opioid crisis

Empire of Pain – Audiobook Review

LISTENING TO CRIMINALS –   April 29, 2022 - A remarkable piece of narrative reporting and a sweeping family saga,…

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Opioid Crisis Leaves Families Shattered and Grieving

LET THE HEALING BEGIN –   April 19, 2022 - In 2010, there were about 21,000 overdoses involving opioids in…

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Is the Opioid Crisis Masking Real Rates of Suicides?

WHO CAN TELL? –   April 21, 2022 – Suicides and drug overdoses can happen in clusters when people become…

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San Francisco Gets $10 million opioid Settlement

NO ONE GOES TO PRISON –   April 20, 2022 - San Francisco sued Endo, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and…

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Battle To Keep People Alive as Fentanyl Ravages SF’s Tenderloin

STOPS YOUR HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO –  April 23, 2022 - This neighborhood and the adjoining South of Market (SoMa)…

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Drug Kingpin Johnson & Johnson Pays $99 Million For Over-Marketing Highly Addictive Drugs

IS EL CHAPO A STOCKHOLDER? –   April 8, 2022 - West Virginia previously reached a $26 million settlement with…

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Three Virginians Fighting Addiction Their Own Way

VIDEO – PROGRESS IN THE SOUTH –  April 14, 2022 - Virginia has been plagued by addiction since the late…

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FDA Regulators Worked for the Sackler Family

IT WAS AN INSIDE JOB –  April 13, 2022 - Dr. Smith, who this year was promoted to senior partner,…

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What’s Being Done to Stop the Scourge of Fentanyl?

NOT ENOUGH, BUT THEY’RE TRYING –   April 14, 2022 - The drug has been the subject of a number…

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Woman Turns Down Share of $6 bn. to Fight Sackler Family

GOD SPEED –   April 10, 2022 - A cottage outside Floyd, Virginia, is a tranquil stage-set for Ellen Isaacs…

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The Talk You Have To Watch

VIDEO – LISTEN AND LEARN –   April 7, 2022 - Sam Quinones is a journalist, storyteller, former Los Angeles…

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‘Pill Mill’ Doctor Heading To Prison

VIDEO – STRONG MEDICINE –   April 7, 2022 - Officials say that after Kim was forced to resign in…

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Opioid Treatment Violates Discrimination Laws

IT’S BLACK AND WHITE –  April 5, 2022 - In guidelines published Tuesday, the department’s Civil Rights Division said employers,…

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Walgreens Cries NOT GUILTY On Opioid Charges

GUILTY AS SIN? –  April 5, 2022 - Florida, led by Attorney General Ashley Moody, contends that Walgreens has been…

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West Virginia Says J&J Created ‘tsunami’ of Opioid Addiction

STOCKS DID OK –  April 4, 2022 - “This epidemic has impacted virtually all of West Virginia,” Morrisey said. “Our…

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Opioid Recovery and the DOJ Disability Protections

AUDIO – RYAN HAMPTON QUOTED...AGAIN –  April 6, 2022 - “There’s a ton of discrimination out there, including in the…

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This Army’s Mission Battles Drug Abuse

SURRENDER TO WIN –   March 31, 2022 - It was then that Jones, an Army combat veteran who served…

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SF District Attorney on Drug Addiction Crisis

VIDEO – POLITICIAN WITH HEART –  March 19, 2022 - San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin joins TYT to discuss…

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Fentanyl Testing Strips Highly Illegal in Texas

VIDEO – DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS –   Mar. 23, 2022 - Fentanyl testing strips can be used to test…

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Overdose Deaths Reduced

GOOD NEWS, FINALLY –  March 21, 2022 - There is no question the state has made progress fighting the drug…

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‘One Pill Can Kill’

VIDEO – SO CAN ONE LINE –  March 18, 2022 - “In less than 12 months (in 2021), DPS crime…

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Can Big $ in Addiction Tech, Curb Soaring Overdose Deaths?

ADDICTION IS BIG BUSINESS –   Mar. 18, 2022 - David Sarabia had already sold two startups by age 26 and…

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William Hurt Eschewed Opioids to Maintain his Sobriety

NO MATTER WHAT –  March 16, 2022 - “He was totally against taking opiates because he had been sober for…

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Steep Rise in Overdoses Linked to Veterinary Tranquilizer

DON’T PUT YOURSELF DOWN –   MARCH, 2022 - Researchers studied 10 locations around the country, and found xylazine was…

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6.6 Million Opioid Doses and $250 Million In False Billings

IT’S ALL ABOUT MAKING MONEY –  March 10, 2022 - Authorities described the clinics as “pill mills” and said they…

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Federal Government Allows Program to Pay Substance Abusers to Staying Clean

LISTEN – MONEY FOR NOTHING –   Mar 10, 2022 - A new legal opinion from the Biden administration appears…

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‘You Murdered My Daughter’: Relatives of OxyContin Victims Confront the Sacklers

THEY KILLED THOUSANDS –   March 10, 2022 - “This is a day like no other in the history of…

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Six West Point Cadets Overdose On Spring Break

VIDEO – THE REAL BATTLE –  March 11, 2022 - “The U.S. Military Academy is aware of the situation involving…

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Synthetic Opioids Stronger than Fentanyl in US

MORE DEATH AROUND THE CORNER? –  Mar 1, 2022 - Krotulski said current trends suggest nitazenes, or any other drugs…

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Exciting Results Treating Opioid Habit with ‘Mindfulness’

LET’S PLAY CONCENTRATION –   Feb. 28, 2022 - “Rather than getting caught up in the pain or craving,” Garland…

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