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Aspirin prevents heart attacks, and good policy could give other generic drugs a second life. Source link
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Drug counselor who distributed ketamine that killed Matthew Perry sentenced to 2 years
The man who pleaded guilty to distributing the ketamine that killed actor Matthew Perry was sentenced to 2 years in federal prison. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Erik Fleming pleaded guilty in 2024 to conspiracy to distribute ketamine and distribution of ketamine resulting in death … Read more
Overdose deaths fall for 3rd straight year amid a changing drug supply and funding cuts
About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year, according to preliminary government data. It was the third straight annual drop, making it the longest decline in decades, according to federal data released Wednesday. The 2025 total is about the same as the tally in 2019, before … Read more
U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Fall for Third Straight Year
Fatalities declined nearly 14% in 2025 to prepandemic levels, driven by a drop in fentanyl and other opioid-related deaths. Source link
Family of teen who died from a drug overdose after consulting ChatGPT sues OpenAI
The family of Sam Nelson, a California teen who died from a drug overdose after allegedly taking advice from ChatGPT, is suing OpenAI. Jo Ling Kent reports. Source link
Their son died of a drug overdose after consulting ChatGPT. Now they’re suing OpenAI.
A Texas couple whose son died of an overdose in 2025 after using OpenAI’s ChatGPT tool to get information about drugs sued the technology company on Tuesday, blaming the AI platform for his death. Leila Turner-Scott and her husband, Angus Scott, are seeking to hold OpenAI and its creators accountable after their son, Sam Nelson, … Read more
Fentanyl deaths could now cost drug dealers their lives under new GOP proposal
Federal drug raid in Los Angeles targets open-air drug market in MacArthur Park Fox News correspondent Matt Finn reports live from Los Angeles on a massive federal drug raid in MacArthur Park, a notorious open-air drug market controlled by gangs. Agents seized 40 pounds of fentanyl, enough for 190,000 fatal doses, valued at $8-10 million. … Read more
U.S. and China arrest 5 in joint drug smuggling investigation ahead of Trump trip
It is also the latest headway officials in both countries have made in their cooperation on cracking down on cross-border drug operations. Last month, the U.S. handed over a Chinese fugitive suspected of drug-related crimes to Beijing in a rare extradition after the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency acted on intel provided by China’s narcotics … Read more
Pentagon says one survivor after latest strike on alleged drug boat in eastern Pacific kills 2
The U.S. military’s latest strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed two men Friday while leaving one survivor. Video posted on social media by U.S. Southern Command shows a black, boat-shaped image before what appears to be an explosion, followed by a column of fire rising from the ocean. Southern … Read more
US military strike on alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific kills 2
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military’s latest strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed two men Friday while leaving one survivor. Video posted on social media by U.S. Southern Command shows a black, boat-shaped image before what appears to be an explosion, followed by a column of fire rising from the … Read more