opioid crisis

Are States Spending Opioid Settlement Funds Wisely?

FOUND MONEY LOST – Nov. 2025 - In March 2022, companies involved in the opioid crisis reached a settlement with New Jersey that would provide the state $1 billion over 18 years. These funds were generally understood ... Read More...

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The Opioid Crisis We’re Not Measuring

WHY NOT? – Nov. 19, 2025 - We Can’t Fix the Opioid Crisis If We Don’t Know What’s Killing People. Much of our country still relies on toxicology panels built for yesterday’s drug supply. These panels can reliably ide... Read More...

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Judge Orders Sackler Family to Pay $7.4 Billion in Opioid Settlement

MURDERERS ROW – Nov. 14, 2025 - In thousands of lawsuits, Purdue and members of the Sackler family were later accused of aggressively marketing OxyContin, while misleading doctors and patients over its addiction and ... Read More...

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New Process Blocks Pain Without Opioids

SCIENCE AT ITS BEST – Nov. 13, 2025 - Scientists have uncovered a hidden mechanism in the human body that can naturally silence pain without the risks of addiction or sedation. This discovery could redefine how chron... Read More...

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Opioid Addictions Often Untreated As Youth Overdose Rapidly Rise in U.S.

HORRIBLE – Sept. 26, 2025 - In 2023, 557 teens died of opioid overdose, nearly threefold as many as in 2018, while adult opioid deaths only went up by 65% during this time, according to the study. Drug overdoses are ... Read More...

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How a Doctor Went from Treatment Pioneer to Window Washer in Prison

BECAUSE HE’S GUILTY – Sept. 24, 2025 - Doctors could prescribe methadone for pain but needed special permission from the Drug Enforcement Administration to prescribe the medication for opioid use disorder. S... Read More...

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Forgotten Opioid Resurfaces As Lethal Street Drug

COMEBACK TIME – Sept. 16, 2024 - Nitazenes—a class of highly potent synthetic opioids—are rapidly emerging as a major contributor to the overdose crisis. Originally developed in the 1950s but never approved for clini... Read More...

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Seniors Get Poor Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

WHY? – Sept. 3, 2025 - Opioid use is a growing health problem for older adults in the U.S. Drug overdose deaths for people age 65 and older increased 11.4% between 2022 and 2023, per Centers for Disease Control and P... Read More...

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Doctor Responsible for Fatal Overdoses Has To Give Up Properties

LOCK HIM UP – Sept. 2, 2025 - The pill scheme happened between at least April 2019 and January 2024. According to prosecutors, Allingham would write prescriptions for opioids and amphetamines without properly assessi... Read More...

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Love Island’s Austin Shepard Gets Candid about Opioid Addiction

VIDEO – NICE GENES – Aug. 27, 2025 - Austin Shepard is sharing the struggles he faced before his time in the villa. “When I was 22, to get clean from opiates, I did this psychedelic stuff called Ibogaine,” the 26-yea... Read More...

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‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Could Lead to 1000 More Overdose Deaths A Year

GRAVEYARDS REJOICE – July 25, 2025 - The day before the bill passed the House, a group of researchers sent a memo to House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, estimating that the package would... Read More...

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New Tax Law Will Only Increase Overdose Deaths by 1000 Each Year

PROGRESS NOT PERFECTION – July 18, 2025 - The Republican tax bill signed into law earlier this month could result in a significant death toll for people seeking treatment for opioid addiction, according to a group of... Read More...

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Doctor Accused of Trading Opiates For Sex

NOT QUAALUDES? – July 18, 2025 - Dr. Karla issued more than 30,000 prescriptions for oxycodone to over 1,500 different patients. At various times, Karla would issue as many as 50 prescriptions for oxycodone in ... Read More...

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‘Mother Methadone’ Reclaims Empathy Against Opioid Stigma

AUDIO – MOTHER TERESA OF ADDICTS – July 18, 2025 - Like many young doctors, Melody Glenn wasn’t getting much sleep. It was the late 2010s, and she was working shifts at several Bay Area hospitals. Sometimes, driving ... Read More...

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Prosecutors Seek 20 Years for Doctor Convicted of Opioids-for-cash Scheme

PRISON DOCTOR NOW – June 13, 2025 - Dr. Ndubuisi Joseph Okafor was convicted in March on 24 counts of conspiracy and unlawful distribution of oxycodone. Prosecutors said he used a network of trusted customers and fal... Read More...

