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The Opioid Crisis Has Intensified During Coronavirus Pandemic

WATCH – It’s M.A.T. or DIE says Wall Street Journal – Sept. 8, 2020 - When Covid-19 struck, the U.S. was already in the grip of an expanding drug-overdose crisis. It has only gotten worse since then. Counties in s... Read More...

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Why did the justice department let Purdue off the hook for the opioid crisis?

Fortunes are at stake? – Sept. 8, 2020 - The opioid epidemic is not over. Even as Covid-19 rages, opioid-related deaths continue to devastate communities across our states. In New Hampshire, overdose deaths rose in A... Read More...

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Walmart Sued Over Opioids

Everyone knew! – August 24, 2020 - “Revelations concerning Walmart are not emerging because Walmart somehow chose to ‘come clean’ on its deplorable refusal to control how its nationwide pharmacies distributed ... Read More...

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Opioid crisis is ‘a product’ of U.S. health care

WATCH – Die Suckers Die – August 29, 2020 - The pharmaceutical industry’s opportunism — enabled by the backing of politicians and federal regulators — along with the emerging medical consensus that opioids wer... Read More...

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Overdose Awareness Vigil held Aug. 31

Community Caring – August 29, 2020 - As he did at last year’s inaugural event, Father Neal Longe of St. Ann’s Episcopal Church will lead the crowd in prayer, while candles will be provided by Betz, Rossi &... Read More...

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Denver Reports 83% Increase in Drug Deaths in First Half of Year

Dying for that Fentanyl Feeling – August 27, 2020 - Health officials are urging people to review the resources below and be proactive about preventing overdose deaths: Find out more about naloxone and where t... Read More...

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Masked robber hits CVS for oxycodone

Drugstore Cowboy – August 28, 2020 - NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) — Thursday evening, an armed robber struck the CVS in North Myrtle Beach-- but not for cash; police say the robber wanted drugs. Ri... Read More...

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A Bill to Decriminalize All Drugs

FINALLY! – August 20, 2020 - “The world we are proposing will significantly reduce the harm experienced by the most marginalized in our society and actually improve public and community health,” said Queen Adesuyi, a... Read More...

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U.S. states seek $2.2 TRILLION from OxyContin dealers

Swiss bank accounts stay hidden? – AUGUST 17, 2020 - The filings cited more than 200,000 deaths in the U.S. tied directly to prescription opioids between 1999 and 2016. In large states such as Califor... Read More...

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Deadly Overdose Spike During Pandemic

LISTEN – How much more horrible will it get? – August 13, 2020 - Making matters worse is a separate trend: Street drugs are often more dangerous now because more dealers are lacing products with a deadly synth... Read More...

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Newborn Mothers Get Too Many Opiods, Claim Osteopaths, Then They Circulate Them In Their Community

It’s Complicated – August 14, 2020 - The authors of the paper try to suggest causal arrows by putting a lot of statistics in the same place - Oklahoma is some nexus of drug addiction? Why do pill mill do... Read More...

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Overdose Deaths Stratified Among Latinx People

No Walls – August 12, 2020 - Nationally, Hispanic people, the category selected by data, see far lower rates of overdose deaths than non-Hispanic white people. But Hispanic people are not a monolith, and there is con... Read More...

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Pill mill Doctor to spend 20 years in prison

Greed Kills – August 14, 2020 - In some cases, he wrote prescriptions in combinations that were dangerous even if used correctly. One patient, Ashley Adkins, was prescribed Oxycodone — an opiate pain medicine — and a... Read More...

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Pharma Giant Floods Sioux Reservation With Opioids

A killing for a living – July 30, 2020 - The pills flowed freely for at least a decade starting in the early 2000s, according to Wolf Necklace and several other members of the tribe who spoke with VICE News for... Read More...

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$1.2 million sobriety pit stop

METHod to the madness? – JULY 28, 2020 - For alcohol dependency, medical intervention may be necessary. Detoxing from alcohol is dangerous and may require a trip to the hospital. Opiates may require treatment that in... Read More...

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John Brogan, high-profile addiction specialist, found dead

Stay Resolute – July 31, 2020 - Brogan was an addiction recovery specialist who had worked closely with former Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato in efforts to stem the county’s opioid crisis. That work followed... Read More...

