drug addiction

BRUCE R. MILLER Johnny, we hardly knew ye.The John Mulaney who takes center stage in “Baby J” still brings the snark. But he also opens a vein.In this, his first post-rehab Netflix special, the former…

By ANDREW SELSKY - Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Two years after Oregon residents voted to decriminalize hard drugs and dedicate hundreds of millions of dollars to treatment, few people have…

By ANDREW SELSKY - Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Two years after Oregon residents voted to decriminalize hard drugs and dedicate hundreds of millions of dollars to treatment, few people have…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON - AP Medical Writer Harold Lewis has been fighting drug addiction for years, but only recently started thinking recovery could be fun.The 59-year-old former cook earned small prizes…

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $40.5 million in a settlement with New Hampshire over its role in the opioid addiction crisis, days before the case was scheduled for trial, the state…

By MATTHEW PERRONE - AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A long-awaited review of prescription opioid medications, including their risks and contribution to the U.S. overdose epidemic, is still underway…

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press ROME (AP) — Abel Ferrara, whose gritty New York exploitation films of the 1980s and 1990s delved into the soulless evils of drug addiction, corruption and sexual…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — When JD Vance founded “Our Ohio Renewal” a day after the 2016 presidential election, he promoted the charity as a vehicle for helping solve…

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. David Ige on Tuesday outlined plans for how the state will spend $78 million it's receiving from a multistate settlement reached with pharmaceutical industry companies over their role in the…

NEW YORK (AP) — A once-prominent neurologist was found guilty Friday on charges of sexually abusing patients while treating them with pain medications.A New York City jury reached the verdict after deliberating for about…