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Israeli Pharmaceutical Giant, Teva, Complicit In Opioid Overdoses, Launches Nasal Spray to Treat Opioid Overdoses

BOTH ENDS FROM THE MIDDLE? – Dec, 25, 2021 - Israeli pharmaceutical giant Teva has announced the launch of the first available generic version of a nasal spray used to treat opioid overdose. Naloxone hydroc... Read More...

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Greedy British Museums Refuse to Remove Sackler Family Name From Exhibits

FACES OF GREED – Dec. 26, 2021 - The name adorns the £2 million courtyard at the V&A in South Kensington, which opened in 2017, and its Sackler Centre for Arts Education. The V&A said that although it ... Read More...

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Heeding the Distress Signals in Modern Addiction by Alex Olshonsky

IT’S LIKE 1984 ON STEROIDS – Dec. 19, 2021 - Today, addiction is more pervasive than it’s ever been. During 2020, the U.S. saw 100,000 fatal overdoses, the highest number ever recorded. On top of that, more th... Read More...

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Drugs were Katie Mack’s connection to the world.

LISTEN— WHEN DRUGS ARE LOVE – Dec. 16, 2021 - And in a world of fraying social bonds, economic vulnerability and increased isolation due to the pandemic, an addiction-driven feeling of being loved adds to our ... Read More...

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San Francisco Mayor Declares State of Emergency Over Overdose Crisis

WATCH – I STOPPED MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO – Dec. 17, 2021 - San Francisco Mayor London Breed doubled down on efforts to crack down on public drug use and other disturbances in the city’s Tenderloin, announci... Read More...

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100,000 Overdoses in One-Year As Families Demand Government Action

WATCH – BIG PHARMA SELLS EUPHORIA – Dec. 17, 2021 - Correspondent David Spunt describes pressure the Biden administration is facing from families affected by the opioid crisis... more@MSN ... Read More...

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Uncertainty Follows Court’s Rejection of Purdue Opioids Deal

STILL BILLIONAIRES NO MATTER WHAT – Dec. 17, 2021 - “Every day, 265 people are dying. The attorneys are getting richer because they’ve still got a job to do, and lives are being lost,” she said. “When is someb... Read More...

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Judge Puts Sackler Family Back On the Hook

THE FAMILY THAT CRIMES TOGETHER SHOULD DO TIME TOGETHER – Dec. 16. 2021 - Under the crush of thousands of lawsuits, Purdue filed for bankruptcy restructuring in September 2019, which automatically put a hold on all... Read More...

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Opioid Addiction Is Getting Worse

IS LOVE THE ONLY SOLUTION? – Dec. 9, 2021 - Maia Szalavitz writes for the New York Times about her experience being hooked on heroin. In her case, it wasn’t the happiness that sucked her in; it was the “relief from... Read More...

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Decreasing Opioid Deaths, Not With Abstinence, But Harm Reduction

THE EASIER, SANER WAY? – Dec. 10, 2021 - “It doesn’t address the underlying condition. It’s not preventing ongoing conditions, it’s just allowing life to be saved and reducing harm.” Harm reduction workers, su... Read More...

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Injectable Drug To Treat Opioid Addiction Now

PERFECT! – Dec. 8, 2021 - Dr. Nathaniel Day, medical director for the Virtual Opioid Dependency Program administered by AHS, says people should realize that fentanyl and carfentanil contaminate most street dru... Read More...

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Botox Manufacturer Settles $200 Million in Opioid Case

THEY SHOULD HAVE STUCK WITH FACES – Dec. 8, 2021- “For more than two decades, opioids have wreaked havoc on New Yorkers and Americans across the nation — causing pain, addiction and death,” Letitia James, New ... Read More...

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How Do We Stop Them Overdosing?

DECRIMINALIZE ALL DRUGS – Dec. 2, 2021 - While some drug users actively seek out fentanyl, many die without knowing that a different drug they had consumed — cocaine, for example — was laced. “It’s not that fe... Read More...

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Documentary Highlighting America’s Addiction Epidemic

WATCH – FILMS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE – Dec. 3, 2021 - “My part in particular,” Green said. “When you see it, you see young people really responding to these creative exercises and learning coping skills, protec... Read More...

