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Did Prescription Opioids Cause The Overdose Epidemic?

HE SAID, SHE PROVED – June 6, 2022 - Adriane Fugh-Berman defended the proposition, “America’s overdose crisis is the result of doctors over‐treating patients with opioids.” She’s a medical doctor and a professo... Read More...

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San Diego Rehab Reacts to Rampant Drug Abuse

AUDIO – WHO FIGHTS FOR THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR US? – June 10, 2022 - The Drug Enforcement Administration is investigating a suspected fentanyl overdose death on the campus. And people who work with other instituti... Read More...

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British Columbia To Decriminalize Drug Possession

THE SANEST PLACE ON EARTH – June 1, 2022 - “The shocking number of lives lost to the overdose crisis requires bold actions and significant policy change. I have thoroughly reviewed and carefully considered bot... Read More...

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A Tale of Two Tragedies

NO ONE WINS – June 3, 2022 - “Kelly was a beautiful, beautiful girl,” her father, William Beitz, said in an interview. “There wasn’t a day that went by that I wasn’t terrified about something happening to her.... Read More...

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Florida Attorney General Accuses NYC Health Dept. of Homicide

LIFE AND LESS DEATH – June 4, 2022 - Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody tweeted a copy of one of the woke NYC subway ads — which also says druggies should feel “empowered” when they use potentially lethal fe... Read More...

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Normalizing Drug Addiction Leads to More Overdoses?

HARM REDUCTION WORKS – June 3, 2022 - Whether it’s the safe-injection sites in Harlem and Brooklyn or the decriminalization of cocaine and opioid possession in British Columbia (announced this week), advocates ... Read More...

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Why the Opiate Crisis Will Never End

GREEDY MONSTERS – May 20, 2022 - And as you know, another agency with alleged ties to Big Pharma, The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations was also found to be responsible for participa... Read More...

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Some Opioid Addictions Begin in the Hospital

AND END UP ON THE STREET – MAY 27, 2022 - It was a nurse who first introduced Stretch to opioids The nurse instigated the shot. I think she understood I was pretty miserable and offered me one where n... Read More...

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Mailing At-Home Kits Improves Disposal Rates for Leftover Opioid Prescriptions

MAIL ORDER IN REVERSE – May 24, 2022 - The researchers invited 657 patients to participate in their study, and 302 consented. Of those who participated in the trial, which took place from April 19 to June 1, 20... Read More...

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Veterinary Sedative Involved in Opioid Overdose Deaths

WHEN KETAMINE ISN’T STRONG ENOUGH – May 24, 2022 - A study published last month in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence found xylazine to be increasingly implicated in overdose mortality, rising from ... Read More...

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108,000 Drug Deaths in 2021 Bear Out Prediction From Five Years Ago

DIDN’T TAKE A GENIUS – May 25, 2022 - The special section—based around the Pitt team’s landmark research article in Science that analyzed nearly four decades of U.S. drug overdose data—contains commentary by fo... Read More...

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New Meth Addiction Treatment

VIDEO – BULLY or BULLSHIT? – May 26, 2022 - Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare now has eight billboards around the city advertising a “new effective addiction treatment for meth, opioids, alcohol.” What is unusual here... Read More...

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School Employee Arrested For Giving Fentanyl to Students wild

VIDEO – SHE’S A CRUMB BUM – May 19, 2022 - Riverside police say their investigation started on Tuesday afternoon after they were called to the school to deal with an incorrigible student. “This is the type o... Read More...

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The New York Times Finally Discovers Fentanyl and Death

WHAT TOOK THEM SO LONG? – May 20, 2022 - Last year, fentanyl — a synthetic opioid — caused more overdose deaths than any other drug has in a single year. The second-deadliest drug was meth, which is also produ... Read More...

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LA Skid Row – Overdose ‘Epicenter’ with Methadone Miles Away

BRING THE MOUNTAIN TO MOHAMED – May 11, 2022 - “The hardest part is to get there,” Elias said. “Soma — she has so much to do and she goes out of her way to help so many people. But she is only one person.” S... Read More...

