Big Pharma

Consulting Company Fined $78 Million For Opioid Deaths

NO JAIL TIME? – Dec, 30, 2023 - Consulting firm McKinsey & Co has agreed to pay $78 million to…

12 months ago

Overdoses Prevented by Treating Addiction as Health Problem

SICK PEOPLE NEED HELP –   Jan. 2, 2024 - Kenneth Purnell knows what it’s like to fight “the monster…

12 months ago

Why the ‘War on Drugs’ Failed Addicts

VIDEO – PLANNED THAT WAY – Dec. 20, 2023 - What would our country look like today if we’d spent…

12 months ago

Life After Meth — Learning to Open and Close the Curtains

PERSONAL ACCOUNT –   Dec. 17, 2023 - When I was on meth, I was busy. Very busy. There was…

12 months ago

Chris Christie Wants Outright Renovation to Addiction Recovery Programs

VIDEO – IT’S ABOUT TIME –   Dec. 22, 2023 - The Republican presidential candidate and former New Jersey outlined…

12 months ago

Genetic Test Assesses Opiate Addiction Risk Using DNA

SCIENCE MAY ONE DAY DO SO... –   Dec. 21, 2023 - The test involves swabbing the cheek of a…

12 months ago

Fentanyl Super Labs in Canada Pose New Threat

NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR – Dec. 24, 2023 - Thousands of miles away outside Toronto, police in August found what is…

12 months ago

Methadone Withdrawal-Related Psychosis in Patients With Hormone-Dependent Breast Cancer

DANGER AHEAD – Dec. 28, 2023 - Methadone withdrawal usually presents as a classical opiate withdrawal syndrome, including symptoms such…

12 months ago

Shawn Johnson ‘Refuses Pain Meds’ After Past Adderall Addiction: ‘It Just Scares Me’

ALL THE RIGHT MOVES – Dec. 26, 2023 - “I never want to feel out of control like that again,”…

12 months ago

‘Tranq Tourism’: TikTokers Travel to Film Drug Addicts

ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE – Dec. 17, 2023 - Since 2021, Kensington, a low-income neighborhood in North Philadelphia, has been ground zero…

12 months ago

What To Know About Nitazenes?

VIDEO – IT AIN’T GOOD – Dec. 23, 2023 - The coroner told CBS News that while Denver has seen…

12 months ago

Humana Faces Class-Action Lawsuit for Misuse of Algorithm

INSURANCE COMPANY GREED – Dec. 13, 2023 - Besides the premature termination of rehab care, Humana is also accused of…

1 year ago

MDMA Moves Closer to FDA Approval

ECSTASY FOR BIG PHARMA – Dec. 14, 2023 - The biotech company MAPS Public Benefit Corporation (MAPS PBC) is a…

1 year ago

1500% Increase in Poison Centers Calls Related to Weight-Loss Drugs

VANITY CAN MAIM –   Dec. 14, 2023 - Some have even needed to be hospitalized for severe nausea, vomiting…

1 year ago

Rodents Offer New Insights Into the Diversity of Addiction

THIS IS NO MICKY MOUSE STUDY –   Dec. 1, 2023 - The researchers first gave the rats cocaine, and…

1 year ago

Why Is Adial Pharma Developing Pill for Alcohol Addiction?

REALLY? – Dec. 8, 2023 - We sat down with Cary Claiborne, CEO and president of Adial Pharma, to discuss…

1 year ago

‘Safe Passage’ Offers Path to Recovery

VIDEO – A VERY GOOD THING – Dec. 7, 2023 - In Pekin, anyone looking for drug addiction treatment can…

1 year ago

I Was Hooked on Opioids for Years

BUT NOT FOREVER –   Dec. 8, 2023 - Eventually, I was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and…

1 year ago

Is it possible to be in happy relationship with an addict?

MAYBE? – Dec. 7, 2023 - Dear Hera, Is it possible to stay in a (happy) relationship with an addict? …

1 year ago

Ibogaine Helped Me Beat Heroin Addiction

VIDEO – IT’S COMPLICATED – Dec. 7, 2023 - As an injecting drug user for 20 years, I have personal…

1 year ago

REALITY: Opioids More Potent Than Fentanyl

EUPHORIA HAS A PRICE – Dec. 10, 2023 - Ross told her husband she’d gone out and used methamphetamine and…

1 year ago

Access to MAT Isn’t ‘Silver Bullet’

AUDIO – IT’S A START? – Dec. 6, 2023 - MAT is only effective when combined with psychosocial modalities but…

1 year ago

Opioid Settlement Divides Victims

MONEY MATTERS – Dec. 3, 2023 - “If it gets blown up, nobody gets anything,” Carter, of Maynard, Mass., said…

1 year ago

She Knows How Addiction Hijacks Learning in the Brain

BY STUDYING – Dec. 7, 2023 - Erin Calipari comes from a basketball family. Off the court, as a biology…

1 year ago

Physician Sentenced in $1.2M Opioid Scheme

MAKING A LIVING KILLING –   Dec. 7, 2023 - Texas-based pain management specialist Oscar Lightner, MD, has been sentenced…

1 year ago

There is NO MONEY in sobriety,’ Attorney says of Rehab Scam

SHOCKING VIDEO – MUST WATCH –   Nov. 25, 2023 - A billion-dollar rehab industry is accused of making money…

1 year ago

Murder on the Space Coast: Pill mill victim tells police about first visit with Dr. Gayden

VIDEO – DO MUCH HARM –   Nov. 28, 2023 - Korrianne Lundstrom talks about her experience on her visit…

1 year ago

Having Seizures After Drinking Shots of ‘Gas Station Heroin’

STICK TO THE KIT KATS – Nov. 30, 2023 - The Nov. 21 warning tells consumers not to buy or…

1 year ago

Antique Store Forced to Sell Because of Rampant Drug Use Nearby

NO SOLUTION? –   Nov. 29, 2023 - Banks refuse to lend to a local business based on the state…

1 year ago

The Brain on Opioids

WILLIAM BURROUGHS – Nov. 19, 2023 - In recent years, the opioid epidemic has surged to alarming proportions, casting a…

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