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Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs speaking to a House committee
Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs Is Upset at the Biden Administration for… Seizing Drugs?

Rep. Andy Biggs wants to know why people aren't upset that border agents stopped massive amounts of fentanyl from entering the US.

Emily Singer Emily Singer July 20, 2021 5:07 pm EDT
Drugs mom and child walking with a separate photo of a laptop computer
Drugs I Channeled the Trauma of Relapsing During COVID Into Building a New Life for Me and My Family

Like other people with substance use disorders, the pandemic has tested me. On the other side of my relapse, however, I found an identity I’d been looking for.

Nia Norris Nia Norris December 30, 2020 2:55 pm EST
Criminal Justice decriminalization is the answer to war on drugs
Criminal Justice Decriminalization Is the Answer to the Devastation the War on Drugs Had on Families

Incarcerating people for drug misuse doesn’t prevent overdoses or deaths, but it does keep families apart and people with substance use disorder from getting treatment.

Nia Norris Nia Norris December 11, 2020 4:46 pm EST
Drugs Two partially used syringes and needles are seen as Rocky Meadows, left, former addict and founder of Lifehouse treatment and recovery center, walks with two former addicts along rail tracks where addicts use drugs on October 2, 2019 in Huntington, WV. (Photo by Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Drugs Trump Insulted Biden’s Son for Drug Addiction, But Overdose Deaths Have Increased During His Presidency.

Deaths from drug overdoses increased in more than two-thirds of states last year. And the coronavirus pandemic could make it worse.

Sarah Amy Harvard Sarah Amy Harvard September 30, 2020 5:13 pm EDT
Coronavirus President Donald Trump wears a face mask as he participates in a tour of Bioprocess Innovation Center at Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, Monday, July 27, 2020, in Morrisville, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Coronavirus Trump Just Won’t Stop Pushing Unproven COVID-19 Treatment

President Donald Trump is back to spreading misinformation about how to combat the coronavirus and the credibility of Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Associated Press Associated Press July 28, 2020 10:25 am EDT

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The post-war economic boom of the 1950s and 60s sharply increased Wisconsin crop production. In this photo from the Wisconsin Historical Society, Latino farm workers hoe a cucumber field near Wautoma in 1967. Economy From Farms to Factories to New Businesses, Latinos Have Made a Mark on Wisconsin’s Economy for More Than a Century
This 2018 photo shows the signage of the Fayetteville Works plant where the Delaware-based Chemours Company manufactures C3 dimer acid, also known as GenX. The chemical has entered the Cape Fear River, a source of drinking water for much of the southeastern part of North Carolina for an unknown time period. (Photo via AP Photo/Gerry Broome) Environment Polluters of ‘Forever Chemicals’ No Longer Getting a Pass, EPA Head Pledges
A photo of the Fall Creek School District building in Eau Claire County. Gina Kildahl, a parent whose 7-year-old son contracted COVID-19 while attending the school, recently filed a lawsuit against the district for failing to implement masking requirements and other precautions aimed at mitigating the spread of the virus. (Photo courtesy of the Fall Creek School District) Coronavirus Mom Who Sued Over Lack of COVID Protections in National Spotlight
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Coronavirus FILE - This is an April 30, 2020, file photo showing Gilead Sciences headquarters in Foster City, Calif. The maker of a drug shown to shorten recovery time for severely ill COVID-19 patients says it will charge $2,340 for a typical treatment course for people covered by government health programs in the United States and other developed countries. Gilead Sciences announced the price Monday, June 29 for remdesivir, and said the price would be $3,120 for patients with private insurance. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
Coronavirus They Got Public Funding to Develop a Coronavirus Treatment. Now They Want to Charge $2,340.

A consumer group called it “an outrage” because of the amount taxpayers invested toward the drug's development.

Associated Press Associated Press June 29, 2020 10:31 am EDT
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Coronavirus FDA Slams the Door Shut on Using Hydroxychloroquine to Treat COVID-19

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday announced it was revoking emergency authorization of two malaria drugs touted by President Trump as a possible “‘game changer”’ in the fight against COVID-19.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil June 15, 2020 1:49 pm EDT