Big Pharma

170 Million Americans Learn Deadly Toxin is Toxic

NOT JUST IN PENCILS – Dec. 8, 2024 - Americans born before 1966 experienced “significantly higher rates of mental health…

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Doctor Convicted of Selling Oxycodone

IF LOOKS COULD KILL... – Dec. 11, 2024 - A Great Neck doctor has been convicted of selling patients oxycodone,…

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Homeless Man Gets 5 Years in Prison for $30 Drug Delivery

INJUSTICE ANYONE? – Dec. 12, 2024 - For $30, Kaream Moore pedaled his bicycle at the request of a man…

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Kratom: “Blessing and curse”

JUST LIKE LOVE – Dec. 14, 2024 - For Andy, kratom produces a similar effect to the opioids he was…

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SUD Execs Say Ozempic & MAT Injectables & AI Likely to Shape 2025

EVERYONE MAKES MONEY – Dec. 11, 2024 - John Driscoll, president and CEO of Caron Treatment Centers “In 2024, we’ve…

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Overdose Survivors: Medical and Mental Challenges

LIFE GOES ON – Dec. 4, 2024 - Surviving overdose is a major sentinel event with significant short- and long-term…

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Vermont’s Largest Rehab No Longer Accepts Patients on Methadone

TOO MUCH TROUBLE? –                                …

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Scientists Learn from Coked Up Rats

RAT RACE – Dec. 5, 2024 - A new study of lab rats who were given cocaine is shedding new light…

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The “Reemergence” of Carfentanil

AVOID AT ALL COST – Dec. 6, 2024 - ...for the most part fentanyl analogs are sometimes a bit more…

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Many View Substance Abuse as Health Issue – But In Many States It’s a CRIME

JAIL’S CHEAPER THAN REHAB – Dec. 6, 2024 - The American Medical Association’s annual report on the overdose crisis, released…

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Life-Saving Opioid Treatments Lacking in NC Rehabs

VIDEO – A SHAME – Nov. 27, 2024 - Chelsea Moore never imagined she’d be advocating for better addiction treatment…

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Local Pharmacist Sentenced For Selling  500,000 Opiate Pills

VIDEO – MONEY MONEY MONEY – Nov. 26, 2024 - Ifeanyi Vincent Ntukogu, 49, of Fresno, pleaded guilty to distributing…

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RFK Jr. Says Heroin Made Him Top-of-Class Student

SO DID HIS MILLIONS – Nov. 27, 2024 - “I did very, very poorly in school, until I started doing…

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“War on Cartels” and Harm Reduction in Peril

DELEGALIZE IT? – Nov. 14m 2024 - President-elect Donald Trump wants drug traffickers to be executed, and could soon have…

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Jimmy Kimmel Mocks “Mr. Anti-Pharmaceutical” RFK Jr.’s Heroin Use: “He Believes In Every Drug Except The Ones That Keep You Alive”

STILL SO HIGH? – Nov. 26, 2024 - Jimmy Kimmel has been roasting Donald Trump’s cabinet picks on Live, but…

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Can Using Singulair For Asthma Make You Kill Yourself?

HEALTH WARNING – Nov. 24, 2024 - A new study on a drug widely prescribed for asthma is binding itself…

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Anxiety Drug Recalled for ‘Possible Life-threatening’ Error

MORE ANXIOUS NOW? – Nov. 21, 2024 - The Pennsylvania-based drug maker Endo announced this week that it is expanding…

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This Book Will Save Your Life: The New Medical Cure for Opioid Addiction

NEW BOOK! READING MATTERS – Nov. 15, 2024 - “This is a pointed and urgent challenge not just for those…

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U.S. Overdose Deaths Down

STUNNING DECLINE – Nov. 13, 2024  -  The decline in U.S. drug overdose deaths appears to have continued this year,…

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Ozempic Better at Treating Alcoholism Than Leading Meds?

VIDEO – BUY STOCK – NOV. 14, 2024 - Only three medications are currently approved for the treatment of AUD,…

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Some Addicts Use Suboxone To Get High

WHY NOT? – Nov. 14, 2024 - Officer Keith Graves said he’s watched addicts on the streets of San Francisco…

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Exposure to Weed in the Womb Can Increase Addiction to Opioids Later in Life

HIGH MODERN FAMILY  – Nov. 13, - 2024 - As many as 1 in 5 pregnant women in the U.S.…

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San Francisco Launches ‘Living Proof’ Campaign to Encourage Addiction Treatment

VIDEO – CITY AS INTERVENTIONIST – NOV. 14, 2024 - The fentanyl crisis has redefined drug overdoses in a way…

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Ozempic and Wegovy May Curb Alcohol Addiction

ONE STEP WONDER  – Nov. 13, 2024 - Weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy are enormously popular for…

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Medicaid Funding Hasn’t Curbed Overdose Deaths

WHAT WOULD? – Nov. 4, 2024 - Stephan Lindner, Ph.D., is lead author on a new study from OHSU that…

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Three Arrested/Charged in Connection with Liam Payne’s Death

VIDEO – WAY TOO YOUNG – Nov. 7, 2024 - The prosecutor’s statement said that during the investigation, “illicit conduct…

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Stubbornly Glamorous Cocaine Lures Us Into Addiction

RIGHT IN YOUR NOSE – Nov. 3, 2024 - Cocaine remains a stubbornly glamorous and seductive drug and for many…

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The Agony of Ketamine Addiction: ‘I felt like I was peeing glass’

AND IT’S LEGAL – Nov. 5, 2024 - Nick had never even heard of ketamine. But when his friend pulled…

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Woman’s Death Linked to Kratom

VIDEO – DANGER ZONE – Oct. 30, 2024 - A lethal dose of Kratom discovered during a toxicology report prompted…

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What Teen In Recovery Wants You To Know

LISTEN UP – Oct. 29, 2024 - In my sophomore year, I was attending a relatively large alternative high school…

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