Prescriptions for the ADHD drug Adderall doubled during the pandemic. Abuse and prescriptions have climbed so high they could be next opioid crisis. READ MORE: America's
Genning is becoming a widespread issue in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet online gameplay, and every player is at risk of falling for it. Here's what you need to know about Genning and how it's threatening the Pokemon franchise. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet players are constantly trading Pokemon with friends and using other online features like co-op play and the Battle Stadium. But doing so runs the risk of getting into contact with Genned Pokemon. To put it simply, Genning is a method of...
On Monday, grant applications will open for Georgia's $638 million settlement from opioid drugmakers.Now, officials have to figure out how to spend all that money."From 2010 to 2020, Georgia's number of overdose deaths increased by 207%," said Kevin Tanner, commissioner of Georgia's Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities.He's one of the people in charge of getting the money to communities across the state on the state's Opioid Settlement Advisory Commission. The...
Laura Kowal was looking for love online and ended up being conned out of $1.5 million before her mysterious death. A year-long CBS News investigation found that experts believe law enforcement isn't keeping pace with romance scammers like the ones who victimized Kowal. Correspondent Jim Axelrod reports the first of a four-part series, "Anything for Love," a look inside the nation's romance scam epidemic. [Don't miss Part 2 of the investigative series "Anything for Love" on the "CBS Evening News...
The scammer who drained Laura Kowal of her $1.5 million nest egg and sent the widowed healthcare executive on a path that ended with her death in the Mississippi River, hundreds of miles from her western Illinois home, called himself "Frank Borg."Frank drew Laura into a relationship after she connected to his profile on the popular dating website Match.com. Over months of giddy cellphone calls and in hundreds of florid emails, Frank manipulated her by drawing on publicly-posted details of her...
The Leeds musician and reality TV star bravely shared how he battled with addiction after becoming dependent on the pills, as he advised his followers to “stay away”. The ‘You Want Me’ hitmaker, who has now overcome the addiction, said he decided to share his story to help others in a similar situation as he urged his fans to seek help if they’re struggling with their mental health. In an Instagram post, Zanetti said: “Think it’s very important to share for anyone who is on them now as it’s a...
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The mass importation of Chinese fentanyl is slaughtering Americans at an annual rate equal to that of our bloodiest year in World War II.
Peter Dreier With the National Rifle Association now weaker than it has been in decades, progress is possible—if politicians are willing to seize the time.
More than three-quarters of ethnic minority staff reported incidents of racist harassment and abuse while at work.
The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party released a report on Tuesday detailing its investigation into China’s role in the fentanyl crisis, calling attention to the nation’s “abhorrent” actions and failure to pursue “flagrant” violations of its own laws. In its investigation, the committee found that China subsidizes the exports of illegal fentanyl […]
Sunrise host Nat Barr has demanded Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers address the 'epidemic' of violence against women after the alleged murder of Molly Ticehurst.