opioids

White House Pushes Strategy to Slow Overdoses as Street Drugs Grow Deadly

TOO LITTLE TOO LATE –   June 15, 2022 - Dr. Rahu Gupta also acknowledged the growing power of Mexican…

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Shattered Kentucky Shatters Fatal Overdose Record

VIDEO – NOTHING BUT HEARTACHE –   June 14, 2022 - It was the first time the Bluegrass State surpassed…

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Dopesick: Michael Keaton in Conversation

VIDEO – OPIATES STAR IN NON-FICTION TRAGEDY –  2022 - In writing Dopesick, showrunner Danny Strong spent months researching to…

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Opioids: 4 Ways to Reduce Harm, Overdose and Death

IT’S A PROCESS –   June 7, 2022 - Part of the success around naloxone distribution, access and training is…

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Pharmacist, 72, Gets 15 Years In Prison

87 LOOKS LIKE A LONG SHOT –   June 8, 2022 - “Gbenedio used his pharmacy as a pill-mill to…

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Alleviating Opioid Use Disorder With Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Medication

IT WORKS IF YOU WORK IT –  June 9, 2022 - With a newfound desire to make changes in their…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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New Meth Addiction Treatment

VIDEO – BULLY or BULLSHIT? –   May 26, 2022 - Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare now has eight billboards around the…

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End Teen Drug Addiction

A BROTHER’S LAMENT –  May 18, 2022 - He was addicted to opioids and many other drugs at the time,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Can 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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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