Alcohol and drug abuse costs taxpayers £130m a year in disability benefits
Taxpayers are footing a £130m-a-year bill for disability benefit claims linked to alcohol and drug abuse, official statistics show.
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How biotechs are using AI to rescue failed drugs
Another company involved in using AI to repurpose failed drugs – as well as drugs that have already been approved – is ...
Provincial government getting tougher on drug crime
Legislation around illegal drugs may ultimately fall under federal government jurisdiction, but there are some measures provinces can take within those confines. Recently, the Saskatchewan government ...
From violent crime drops to drug arrest surges: Inside OPD’s 2024 crime report
Crime trends in Odessa are shifting, with a notable drop in violent crime but an increase in drug-related and DWI arrests, ...
Cocaine laced with fentanyl suspected in Staten Island ER visits, doc warns
District Attorney Michael E. McMahon hosted the Staten Island Fentanyl and Overdose Task Force at its first meeting of the ...
Fact-Checking Trump’s Speech at the Justice Department
The president revived a number of falsehoods he had used on the campaign trail last year, including his lie that the 2020 ...
Trump county worries Medicaid cuts could throw them back into opioid spiral
HARLAN, Ky. - Candice Fee isn’t sure who’s right in the debate over the future of Medicaid: the Republican president whose ...
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Texas Senate approves bills aimed at promoting healthy eating
The Texas Senate passed two bills March 12 that would regulate the use of certain food additives in public schools and stores ...
Fewer deaths, new substances and evolving treatments in Philly’s opioid epidemic − 4 essential reads
Philly’s opioid addiction crisis is constantly evolving. Local health care workers and researchers explain some of the latest ...