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Pharmacy Sued For Wrongful Death

VIDEO – LITTLE PHARMA CAN SUCK TOO – June 17, 2025 - Attorneys say Strickland filled four prescriptions in just seven days. He then died 10 days after his last prescription. Pharmacist Stephen Burklow kept a pi... Read More...

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$7.4 Billion Opioid Settlement vs. Purdue

VIDEO – NEVER ENOUGH – June 16, 2025 - Purdue introduced OxyContin, a brand name of oxycodone, in the 1990s and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2019 after the company was sued thousands of times ... CONTINUE@... Read More...

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Why Are SYNTHETIC Opioids So Dangerous?

THEY KILL YOU – June 5, 2025 - Overdoses and drug poisonings are now the third leading cause of death in people under age 20, behind firearms and motor vehicle crashes. As a parent, I wanted to know more about ... Read More...

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Medicaid Undoing Linked to Disruptions in Opioid Addiction Treatment

CRAZY WORLD – May 2, 2025 - The massive national effort to return the Medicaid enrollment process to its pre-pandemic rules starting in April 2023 may have disrupted the care of people receiving treatment for opioid ... Read More...

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The Untold Story of CDC’s Disastrous War on Opioids

VIDEO – UNBELIEVABLE – April 25, 2025 - Host Robert Scheer dives into a critical discussion with Dr. Charles LeBaron, a distinguished physician and CDC veteran, who has authored a compelling and essential book,... Read More...

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Mindfulness Therapy Reduces Opioid Craving and Addiction

IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD – April 30, 2025 - The study included 160 individuals with chronic pain — both with and without OUD — recruited from primary care and pain clinics. Participants completed a positive emotion regu... Read More...

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Rehab Clinic Doctor Gets Sentenced for Opioid Scheme

BAD BOY – April 16, 2025 - A former Grantham physician was sentenced to eight months in federal prison and ordered to pay $20,000 in restitution for unlawfully distributing opioid medication to clients at drug ... Read More...

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Smart-Cribs Soothe Babies With Opiate Withdrawal

WTF? – April 17, 2025 - Tech out of the University of Vermont Medical Center is helping babies suffering from drug exposure get a better night’s sleep. Vermont’s opioid overdoses increased almost 500% in the... Read More...

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Psilocybin Gives Man 2nd Chance After 10-year Opioid Addiction

WHATEVER WORKS – April 16, 2025 - Over 10 years, Schaefer had tried recovering from what began with dependence on a prescription for the pain killer Percocet and later spiraled into an all-consuming heroin addi... Read More...

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New Device Helps Inmates Combat Opioid Addiction

HOW DO THEY SCORE? – March 6, 2025 - A simple handheld device, only powered by a 9-volt battery, is saving lives in Kentucky. It’s called a neuro-electrode treatment to help battle opioid withdrawal, which h... Read More...

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Opioid Overdoses Increase

TOO SAD – March 6, 2025 - Tears welled in Rich Scheib’s eyes as he thought of his son, Wade, who died of a drug overdose on Dec. 7. Scheib said the first time he realized his son was using drugs was when he ... Read More...

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The Opioid Settlement | on 60 Minutes

WATCH – NEVER ENOUGH – March 9, 2025 - With Ryan Hampton! Cecilia Vega investigates how the Purdue Pharma opioid settlement— potentially one of the largest opioid settlements ever— will compensate victims of the opio... Read More...

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New Label for Opioid Use Disorder Drug

LABELS – Feb. 25, 2025 - Sublocade lets people get the injection after just one dose of buprenorphine (taken under the tongue or inside the cheek) and a one-hour wait to make sure it’s safe. This means treatment can ... Read More...

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Senator Explains Bill That Makes Opioid Treatment Illegal

VIDEO – SAY WHAT? – Feb. 24, 2025 - The bill is intended to outlaw stand-alone methadone clinics. He says these types of clinics are mills that keep people in the cycle of addiction. He also said methadone has a hig... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 04 2025opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin

Revolutionary Non-opioid Painkiller Hits Pharmacies Soon

VIDEO – NO PAIN NO GAIN? – Feb. 12, 2025 - It’s the first new type of painkiller in 20 years. And it’s just a few weeks away from being in local pharmacies. Here are some details from a neurosurgeon about what you... Read More...

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