opioid crisis

Overdose epidemic needs state action to remove barriers to care

Make it Free? –  DEC. 16, 2020 - “SADLY, THE DRUG OVERDOSE EPIDEMIC CONTINUES, AND IT HAS BECOME MORE COMPLICATED…

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Overdose Deaths Outpace COVID-19 Deaths in SF

Heaven’s Overcrowding... –   Dec. 19, 2020 -  The crisis fueled by the powerful painkiller fentanyl could have been far…

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Man guilty in $32,000,000 pawn shop scheme targeting drug addicts

Crime pays, for a while –  Dec. 16, 2020 - The defendants “specifically recruit boosters who are opioid addicts and…

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U.S. Overdose Deaths Reach Record Highs

WHY? –  Dec. 17, 2020 - The primary driver behind the record-breaking numbers appeared to be the use of synthetic…

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Staten Island doctor admits to prescribing opioids in return for sexual favors

Creep of the Week –  Dec. 9, 2020 - He took particular interest in his younger patients who were struggling…

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Relapse as Path to Sobriety

Voice of recovery –   December 8, 2020 - If you had told me 15 years ago that I would…

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Philadelphia Nearing Record for Fatal Drug Overdoses

Death Marches On –   December 6, 2020 - In a study published in JAMA Psychiatry this week, researchers monitoring…

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McKinsey Apologizes For Helping Purdue ‘Turbocharge’ Opioid Sales

Too little too late –   December 9, 2020 - In one internal email sent in July 2018, a McKinsey…

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Woman’s Overdose Death Shocks Family

Not another statistic –   December 11th, 2020 - After getting clean, she started working there and helped other women…

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Drug deaths were on rise locally; then the virus hit

The American way of death –  Now, 2020 - Overdose deaths have spiked in San Diego County this year, as…

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Hulu series on opioid addiction will star Michael Keaton

MEDIA: DOPESICK by Beth Macy hits the small screen –  November 27, 2020 - Academy Award-nominated actor Michael Keaton will…

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5 Reasons to Start Addiction Treatment

And to stay alive –  Nov. 23, 2020 - Everyone knows that tobacco causes cancer, and severe dental problems can…

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Stimulants Are Increasingly Involved in Overdoses of Young People

SPEED KILLS –  Nov. 23, 2020 - Hadland says while there are few options to treat stimulant addiction, efforts to…

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World’s most prestigious consulting firm proposed paying CVS rebates for OxyContin Overdoses

As the Rich Get Richer, The Poor Get Dead –   Nov. 27, 2020 - When Purdue Pharma agreed last…

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The Other Health Crisis: A Resurgent Drug Epidemic

The Opiate of the Masses is Opioids –   November 28, 2020 - More than 70 public health organizations in…

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Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty

As Guilty as Josef Mengele –  Nov. 24, 2020 - Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty Tuesday to three criminal charges, formally…

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Artificial intelligence-based tool may help diagnose opioid addiction earlier

Robot notices you watched Drugstore Cowboy 106 times –   Nov. 19, 2020 - Researchers have used machine learning, a…

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Naloxone Should Be As Ubiquitous As Tylenol

For citizens unafraid to die –   Nov. 17, 2020 - Naloxone access matters during a pandemic more than ever.…

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Pills to powder: 1 in 3 high school seniors who misused prescription opioids later used heroin

Graduating to Oblivion U. –   Oct. 20, 2020 - “There was an increase in opioid prescribing in the 1990s…

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Mariah App, reveals haunting link of Met’s Sackler Wing to opioid crisis

Exposing the Truth –  November 7, 2020 - The billionaire Sackler family is known for donating millions of dollars to museums and cultural…

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How Oregon’s Decriminalization of Drugs May Help Decrease Addiction and Overdoses

WATCH – Time will tell –   Nov. 6, 2020 - Oregon has become the first state to decriminalize hard…

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Expert details psychiatrist’s role in tackling opioid crisis

Doctors know... –  Nov. 7, 2020 - Currently available medication-assisted treatments for opioid use disorder include methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone.…

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Study examines incoming medical student knowledge of opioid overdoses and substance use disorders

Time to teach about life? –  Nov. 8, 2020 - Three students at the Wayne State University School of Medicine…

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After Meth: Dealing, desperation and house fire

WATCH – Downward spiral ends on film –  Nov. 5, 2020 - Moneyas escaped through the front window. That house…

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When Justice Department lawyer exposed the agency’s secret role in drug cases, intelligence community retaliated.

New Yorker by Ronan Farrow – Oct. 30, 2020 - “When I get really pissed,” McConnell told me, “I get monotone,…

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Oregon Sees 70% Increase in Overdose Deaths

Homegrown Terrorism –   Oct. 30, 2020 - The release said analysts in the Injury and Prevention Section of the…

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School board candidate charged in $18 million pill scheme

Three Deathsketeers –  Oct. 5, 2020 - Former Jackson Madison County School System board candidate Dr. Tameka Noel was among…

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Woman who ran pill mills gets 33 years in prison

33 years more than the Sackler family –   Oct. 22, 2020 - Investigators say Hofstetter initially worked at a…

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Walmart: Opioid Villain? The Curious Case of Deep-Pocketed Defendant

Scumbag Millionaires –   Oct. 23, 2020 - Walmart has been tightening its policies on filling opioid prescriptions, according to…

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Sackler Family Makes $8B Opioid Deal for 100,000’s Deaths. No Jail Time.

Crime Pays – Oct. 21, 2020 - The controversial settlement, valued at more than $8.3 billion, would restructure Purdue Pharma,…

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