LISTEN – MONEY BUYS FREEDOM – May 3, 2021 - But a growing group of public officials and activists is…
CALIFORNIA NODDING – April 22, 2021 - Supervised injection sites have emerged around the world in recent years, part of…
TURNING HEARTACHE INTO HEALING – May 5, 2021 - I am an anesthesiologist who administers fentanyl every day to patients.…
WATCH – CHEERLEADERS FOR SOBRIETY – May 6, 2021 - Max Hyde- 2 days agoAs an opioid addict of 10…
GREED KILLS, GREED KILLED – May 6, 2021 - Before Richard Sackler—father of David Sackler, who’s married to Joss—became president…
SOBRIETY IS A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND – May 2, 2021- But when she was 26 years old, a phone call…
WATCH – MODERN DAY SOPRANOS – Watch on May 10 - Exploring the origins, extent, and fallout of one of…
CANADA DOES IT FOR FREE – April 29, 2021 - Naloxone is not a new drug. It was first patented…
MEDIA: FILM REVIEW – April 28, 2021 - What sets “Four Good Days” apart from the many other films of…
WATCH – AMERICAN DEATH MARCH – April 26, 2021 - “I really don’t see our workload going down significantly for…
LISTEN – LET THE HEALING BEGIN – April 27, 2021 - “Some physicians actually don’t want to prescribe it because…
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY AS SIN – May 1, 2021 - Why is the trial in West Virginia? A year…
GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL FOR SALE — May 2, 2021 - Purdue Pharma's sale of OxyContin, a formulation of the narcotic oxycodone that…
SPEEDING TOWARDS OUR DEMISE – April 27, 2021 - As the pills piled up, Jon DeLena was shaken. He’d lived…
WATCH – VIDEO WORTH WATCHING – April 27, 2021 - “It’s called the CAGE test - C is for cut-down…
GIVE PILLS A CHANCE – April 27, 2020 - Because of how opioids act on the brain, people dependent on…
DOCTOR’S DILEMMA – April 23, 2021 - We heard from someone who has reached the end of his rope: “In…
LIVING BODY SNATCHERS – April 20, 2021 - Members of the Sackler family who own bankrupt OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma LP…
MAKING MONEY BURYING OUR CHILDREN – April 16, 2021 - J&J in a statement called its marketing of the drugs…
JUSTICE DEFERRED IS JUSTICE DENIED – April 16, 2021 - When George Floyd’s girlfriend Courteney Ross took the stand for…
WATCH – ADDICTION FOR PROFITS – March 25, 2021 - Purdue had allegedly paid doctors to write more opioid prescriptions,…
THREE WEEKS LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN – April 14, 2021 - “Nobody wants their child’s life defined in one moment…
WATCH – HBO DOES IT AGAIN – April 7, 2021 - HBO Max has released a teaser for filmmaker Alex…
NO ONE LIKES PAIN – April 9, 2021 - Doctors have been prescribing opiate painkillers since the Bronze Age, and…
BY DOING WHAT? – April 5, 2021 - The crisis is national, but the struggle is personal—deeply personal,” he said.…
BOOK REVIEW – April 8, 2021 - In a 2017 email, Mortimer Sackler, son and namesake of one of the…
I'VE FALLEN AND I CAN'T GET UP – March 31, 2021 - Development of drug use later in life may…
SYSTEMATIC BREAKDOWN – March 24, 2021 - In a spectacular display of stigma related to the disease of addiction and…
DEATH REDUCTION – April 3, 2021 - Doctors or nurses based at SIFs provide treatment or give referrals to treatment…
DO BEARS COME IN THE MAIL? – March 4, 2021 - The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a…