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Drug overdoses driving down U.S. life expectancy – health officials
Americans have lost almost 4 months of longevity since 2014, the report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says

Demi Lovato thankful to be alive after overdose
'It is something that I must continue to overcome and have not done yet,' Demi says on Instagram

Singer Demi Lovato hospitalized for drug overdose – reports
People magazine quotes an anonymous source close to Lovato saying that the singer is in stable condition and that the overdose, while drug-related, is not from heroin, as initially reported by TMZ

China disputes Trump claim it produces most U.S.-bound fentanyl
A Chinese official did not 'deny or reject' the claim that some Chinese-produced fentanyl found its way into the US market, but 'according to the intelligence and information exchanged... between China and the US, the evidence is insufficient to illustrate that the majority of fentanyl or other new psychoactive substances come from China'
Big Bang's T.O.P. is found unconscious, rushed to hospital
T O P is taken to the hospital due to a suspected drug overdose

Prince's doc prescribed meds under friend's name – warrants
The documents pertain to the first 6 months of the investigation into Prince s death at his Minnesota estate a year ago from an overdose of the powerful narcotic fentanyl

Bereaved relatives fear Italy nurse 'may have killed others'
Fausta Bonino is accused of having given her victims up to 10 times the usual dose of the anticoagulant drug Eparina also known as Heparin Her husband insists she is innocent

Stars attend private funeral for Hoffman
The private funeral service lasted for an hour and a half at the Church of St Ignatius Loyola on Park Avenue in Manhattan
Jackson's doctor released from jail after two years
His release was brought forward due to good behavior and prison overcrowding