF Health News
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