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Beshear Orders Emergency Rule Adding 15 Conditions to Kentucky Medical Cannabis Program

The order clarifies who qualifies by naming specific diagnoses so more patients can access nonaddictive treatment options.

Texas Doctor Indicted in Alleged Pill-Mill Scheme at Cash-Only Houston Clinic

Prosecutors Seek Three-Year Term in Bordeaux Fentanyl Overprescribing Trial

Michigan ER Nurse Gets 2 Years for Fentanyl Tampering

Colorado Hospital and Three Doctors to Pay $650,000 in Opioid Prescribing Settlement

Colorado Anti-Fentanyl Initiative Submits 200,000 Signatures for 2026 Ballot

Pennsylvania Doctor Neil K. Anand Sentenced to 14 Years for Opioid and Health Care Fraud Scheme

FBI Strengthens India Ties to Disrupt China-Backed Fentanyl Routes as Cartels Shift North

Trump Links Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China to Fentanyl Crisis

Dallas Man Sentenced to 8 Years for Smuggling Fentanyl in Child's Toy

'Pawn Stars' Rick Harrison's Son Dies from Accidental Overdose