opioid crisis

ENGLAND May Be On Brink of Becoming ZOMBIELAND

ONE ZOMBIE AT A TIME – Feb. 14, 2023 - EU drug enforcement chiefs believe that Mexican cartels are seeking…

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FDA Panel Backs Making Narcan an Over The Counter Drug

OVERDOSE DRUG OVER THE COUNTER –  Feb. 15, 2023 - The manufacturer, Emergent Biosolutions, said it would revise the packaging…

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Pentagon Finally Stops Hiding Military Overdose Epidemic

PURPLE BROKEN HEARTS – Feb. 16, 2023 - The demographics of those hardest hit paralleled the opioid crisisin the civilian…

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Simple Way To Reduce Overdose Deaths

GOOD NEWS? –  Feb. 12, 2023 - As health economists, we separately participated in two recent studies that showed the…

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ANGELS OVER TEXAS: Moms put dead children’s pics on billboards

FACING THE FACTS – Feb. 11, 2023 - Now, eight digital and four vinyl billboards have been set up across…

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I Took Oxy And Fentanyl For Years

ONE MAN POISON IS ANOTHER WOMAN’S LONGEVITY –  Jan. 30, 2023 - This was pain that knifed and throbbed ―…

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Daughter Dies From Fentanyl Overdose at Rehab Clinic

VIDEO – ANOTHER HUMAN TRAGEDY –  Feb. 8, 2023 - That was on July 23, but just a few days…

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Administration Eliminated Barrier To Medication For Opioid Addiction

ANOTHER BIG PHARMA VICTORY –  Feb. 8, 2023 - That requirement had been in place for two decades, and its…

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Supreme Court Frees Pill Mill Operator

GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD – Feb. 3, 2023 - He was at the center of a Supreme Court…

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More Vending Machines With Narcan As Opioid Scene Gets Worse

ON EVERY CORNER? – Jan. 29, 2023 -  There is, on average, a death a week from opioids in Vine…

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He Brewed Poppy Tea For His Chronic Pain That Led To His Opioid Addiction

SHOULD HAVE STUCK TO ESPRESSO – Feb. 2023 - The authors of the case report noted that the man did…

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200 People Take the Fight Against Addiction Crisis to the Statehouse

MARCHING FOR RELIEF – Feb. 2, 2023 - More than 200 people gathered outside the Capitol for a rally to…

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Son Died From Fentanyl He Bought Through Snapchat

VIDEO – SNAPDEATH –  Jan. 25, 2023 - On Aug. 15, 2020, Nicholas took his last breath after overdosing on…

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Doctor Who Distributed 40-60 Kilos of Oxycontin Laughs at 4 Month Home Sentence

VIDEO – NO PAIN, NO SHAME – Jan. 24, 2023 - The third and final defendant in a federal oxycodone…

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Addiction Crisis Causing Spike In Endocarditis Cases

STOP BEFORE IT STOPS YOUR HEART –  Jan. 17, 2023 - With drug deaths hovering at an all-time high and…

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‘Injecting Hope’ Watch Documentary

VIDEO – FILM MATTERS –    Jan. 8, 2023 - From the mayor’s office to the heart of Vancouver’s Downtown…

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National Survey on Drug Use and Health Detailing Mental Illness and Substance Use Levels

YEP, MANY PEOPLE ARE MESSED UP –    Jan. 4, 2023 - Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human…

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The New CDC Opioid Guidelines Abandon Pain Patients

VIDEO – WIN WIN LOSE LOSE –  Jan. 5, 2023 - Six years later, with millions harmed, the CDC emphasizes…

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Supreme Court Ruling Tosses ‘pill mill’ Convictions

PILL PUSHERS FREED –    Jan. 5, 2023 - The Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the convictions…

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Oscar Buzz for ‘All The Beauty and the Bloodshed’ that Explores Sackler Family Murderers

FILMS CAN IMPROVE YOUR LIFE –    Jan. 5, 2023  - Poitras, who won a best documentary Oscar in 2014…

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After Record Deaths, There Have Been Reforms in Addiction Treatment

AUDIO – DEAR MR. FANTASY –    Dec. 30, 2022 - You know, A, I think it’s helpful to remember…

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Feds Sue ‘AmerisourceBergen’ For ‘hundreds of thousands’ of Opioid Violations

AUDIO – GREEDY WHITE COLLAR MURDERERS GO FREE –    Dec. 29, 2022 - According to the complaint, AmerisourceBergen executives…

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Justice Dept. Sues Corporate Opioid Dealer

WALL STREET GETS OFF EASY –    Dec. 29, 2022 - The federal Controlled Substances Act requires pharmaceutical distributors to…

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Fentanyl Causes Rise in TEEN Deaths

WHAT A WAY TO GO :( –    Dec. 22, 2022 - In September, Melanie Ramos, 15, died from a…

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Doing The Same Thing About Overdoses and Expecting Different Results

INSANITY? –    Dec. 22, 2022 - “There is something going on here that we, as a nation, are devouring…

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The Biden Administration Hopes to Expand Opioid Treatment

AUDIO – HOPES TOO? –  Dec, 26, 2022 - MANN: But public health experts say stigma in the health care…

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What Comes Next for the War on Drugs?

IT WAS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY –  Dec. 12, 2022 - The MAT Act would eliminate the special Drug Enforcement…

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Doctor Arrested for Taking Cash for Oxycodone

JUST LIKE THE PHARMACIST –  Dec. 14, 2022 - The prescriptions written by Jafari-Hassad had no legitimate medical purpose, according…

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How Fentanyl Is Forcing Providers to Go Rogue

TO MEDICATE OR MEDITATE? –  by Claire Wilcox Dec. 12, 2022 - “It was very confusing in the beginning,” says…

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CVS & Walgreens Agree to Pay $10 billion Fine For Selling Opioids

THEY STILL CAME OUT AHEAD –  Dec. 13, 2022 - In total, corporations have had to pay $54 billion in…

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