Heavy-duty prescription painkillers like hydrocodone and OxyContin are a big part of medicine in Nevada, with doctors prescribing them at a rate that nearly reached one per person last year.
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In 1977, when U.S. Highway 50 was still the road less traveled, just another anonymous stretch of asphalt traversing the American West, Denys Koyle’s life took an unpredictable turn.
When Carl Graves realized this spring that he and his roommate no longer could afford their Las Vegas apartment, the 44-year-old pictured himself living on the streets again, as he’d done on and off since 2010.
Public-private collaboration will let researchers ‘analyze and model public health risks.’
A polygamous family from TV’s “Sister Wives” filed a request Monday for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case for legalizing polygamy.
Would you give up an hour of your time to save a life? Southern Nevadans are urged to do that during National Blood Donation Week — a concept that began last year in Nevada and is now spreading across the nation.
A move by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to ban kratom — an Asian herb with pain-relieving properties — has local users and alternative medicine advocates up in arms.
Gov. Brian Sandoval’s Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Summit concluded Thursday with a laundry list of recommendations to reduce opioid abuse in Nevada.