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Doctor’s life of luxury built on naltrexone implants

Dr. Frankenstein – July 27, 2020 - A disheveled Rosen sat in the jury box at his preliminary hearing of Monday, July 20, black glasses perched crookedly atop his white face mask, unruly salt-and-pepper stubble blanke... Read More...

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Doctor arrested, suspected of fraud to feed opioid addiction

Addicted Doc – July 15, 2020 - Hughes, who works at Nebraska Foot and Ankle, has written 63 prescriptions for 4,300 pills for Digilio over the last two years, which drug investigators believe was overprescribing, the... Read More...

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Horrors of opioid addiction explored in LA writer’s memoir

The Heart And Other Monsters – July 17, 2020 -The voice speaking above serves as a narrator throughout her sister’s ghastly descent into the hellacious pit of drug addiction is that of Los Angeles-based author Rose A... Read More...

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Opioids Are Still The King For Many Doctors

NPR LISTEN – Loving Pills – July 17, 2020 - DR. GERY GUY: There’s still three times the amount of opioids being prescribed as there was in 1999, and there’s also substantial variation across the country. MANN: You... Read More...

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FDA again declines to approve non-opioid painkiller

What’s really going on? – JUNE 29, 2020 - The FDA has been pushing drugmakers to develop alternatives to opioid-based painkillers as the United States grapples with opioid addiction, with prescription opioids involve... Read More...

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‘Left with nothing’: Funding shortfall cancels opioid response grants

What’s more important? – JULY 4, 2020 — Change the Outcome was one of more than two dozen programs that sought but failed to receive funding through Minnesota’s landmark Opioid Epidemic Response Law, which in its ear... Read More...

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The Opioid Crisis and America’s Addiction to Prohibition

Lock up 'dem addicts Now! – June 29, 2020 - For individuals addicted to opioids or suffering from chronic pain, a war on drugs has never been a prescription for improving wellness. This dominant abstinence‐based pol... Read More...

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The Inside Story of a Disgraced Drugmaker

Wall Street, bribery and an opioid epidemic – June 18, 2020 - Seven of the Insys executives and employees on trial were found guilty of masterminding and participating in a scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe the dr... Read More...

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Woman draws from pain as she captures faces of opioid addiction

The Art of Loss – June 19, 2020 - “I have such a deep compassion for their situation,” she said, showing other faces she’s captured. “This is Vanessa, and that’s Timothy.” The pieces will be displayed at an ... Read More...

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Woman erroneously receives Oxycodone, Morphine, OxyContin in Amazon package

PRIMETIME – June 17, 2020 - “There’s morphine, there’s this, there’s that, this is really dangerous stuff — and there’s a lot of them in there,” she explained. The woman did not wish to be identified, however, sh... Read More...

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Michael Keaton to Star in Opioid Crisis Drama ‘Dopesick’

Pill Pushers Star on TV Show! – JUNE 17, 2020 - “Although we were sharply aware of and empathetic to the horrifying pain caused by the opioid crisis for millions in this country, we were blown away when Warren Littl... Read More...

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Opioid epidemic: Who is to blame?

The Smoking Gun – June 21, 2020 - DRUG COMPANY EXECUTIVES AND OPIOID SALESMEN June 2020 report This January in a federal courthouse, there was a first in the American opioid crisis: Top dru... Read More...

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19 Detroiters charged in opioid scheme: 4 doctors, 5 pharmacies, 2 million pills

Let’s All Make Some Extra Cash! – June 12, 2020 - Charged in the indictment are:Dr. Beth Carter, 56, SouthfieldDr. Robert Kenewell, 52, Auburn HillsDr. Jason Brunt, 50, ClawsonDr. John Swan, 30, St. Clair ShoresNurse... Read More...

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Pharmacy Chains Sink Deeper Into Opioid Lawsuits’ Hot Water

Where dime bags cost a hundred – June 7, 2020 - The pharmacies named in the suit operated 31 pharmacies in Lake County (population 220,000) and sold the equivalent of 290 doses of hydrocodone and oxycodone for every ... Read More...

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