A group of Democrats in the House is urging the Trump Administration to use federal authority to reduce the price of the opioid overdose antidote naloxone.
As the federal government focuses on combating the opioid crisis, a bipartisan effort to revise sentencing guidelines set during the 1980s crack cocaine era faces an uncertain future, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The Office of National Drug Control Policy is months late on delivering a congressionally mandated strategy to address the nation’s opioid crisis, according to USA Today.
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams released a public health advisory Thursday urging more Americans to carry the opioid overdose antidote naloxone, NPR reports.
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb this week called on Internet service providers and social media companies to more carefully monitor online sales of opioids.
President Trump this week announced new plans to fight the opioid crisis, including a proposal to seek the death penalty for drug dealers, NBC News reports.
The Food and Drug Administration will allow drug companies to sell medications that reduce opioid cravings, even if they do not fully stop addiction, The New York Times reports.