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Inside Deadly Sales Juggernaut of the ‘Kingpin’ of Opioid Makers

SELLING, BUYING AND DYING – May 10, 2022 - These doctors were among 239 medical professionals ranked by Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals as its top prescribers of opioids during the height of the pain pill ep... Read More...

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The Must-Have Gear for Going Out This Summer!

SAVE AN ADDICT – May 5, 2022 - Godvin sprang into action. With the help of a network of volunteers, she gave away naloxone (often referred to by its brand name, Narcan) at Atmosphere’s shows across the country... Read More...

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‘They Were All Lawyered Up with Rudy Giuliani On Top’

THE CONSULTANT – A LOOK BACK @AUGUST 5, 2018 - Two months after the news conference announcing the terms of the settlement, the Purdue executives flew to Abingdon for their sentencing hearing. The RAPP parents ... Read More...

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Indigenous Americans See Five-Fold Increase in Fatal Overdoses in 20 Years

THE AMERICAN WAY? – May 3, 2022 - The data showed deaths in which opioids were involved increased from 5.2 to 33.9 per 100,000 Indigenous Americans in total. “These findings highlight existing inequities in ... Read More...

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Can a Monthly Injection Be the Key to Curbing Addiction?

IS IT COVERED BY INSURANCE? – May 6, 2022 - Yet despite its promise, the use of injectable buprenorphine remains fairly limited, especially compared with other forms of addiction medication. Researchers have ye... Read More...

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As Overdoses Soar, More States Decriminalize Fentanyl Testing Strips

THE TEST YOU WANT TO TAKE – May 6, 2022 - “We hope all the states would come to realize the dangers of contamination are so high and that fentanyl test strips empower a person taking drugs to know whether they... Read More...

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‘We’re done with dead kids’: US Bars Handing out Free Fentanyl Tests

VIDEO – HARM REDUCTION ON TAP – April 20, 2022 - FentCheck staples the strips from Canadian company BTNX to simple instructions for users to test their drugs. The results show up – like a pregnancy or COVID-19 ... Read More...

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12 Medical Professionals Charged with Fueling Opioid Epidemic In Appalachia

VIDEO – GREED: AMERICAN STYLE – May 5, 2022 - Over a dozen defendants across eight federal districts have been charged in connection with the illegal prescription and distribution of 5.1 million opioid pills, ... Read More...

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Then Mommy Became Addicted To Oxycontin

REVERSE GENERATIONS – May 7, 2022 - A week earlier, my phone buzzed as my husband and I waited on the tarmac at Denver International Airport, bound for a much-anticipated island vacation. “Ignore it,” Andy s... Read More...

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Overdoses Leading Cause of Pregnancy Deaths

WHAT WORLD ARE WE IN? – April 30, 2022 - When one Baton Rouge woman’s daughter became pregnant while addicted to opioids, she did everything she could to get her daughter the right resources. Unable to locate a... Read More...

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Fake Adderall Kills Two On Campus

REAL DEATH – May 6, 2022 - Ohio State University officials sounded the alarm Thursday over the circulation of “fake Adderall” pills laced with fentanyl following the death of a student and the hospitalization o... Read More...

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Walgreens Accused Of Fueling Opioid Addiction To Get More Customers

MONEY MONEY MONEY – April 25, 2022 - The companies have denied the allegations, saying that they sold opioid medications that were prescribed by doctors. The defendants will make their opening statements in th... Read More...

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How to Talk to Kids about Drugs

VIDEO – EARLY AND OFTEN – April 28, 2022 - “You have to have a very direct conversation,” she said. “You have to say, ‘I’m not saying you’re going to do it, but in the event you’re around people and doing it, I... Read More...

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CBD for Opioid Withdrawal?

TRY EVERYTHING – April 28, 2022 - Medications for OUD treatment, such as methadone (Methadose), buprenorphine (Subutex), and buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone), help reduce opioid withdrawal symptoms. H... Read More...

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