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Narcan Inventor Says Drug Doesn't Enable Addicts
Narcan, the nasal spray that saved Demi Lovato from overdosing, is now available without a prescription in 49 states. Roger Crystal, MD, CEO of Opiant Pharmaceuticals and founder of the drug, was interviewed Thursday by Cheddar.
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Rock icon Kurt Cobain remembered at new exhibition in Ireland
Kurt Cobain's daughter has said the United States needs to overcome its taboo about mental health and addiction almost a quarter of century after her rock star father took his own life. Frances Bean Cobain was speaking on Tuesday in...
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Gaming disorder now a disease according to WHO
For a diagnosis to be made, the negative effects of too much gaming must continue for at least a year. However, the World Health Organization says only one to three per cent of gamers meet the criteria.
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When pharmacies stop thefts, illegal drug use increases
Experts say that's what's happened in B.C. and could also happen in Ottawa, as people who have been on opioid painkillers for years and are now being cut off.
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For One Colorado Lawmaker, the Opioid Epidemic Hits Close to Home
State Rep. Brittany Petterson (D-CO) has witnessed first-hand the debilitating impacts of opioids after watching her mother struggle with addiction for three decades. Now, she's pushing to expand Colorado's Medicaid plan to include drug...
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Opioid Crisis Is Too Familiar for Colorado Lawmaker
Colorado Rep. Brittany Petterson is pushing to expand the state's Medicaid plan to include drug-abuse treatment programs, having witnessed her mother deal with opioid addiction for three decades. "There's really no options for people out...
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Federal government introduces new measures for managing drug addictions
Managing drug addictions is never easy, but the federal government has introduced new measures it hopes will make it easier for patients to get treatment. The federal government is removing the special license requirement for prescribing...
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Facebook's Data Policies Are Like "Cigarette Labels"
Facebook may warn users about how their data could be used, but Quartz's David Yanofsky most people don't understand the full extent of that. And like with other addictive products, they're unlikely to give up on it so easily.
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Will the Gun Debate Mean Regulation on Video Games?
President Trump is supposed to meet with video game makers in the wake of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting to discuss whether violent games could lead to violent behavior. Madison Malone Kircher, New York Magazine's Select All...
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Arianna Huffington Wants You to Leave Behind News Addiction
"There's absolutely no reason to be receiving twelve different notifications giving you the latest Trump tweets," she told Cheddar. She shared her top tip to consuming digital data.
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Dad breaks law trying to help addicted daughter
An Ottawa father says he knows he broke the law by locking his 16-year-old daughter inside the house — a desperate attempt to stop her from buying drugs.
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Dad breaks law trying to help addicted daughter
An Ottawa father says he knows he broke the law by locking his 16-year-old daughter inside the house — a desperate attempt to stop her from buying drugs.
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Canada's struggle with opioid crisis apparent in correction system
As Canada struggles with the opioid crisis, its impact is very apparent in the country's correctional system. The rate of overdoses happening behind bars is surging in many parts of Canada. Treatment is hard to get in provincial...
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The Investigators with Diana Swain - Conversation with 2017 Pulitzer Prize winner
Guest host Mark Kelley talks to Eric Eyre, whose story about opioid addiction in West Virginia was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism this week. Watch The Investigators Saturdays at 9:30 pm ET and Sundays at 5:30 pm...
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B.C. pain summit hears calls for national strategy
Advocates at British Columbia's Provincial Pain Summit say a national pain strategy could balance the needs of those suffering.
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'The OPP told us to stay away, but I don't listen to anyone': Andrea Silcox
Daughter of the late James Silcox went to court in Woodstock to watch Elizabeth Wettlaufer by video link
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Emily Blunt stars as alcoholic divorcee in new thriller
Based on Paula Hawkins’ bestselling novel of the same name, ‘The Girl on The Train’ stars Emily Blunt as a divorcee who becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that sends shockwaves through her life. The actress had to...
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The new face of fentanyl addiction: Kati's story
'I just couldn't stop,' 22-year-old says
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Hunter Tootoo apologizes for 'consensual but inappropriate relationship'
Nunavut's MP Hunter Tootoo finally addressed allegations he had an inappropriate relationship before his sudden resignation from cabinet and Liberal caucus.
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The unexpected faces of addiction
When a respected college professor was found dead in a hotel room in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, it changed the way some saw the city's spiralling fentanyl crisis
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The unexpected faces of addiction
When a respected college professor was found dead in a hotel room in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, it changed the way some saw the city's spiralling fentanyl crisis
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Liberal cabinet minister quits to seek addiction treatment
Hunter Tootoo steps down as Fisheries minister, leaving Trudeau's cabinet and Liberal caucus
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Alternative heroin addiction treatment
A groundbreaking study suggests instead of giving heroin addicts methadone or prescription-heroin, some could be treated with a much more accessible pain medication.