Inside a warming shelter, Laura Gutowski detailed how her life had changed since she became homeless two and a half years ago in Grants Pass, a former timber hub in the foothills of southern Oregon. Her husband’s death left her without steady income. She lived in a sedan, and then in a tent, in sight […]
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Addiction Risk Scores Won’t Solve the Opioid Crisis
Before Dr. Bobby Mukkamala — an ear, nose, and throat specialist in Michigan — prescribed post-surgical opioids recently, he checked state records of his patient’s existing controlled substance prescriptions, as legally required. A score generated by a proprietary algorithm appeared on his screen. Known as NarxCare — and now used by most state prescription monitoring […]
Read MoreHow One Family Lost $900,000 in a Timeshare Scam
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Read MoreFormer Rikers Employees Charged With Smuggling in Contraband
Five people who worked at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City, as well as a detainee there, have been charged with corruption, including smuggling contraband into the jail, according to three complaints unsealed in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday. Federal prosecutors said that in 2021 and 2022, several former city correction officers, […]
Read MoreTeen Drug Use Habits Are Changing, For the Good. With Caveats.
Historically speaking, it’s not a bad time to be the liver of a teenager. Or the lungs. Regular use of alcohol, tobacco and drugs among high school students has been on a long downward trend. In 2023, 46 percent of seniors said that they’d had a drink in the year before being interviewed; that is […]
Read MoreBiden Talks to Xi About Conflicts, From Ukraine to the Pacific
President Biden spoke with Xi Jinping, China’s leader, in a call on Tuesday morning that was aimed at addressing a wide range of combative and cooperative issues, as the United States grapples with wars and other global crises, the White House said. The topics on Mr. Biden’s agenda included fighting narcotics production, the Middle East […]
Read MoreOregon Is Recriminalizing Drugs. Here’s What Portland Learned.
When Oregon embarked on a landmark plan three years ago to decriminalize hard drugs, it wagered that a focus on treatment over punishment would create a new model for drug policy around the country. But after a deluge of overdose deaths and frequent chaos in the streets of Portland, Gov. Tina Kotek signed into law […]
Read More2 Men Charged With Supplying Drugs That Killed Cecilia Gentili
Two men have been charged with providing fentanyl-laced heroin that killed Cecilia Gentili, a prominent transgender activist and actress who was found dead in her Brooklyn home in February. The indictment accused Michael Kuilan, 44, and Antonio Venti, 52, of supplying Ms. Gentili with the drugs, according to an announcement Monday by federal prosecutors in […]
Read MoreAccused Subway Shover Found Little Help in New York’s Chaotic Shelters
Before Carlton McPherson was accused of fatally shoving a stranger in front of a subway train last week, he was placed by New York City into specialized homeless shelters meant to help people with severe mental illness. But at one shelter, in Brooklyn, he became erratic and attacked a security guard. At another, he jumped […]
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