Big Pharma

More OD Deaths Linked to Smoking Drugs Than Injecting Them

CONTRADICTORY? –   Feb. 15, 2024 - While the number of adults who injected drugs increased during that period, the…

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The Addiction Recovery Story We Never Hear

NEW YORK TIMES ESSAY –   Feb. 14, 2023 - Twenty women with felony records and a history of drug…

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S.F.’s Largest Treatment Provider Investigated After Overdose Deaths

CORPORATE MISTAKES? –   Feb. 9, 2024 - California officials are investigating the recent deaths of two men who fatally…

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Semaglutide (Ozempic) Shows Promise For Alcoholism

HUMAN TRIALS SOON – Feb. 10, 2024 - “Parts of the brain that drive eating behaviors overlap extensively with the…

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Kroger Sued for Unsafe Opioid Prescriptions

ACCOMPLICES TO MURDER FOR MONEY – Feb. 13, 2024 - “For more than a decade, Kroger flooded Kentucky with an…

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Father of Pharmacist Who Died Calls CVS Memo ‘corporate garbage’

PUSHERS –   Feb. 12, 2024 - Ashleigh Anderson, 41-year-old died after suffering a heart attack during her shift at…

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With New Methadone Rule, SAMHSA Isn’t Coming to Save Us

IT’S COMPLICATED –   Feb. 13, 2024 - For patients, it means the majority will continue to suffer under the…

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Lawmakers Champion MDMA as ‘game-changer’ in PTSD Treatment

VIDEO – LET IT WORK IF IT WORKS –   Feb. 15, 2024 - Advocates and lawmakers across the political…

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Lack of Oversight In Treatment Industry Leads To Corruption

HEALTH-CARE IS WEALTH-CARE – Feb. 7, 2024 - The report highlighted questionable practices at treatment facilities and sober living houses…

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New Jersey Will Receive Nearly $9.5M from Opioid Settlement

AIN’T ENOUGH –   Feb. 2, 2024 - “When you visit a physician, you do not expect that the details…

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Psychedelic Drugs Can Treat Addictions — Time We Got Over Moralistic Fears!

AUDIO – THEIR NOT A SLIP? – Feb. 8, 2024 -  In 1933, the founder of AA, Bill Wilson, achieved…

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Unraveling Mystery of Kansas City Chiefs Fans’ Frozen Fentanyl Deaths

THE END –   Feb. 3, 2024 -  She walked upstairs, looked out the large back windows and saw a…

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Phthalates aka “everywhere chemicals” Found in the Womb

VIDEO – IS NO PLACE SAFE? –   Feb. 7, 2024 -  The US saw roughly 57,000 preterm births caused…

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First of-its-kind Opioid Center Coming to  Las Vegas Colorful

VIDEO – IT TAKES A VEGAS – Jan. 29, 2024 - “It will have 240 beds and an intake for…

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Kids Don’t Get Science-Backed Drug Prevention

IS SCIENCE TOO WOKE? –   Jan. 11, 2024 - As science teacher Zach Lazar looks out across his classroom…

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As Opioid Deaths Soar, Biden Fills Up The Methadone Pitchers

RELIEF IS IN SIGHT – Feb. 2, 2024 - Now for the first time in more than 20 years, the…

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Tylenol PM and Advil PM and Benadryl Linked to Dementia?

VIDEO – SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF THIS – Feb. 2, 2024 - Dr. Charles Puza, a New York–based physician,…

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Discrimination Suit vs. Pa. Courts for Withholding Suboxone Settled

IS IT THAT COMPLICATED? –   Feb. 1, 2024 - Pennsylvania’s court system will pay a total of $100,000 to…

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French PR Agency to Pay $350 Million for its Role in Our Opioid Crisis

THE WHOLE WORLD WAS WATCHING – Feb. 2, 2024 - A subsidiary of the French advertising giant Publicis will pay…

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Experimental Pain Medication May Work Without Risk of Addiction

IT’S ABOUT TIME –   Feb. 2, 2024 - The drug, called VX-548, works by blocking pain signals from nerves…

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Doctor Who Prescribed 500k Opioid Doses Gets Conviction Nullified

NOW WHAT? –   Feb. 2, 2024 - A Virginia doctor who prescribed more than 500,000 opioid doses in less…

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Did The DEA Make Up Faux “Fentanyl Facts” Quiz?

IMAGINATION DISTORTED – Jan. 29, 2024 - The tournament part of the “One Pill Can Kill Game Over Tournament,” where…

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ADHD Meds Recalled Because Bottles Contain Different Drug

OOPS! –   Jan. 29, 2024 - Patients who have received the wrong medicine have a higher risk of getting…

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Author Breaks Silence Surrounding Addiction

THIS MAN KNOWS –   Jan. 20, 2024 - Sam Quinones has been on the front line of reporting on…

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Rewiring Your Brain!

IT HAS TO HAPPEN – Jan. 26, 2024 - Many people are wired to seek and respond to rewards. Your…

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Fentanyl Forum Tells parents to Talk With Their Children

AUDIO – COMMUNICATION IS KEY –   Jan. 24, 2024 - The message during a recent public health forum  was…

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New Synthetic Opioids Could Make Fentanyl Crisis Look Like ‘the good old days’

THE GOOD OLD DAYS WEREN’T – Jan. 23, 2024  - Chemists refer to this category of drugs as “nitazenes,” even…

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Get To Know “gas station heroin”

DON’T USE AND DRIVE! –   Jan. 24, 2024 - Many tianeptine users are taking the substance because they believe…

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Finding Recovery and Staying Safe from New England Journal of Medicine

VIDEO – HELPFUL INFORMATION –   Jan. 25, 2024 - In this Double Take video from the New England Journal…

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Jelly Roll Delivers Powerful Anti-Fentanyl Testimony at Senate Hearing

TRUTH TO POWER – Jan. 11, 2024 - Jelly Roll is not shy about his past as a drug dealer.…

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