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This Strip of Paper Can Save Lives

PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO DIE, THEY JUST WANT TO GET HIGH – Dec. 1, 2021 - “We’re at a greater risk for having unknown substances put into the drugs,” said Tanya, 45, who lives in Greensboro, North Carolina. She asked t... Read More...

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Drugs Nearly Destroyed This New Mexico Town. Meet the Survivors

THE LAND OF RE-ENCHANTMENT – Dec. 3, 2021 - My family has called Chimayó home for more than 300 years, and I spent most of my summers there with my grandmother in the 1960s and 1970s, surrounded by relatives w... Read More...

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New York Opens First Supervised Safe Injection Sites

NEW YORK ENLIGHTENED STATE OF MIND – Nov. 30, 2021 - Mayor Bill de Blasio began championing safe injection sites in 2018, citing their use and success in European and Canadian cities. The decision to officiall... Read More...

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CVS, Walgreens and Walmart Perpetuated Deadly Opioid Crisis

STOCKHOLDERS STILL HAPPY? – Nov. 23, 2021 - “The judgment today against Walmart, Walgreens and CVS represents the overdue reckoning for their complicity in creating a public nuisance,” the statement continued.... Read More...

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Mother Says Daughter’s Death Can Help Build Awareness

WATCH – OF UNFATHOMABLE GRIEF – Nov. 27, 2021 - “I have my moments when I cannot hold tears back. I have my moments when I scream and I fight, said Iris Seda. Seda’s daughter, 22-year-old Anna Sepulveda, di... Read More...

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Should Doctors Be Embarrassed by TV’s ‘Dopesick’?

ONLY IF THEY HAVE FEELINGS – Nov. 26, 2021 - “I think doctors should watch this series because it carries important lessons for doctors about how pharmaceutical marketing can result in a public health catastro... Read More...

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‘It’s Scary’: Fentanyl Mixed With Other Drugs

WHAT’S NEXT? BABY FORMULA? – Nov. 27, 2021 - Behind that 100,000 figure, they said, is an ongoing surge in the number of cocaine, methamphetamine and other drug deaths that are connected to the simultaneous us... Read More...

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Watching It All Fall Apart: Addiction Specialist Reacts

WATCH – NOTHING CHANGES IF NOTHING CHANGES – Nov. 19, 2021 - Nikki King, who designs addiction treatment programs, discusses the alarming number of drug overdoses in America during the pandemic. more@CNN ... Read More...

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A Rabbi Helped Me Understand the Stigma Addiction Carries

CARRY THAT WEIGHT – Nov. 18, 2021 - Waves of agony repeatedly knocked the breath out of me, as pressure built behind my eyes, producing visual auras that blurred my sight and made me nauseous. The pain was so ... Read More...

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Most Americans Don’t Know They’re Being Prescribed Opioids

OR THAT BREAD IS FULL OF SALT – Nov. 18, 2021 - Nearly half the people interviewed didn’t recognize tramadol as an opioid, but even more common opioids such as morphine or methadone were misidentified by at le... Read More...

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Biden’s Drug Czar Wants to Expand Use of MAT

NEXT STOP...CNN? – Nov. 18, 2021 - Methadone is a tightly controlled treatment for drug addiction, and patients must go to a clinic to receive the medication. That decades-old requirement was lifted during the coro... Read More...

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The Very First Time – Overdose Deaths Surpass 100,000

LISTEN – IT HAD TO BE 100,000 TO FINALLY GET INTO THE HEADLINES – Nov. 17, 2021 - This translates to an American perishing from a drug overdose death every five minutes. This is unacceptab... Read More...

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‘This Is Poison’

ENJOY – Nov. 20, 2021 - While the mounting deaths show the devastating consequence of fentanyl’s seep, it is less widely understood why the drug has mushroomed. And why so many illicit products — from fentanyl... Read More...

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The Joint Commission’s Complicity in the Opioid Crisis

J’ACCUSE! – by Christopher Dale Nov. 1, 2021 - A two-decade review shows decisions too poor – and Big Pharma influence too clear – to be explained away by sheer incompetence. This is a story 20 years ... Read More...

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100,000 Americans Died From Drug Overdoses

WINTER IN AMERICA – Nov. 17, 2021 - The vast majority of these deaths, about 70 percent, were among men between the ages of 25 and 54. And while the opioid crisis has been characterized as one primarily impact... Read More...

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