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Could the DEA have stopped the opioid epidemic by cutting off the supply?

by Sari Horwitz and Scott Higham The Washington Post January 5, 2020January 3, 2020

Congress and others want the supply restricted to curb abuse, but former DEA officials say it cannot be done without hurting legitimate pain patients.

Perspective

Counties where auto plants close see higher rates of opioid overdose deaths, new research finds

by Taylor Telford The Washington Post January 5, 2020December 31, 2019

Within five years of an auto plant closing, opioid overdose deaths among working-age adults were 85% higher than in counties where plants had not closed, a new study from the University of Pennsylvania found.

Perspective

How the opioid epidemic evolved

by Steven Rich, Meryl Kornfield, Brittany Renee Mayes and Aaron Williams The Washington Post January 5, 2020December 31, 2019

A new analysis of overdose data shows when and where the three waves of drugs took hold.

Nation / World, Politics

On foreign policy, Trump flouts risks that gave others pause

by ZEKE MILLER Associated Press January 4, 2020January 6, 2020

President Donald Trump is not the first American leader to have Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in his sights, but he was the first to pull the trigger

Nation / World, Politics

Winner of $400M border wall contract: ‘a gung-ho, smart guy’

by JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press January 4, 2020January 6, 2020

The driving force behind a North Dakota company that won a $400 million contract to build part of the border wall is described as a “go-getter” and a “gung-ho, smart guy” by people who know him

Nation / World

Rockets fired after day of mourning for slain Iranian leader

by QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press January 4, 2020January 6, 2020

Thousands of militiamen and other supporters chanting “America is the Great Satan” marched in a funeral procession in Baghdad for Iran’s top general, who was killed in a U.S. airstrike

Business, Nation / World

Gym class without the gym? With technology, it’s catching on

by CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press January 4, 2020January 6, 2020

For students whose tests and textbooks have migrated to screens, technology as gym equipment may have been only a matter of time

Maine

Maine can expect a few inches of snow starting Saturday afternoon

by WGME January 3, 2020January 6, 2020

Our next weather maker will bring snow to the area Saturday into early Sunday morning. Expect snow to develop around mid day for many communities Saturday. Southern and coastal Maine may begin with a period of rain but even there, you’ll change to snow. Snow will be with us Saturday night through Sunday morning. The […]