opioid crisis

Paramedics answer more than 70 non-fatal overdoses in two days

LIVING ON THE EDGE, OR DYING, WHATEVER –    July 2, 2021 - On average, emergency responders receive roughly 14…

3 years ago

Does more Narcan equal more opioid deaths?

WATCH – LIVED TO TELL –    June 23 - PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Roxxanne Newman is in a good…

3 years ago

Comfortably Numb: China has an opium problem and the Sackler Oxycontin Cartel American family is to blame.

DEATH FOR SALE –  June 24, 2021 - Patrick Radden Keefe, who provides the quote above, explains the whole epic…

3 years ago

The Opioid Addiction Crisis and Racism: A Long, Troubled History

HISTORY CONTINUES –  June 23, 2021 -  The alarming parallels between the 19th- and 21st-century opioid crises in the United…

3 years ago

Walmart’s top executive to be deposed in Opioid scheme

ROTTEN AT THE TOP –    June 24, 2021 - During that time, Special Master Cohen said, “The Delaware litigation…

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Johnson & Johnson promises to end sale of opioids in $230 million settlement

CHUMP CHANGE –    June 26, 2021 -  “Johnson & Johnson helped fuel this fire, but today they’re committing to…

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Opioids rip through U.S. workforce, deaths at record High

NODDING OFF AT THE OFFICE? WHO ME? –  June 18, 2021 - Before the COVID-19 pandemic was the drug epidemic.…

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Illicit drug sales moved online during lockdowns

AMAZON PRIME? –    June 9, 2021 - European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson said “the highly pure and…

3 years ago

Jim Wahlberg opens up on his opioid crisis

WATCH – HELPING HELPS EVERYONE –    JUNE 12, 2021 - “I was like the old song goes, ‘I was…

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Vitamin D deficiency may increase risk for opioid addiction

I BELIEVE HIM –  June 13, 2021 - People with low levels of vitamin D might be at an increased…

3 years ago

Cannabis Addiction Has Drug Pushers (Big Pharma) Searching For Quitting Pill

LISTEN – OR MARIJUANA ANONYMOUS FOR A DOLLAR –  June 8, 2021 - They’re among a handful of companies seeking…

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County Using Opioid Settlement $ To Help Women Battle Addiction

DAMAGE CONTROL –  June 4, 2021 - “We want mothers to be successful in spite of their substance use issues,…

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Texas oncologist sentenced to 20 years for role in pill mill scheme

100 YEARS TOO FEW –  June 4, 2021 - Knowing they would be used for illicit street use, Dr. Capistrano…

3 years ago

Scottish universities urged to cut ties with Oxycontin’s Sackler family

IT WOULD BE HYPOCRITICAL NOT TO –   May 30, 2021- They say it is hypocritical for the NHS in…

3 years ago

Addiction nightmare in photos

IT’S A FULL-TIME JOB –  June 3, 2021 - ‘During the 19th century the neighbourhood of Kensington in north Philadelphia…

3 years ago

Parents March To Snapchat’s Headquarters

WATCH – AN APP THAT CAN KILL? –    June 4, 2021 - She lost her son Alexander nearly a…

3 years ago

Murderous SACKLER family gets off scott free, and keeps their billions

LISTEN – WHO HAS THE GOLD, MAKES THE LAW –  June 2, 2021 - In addition to contributing money from…

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10% Set-Aside and Billions dedicated for Recovery

BREAKING NEWS! –  May 2021 - “[The budget includes] ... a new 10 percent set aside within the SABG for…

3 years ago

Travis Barker says plane crash horror helped him beat addiction

NOT THE ONLY WAY –   May 25, 2021 - He also revealed he would wake up during surgery following…

3 years ago

Forum weighs in on Portugal’s drug approach

PERFECT SUMMER VACATION? –  May 27, 2021 - “I have been aware of the harm done to immigrant communities by…

3 years ago

Overlooking Major Culprit in the Opioid Crisis

THE BEST INTENTIONS...? –   May 28, 2021 - And they did succeed in significantly shrinking the medical supply: since…

3 years ago

Can We Make Opioids Less Addictive?

WATCH – ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE –  May 16, 2021 - As it turned out, Sertürner got addicted while doing the…

3 years ago

LA County expands Naloxone distribution among homeless

NOT TIME TO GO ‘HOME’ YET –   May 18, 2021 - “A medication-first approach allows patients to first be…

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Netflix documentary brings renewed focus to addiction problem

BIG PHARMA IN BIG TROUBLE –   May 21, 2021 - Alexa Perivolotis, program director at Alyssa’s Place, said the…

3 years ago

U.S. Needs an ‘Operation Warp Speed’ for Opioid Epidemic

WATCH – WITHOUT PILLS OR INJECTIONS –  May 14, 2021 - “Overdoses, which were already increasing hugely over the last…

3 years ago

‘Pillbillies,’ ‘Oxycotinville’: Emails from drug exec reveal mockery of Appalachians

PROFITS BEFORE PEOPLE –  May 14, 2021 - Zimmerman’s testimony was part of a trial in which the municipalities accuse…

4 years ago

Kratom Dependency Grows

WATCH – SOLD IN VENDING MACHINES –  May 12, 2021 - Until the pandemic struck in March 2020, Rohr and…

4 years ago

Who’s to blame for America’s opioid epidemic?

FOLLOW THE MONEY –  May 5, 2021 -  It was an American epidemic long before Covid-19. Opioid addiction and overdoses…

4 years ago

Worsening deadly opioid epidemic must not be forgotten

EVERYONE’S OPINION? –  May 2, 2021 - THE UNITED STATES is still grappling with the deadly coronavirus pandemic, yet, sadly,…

4 years ago

“I Can’t Abandon My Name”: The Sacklers And Me

THE WHOLE FAMILY ISN’T TOXIC –  May 4, 2021 -  I had never before heard of the novel, called The…

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