opioid crisis

24 States Fight To Block Sackler Family Bid For Immunity

LISTEN – MONEY BUYS FREEDOM –  May 3, 2021 - But a growing group of public officials and activists is…

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CA Passes Bill For Supervised Sites For Drug Users

CALIFORNIA NODDING –  April 22, 2021 - Supervised injection sites have emerged around the world in recent years, part of…

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If your teenager was addicted to opioids, would you know?

TURNING HEARTACHE INTO HEALING –  May 5, 2021 - I am an anesthesiologist who administers fentanyl every day to patients.…

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How Addicts Survived COVID

WATCH – CHEERLEADERS FOR SOBRIETY –  May 6, 2021 - Max Hyde- 2 days agoAs an opioid addict of 10…

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The Sacklers Launched OxyContin. Everyone Knows It!

GREED KILLS, GREED KILLED –  May 6, 2021 - Before Richard Sackler—father of David Sackler, who’s married to Joss—became president…

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They used drugs as children then turned their lives around. Here’s how!

SOBRIETY IS A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND –  May 2, 2021-  But when she was 26 years old, a phone call…

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Documentary: The Crime of the Century on HBO

WATCH – MODERN DAY SOPRANOS –  Watch on May 10 - Exploring the origins, extent, and fallout of one of…

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The Price of Saving Life

CANADA DOES IT FOR FREE –  April 29, 2021 - Naloxone is not a new drug. It was first patented…

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Four Good Days’ is familiar addiction drama, elevated by powerful performances

MEDIA: FILM REVIEW –  April 28, 2021 - What sets “Four Good Days” apart from the many other films of…

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2020: Worst year for drug overdoses in recorded history

WATCH – AMERICAN DEATH MARCH –  April 26, 2021 - “I really don’t see our workload going down significantly for…

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New Guidelines For Opioid Treatment Are A ‘Big Deal’

LISTEN – LET THE HEALING BEGIN –  April 27, 2021 - “Some physicians actually don’t want to prescribe it because…

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Landmark opioid crisis trial starts next week at ground zero

INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY AS SIN –  May 1, 2021 - Why is the trial in West Virginia? A year…

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FDA official who approved OxyContin got $400,000 gig at Purdue Pharma year later

GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL FOR SALE — May 2, 2021 - Purdue Pharma's sale of OxyContin, a formulation of the narcotic oxycodone that…

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The United States Of Meth

SPEEDING TOWARDS OUR DEMISE –  April 27, 2021 - As the pills piled up, Jon DeLena was shaken. He’d lived…

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Addicted America

WATCH – VIDEO WORTH WATCHING –  April 27, 2021 - “It’s called the CAGE test - C is for cut-down…

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US lifts barriers to prescribing Suboxone

GIVE PILLS A CHANCE –  April 27, 2020 - Because of how opioids act on the brain, people dependent on…

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Is fear of opioids leaving patients in pain?

DOCTOR’S DILEMMA –  April 23, 2021 - We heard from someone who has reached the end of his rope: “In…

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OxyContin Owners Only Worth $11 Billion

LIVING BODY SNATCHERS –  April 20, 2021 - Members of the Sackler family who own bankrupt OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma LP…

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Drug companies to finally face first opioid trial

MAKING MONEY BURYING OUR CHILDREN –  April 16, 2021 - J&J in a statement called its marketing of the drugs…

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Chauvin Defense ‘Weaponized’ Stigma For Black Americans

JUSTICE DEFERRED IS JUSTICE DENIED –  April 16, 2021 - When George Floyd’s girlfriend Courteney Ross took the stand for…

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OXY Maker Agrees to Pay BILLION$

WATCH – ADDICTION FOR PROFITS –  March 25, 2021 - Purdue had allegedly paid doctors to write more opioid prescriptions,…

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In My Hometown, Opioids Are Still Stealing Lives

THREE WEEKS LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN –  April 14, 2021 - “Nobody wants their child’s life defined in one moment…

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‘The Crime of the Century’ Examines Deadly Opioid Crisis

WATCH – HBO DOES IT AGAIN –  April 7, 2021 - HBO Max has released a teaser for filmmaker Alex…

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America Has Been Through An Opioid Crisis Before

NO ONE LIKES PAIN –  April 9, 2021 - Doctors have been prescribing opiate painkillers since the Bronze Age, and…

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Biden Pledges Assertive Action to Address Opioid Crisis

BY DOING WHAT? –  April 5, 2021 - The crisis is national, but the struggle is personal—deeply personal,” he said.…

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Sackler Family’s Self-Pitying Emails

BOOK REVIEW –  April 8, 2021 - In a 2017 email, Mortimer Sackler, son and namesake of one of the…

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Drug use among seniors hidden epidemic

I'VE FALLEN AND I CAN'T GET UP –  March 31, 2021 - Development of drug use later in life may…

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ADDICTION TREATMENT: DISASTER LOOMING

SYSTEMATIC BREAKDOWN –  March 24, 2021 - In a spectacular display of stigma related to the disease of addiction and…

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Safer injection facilities are much-needed weapon in the opioid epidemic

DEATH REDUCTION –  April 3, 2021 - Doctors or nurses based at SIFs provide treatment or give referrals to treatment…

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Do College Students even do drugs?

DO BEARS COME IN THE MAIL? –  March 4, 2021 - The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a…

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