opioid crisis

100,000 Overdoses in One-Year As Families Demand Government Action

WATCH – BIG PHARMA SELLS EUPHORIA –   Dec. 17, 2021 - Correspondent David Spunt describes pressure the Biden administration…

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Uncertainty Follows Court’s Rejection of Purdue Opioids Deal

STILL BILLIONAIRES NO MATTER WHAT –   Dec. 17, 2021 - “Every day, 265 people are dying. The attorneys are…

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Judge Puts Sackler Family Back On the Hook

THE FAMILY THAT CRIMES TOGETHER SHOULD DO TIME TOGETHER –   Dec. 16. 2021 - Under the crush of thousands…

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Opioid Addiction Is Getting Worse

IS LOVE THE ONLY SOLUTION? –   Dec. 9, 2021 - Maia Szalavitz writes for the New York Times about…

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Decreasing Opioid Deaths, Not With Abstinence, But Harm Reduction

THE EASIER, SANER WAY? –   Dec. 10, 2021 - “It doesn’t address the underlying condition. It’s not preventing ongoing…

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Injectable Drug To Treat Opioid Addiction Now

PERFECT! –   Dec. 8, 2021 - Dr. Nathaniel Day, medical director for the Virtual Opioid Dependency Program administered by…

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Botox Manufacturer Settles $200 Million in Opioid Case

THEY SHOULD HAVE STUCK WITH FACES –   Dec. 8, 2021- “For more than two decades, opioids have wreaked havoc…

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How Do We Stop Them Overdosing?

DECRIMINALIZE ALL DRUGS –   Dec. 2, 2021 - While some drug users actively seek out fentanyl, many die without…

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Documentary Highlighting America’s Addiction Epidemic

WATCH – FILMS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE –   Dec. 3, 2021 - “My part in particular,” Green said. “When…

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This Strip of Paper Can Save Lives

PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO DIE, THEY JUST WANT TO GET HIGH –   Dec. 1, 2021 - “We’re at a…

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Drugs Nearly Destroyed This New Mexico Town. Meet the Survivors

THE LAND OF RE-ENCHANTMENT –   Dec. 3, 2021 - My family has called Chimayó home for more than 300…

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New York Opens First Supervised Safe Injection Sites

NEW YORK ENLIGHTENED STATE OF MIND –   Nov. 30, 2021 - Mayor Bill de Blasio began championing safe injection…

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CVS, Walgreens and Walmart Perpetuated Deadly Opioid Crisis

STOCKHOLDERS STILL HAPPY? –   Nov. 23, 2021 - “The judgment today against Walmart, Walgreens and CVS represents the overdue…

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Mother Says Daughter’s Death Can Help Build Awareness

WATCH – OF UNFATHOMABLE GRIEF –   Nov. 27, 2021 - “I have my moments when I cannot hold tears…

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Should Doctors Be Embarrassed by TV’s ‘Dopesick’?

ONLY IF THEY HAVE FEELINGS –   Nov. 26, 2021 - “I think doctors should watch this series because it…

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‘It’s Scary’: Fentanyl Mixed With Other Drugs

WHAT’S NEXT? BABY FORMULA? –   Nov. 27, 2021 - Behind that 100,000 figure, they said, is an ongoing surge…

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Legalize All Drugs For Everyone’s Sake

IT COULDN’T GET WORSE –   Nov. 20, 2021 - The consequences of this racist motivation have been huge. Studies…

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Watching It All Fall Apart: Addiction Specialist Reacts

WATCH – NOTHING CHANGES IF NOTHING CHANGES –   Nov. 19, 2021 - Nikki King, who designs addiction treatment programs,…

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A Rabbi Helped Me Understand the Stigma Addiction Carries

CARRY THAT WEIGHT –   Nov. 18, 2021 - Waves of agony repeatedly knocked the breath out of me, as…

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Most Americans Don’t Know They’re Being Prescribed Opioids

OR THAT BREAD IS FULL OF SALT –   Nov. 18, 2021 - Nearly half the people interviewed didn’t recognize…

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Biden’s Drug Czar Wants to Expand Use of MAT

NEXT STOP...CNN? –   Nov. 18, 2021 - Methadone is a tightly controlled treatment for drug addiction, and patients must…

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The Very First Time – Overdose Deaths Surpass 100,000

LISTEN – IT HAD TO BE 100,000 TO FINALLY GET INTO THE HEADLINES –   Nov. 17, 2021 - This translates…

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‘This Is Poison’

ENJOY –   Nov. 20, 2021 - While the mounting deaths show the devastating consequence of fentanyl’s seep, it is…

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The Joint Commission’s Complicity in the Opioid Crisis

J’ACCUSE! –   by Christopher Dale Nov. 1, 2021 - A two-decade review shows decisions too poor – and Big…

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100,000 Americans Died From Drug Overdoses

WINTER IN AMERICA –   Nov. 17, 2021 - The vast majority of these deaths, about 70 percent, were among…

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“Dopesick” Takes On The Opioid Crisis

LISTEN – TIME TO GET hulu –   Nov. 12, 2021 - The opioid epidemic has affected millions of people…

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How Fentanyl and Meth Took Over America

I WISH IT WAS FICTION –   Nov. 2, 2021 - In the 12 months ending in September 2020, that…

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Hulu’s Dopesick Puts Lesbian Coal Miner at the Heart of Its Opioid Crisis Miniseries

WATCH AND WEEP –   Nov. 10, 2021 - We have the government: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Randy Ramseyer (John Hoogenakker)…

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Revolutionary, ‘less harmful’ Pain Medication Therapy

WATCH – ADDICTION IS NOT MANDATORY –   Nov. 12, 2021 - “I wanted no narcotics,” said Seminole County resident…

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Oklahoma Court Overturns $465 Million Opioid Judgment Against J&J

WE’RE INNOCENT –   Nov. 10, 2021 - This is is a blow to the argument that companies that marketed,…

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