opioids

New Strategy Needed To Tackle Opioids Crisis

REDUCE THE COST OF BURIALS –   Feb. 8, 2022 - The pandemic has contributed to a surge in substance…

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New Documentary on Overdose Epidemic

VIDEO – WATCH AND WEEP –   Feb. 10, 2022 - The overdose epidemic continues to ravage cities across America…

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Opioid Deaths Cost U.S. Economy $1 Trillion A Year

AUDIO – $1,000,000,000,000 –  Feb. 8, 2022 - Opioid overdose deaths cost the U.S. economy $1 trillion a year, the…

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Drug Deaths of Young Americans Translates Into 1,000,000 Years of Lost Life

VIDEO – NO MORE FUTURE –   Feb. 6, 2022 - The researchers calculated the years of life lost from…

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‘Euphoria’ Finally Shows Dark Reality Addiction

VIDEO – NOT A NETWORK PROGRAM –  Feb. 8, 2022 - “You’re not a good person, Rue,” her mother Leslie…

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David Magee’s Memoir “Dear William” Details Family’s Trauma & Loss

VIDEO – REBUILDING WITH TEARS –   Feb. 7, 2022 - Author David Magee has written numerous books about business…

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Doctor, 83, Accused Of Running $17-Million Opioid Pill Mill

HE WON’T BE IN JAIL FOR LONG –   Jan. 28, 2022 - Under the scheme, he only accepted cash…

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What Makes People More Likely to Overdose on Opioids

FATE? DESTINY? LUCK? –  Jan. 28, 2022 - Health care providers can help reduce risk by taking certain precautions, Weiner…

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Sleepwalking Into Addiction

AWAKE AND SING –   Jan. 30, 2022 - In Greater Manchester, some felt their final hopes of eventually getting…

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Mothers Protest SF Safe Injection Site

IT’S COMPLICATED –  Feb. 4, 2022 - Mothers Against Drug Deaths will protest outside the center at 8 a.m. Saturday…

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Native American Tribes Tentative $590 Mil. Opioids Settlement with J&J

NEW TRAIL OF TEARS –  Feb, 1, 2022 - Together with a deal struck last fall between the distributors and…

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Sacklers Cough Up $4 Billion More To Settle

CHUMP CHANGE –   Jan. 31, 2022 - The judge found the reorganization plan improperly shielded Sackler family members, who…

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Opioid Overdose Deaths to ‘grow exponentially’

HOW MANY MORE PLOTS? –  2/2/2022 - As long as the status quo stands, “We will continue to have these…

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They Made the Most of the Opioid Crisis

BOOK REVIEW –  Jan. 19, 2022 - (The book is based in part on a 2018 article Hughes wrote for…

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Student’s Death Renews Calls to Stock Narcan in Schools

ALONG WITH EDUCATION? –  Jan. 25, 2022 - What they’re saying: “[National Association of School Nurses] supports safe and effective…

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Opioid Crisis Quickens in Minnesota

THE COLD TRUTH –   Jan. 28, 2022 - According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the…

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Opioid Addiction Treatment in Jail Could Change Lives

YES, GREAT IDEA –   Jan. 19, 2022 - Not offering treatment to people with opioid use disorder in jails…

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EMT’s Revive 9 People Who Overdosed in 48 hour Period

FENTANYL KILLS –   Jan. 20, 2022 - Emergency medical providers in Helena have successfully treated at least nine people…

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BOOK REVIEW – Unstitched: My Journey to Understand Opioid Addiction

LIBRARIANS KNEW EVERYTHING –  Jan. 22, 2022 - Unable to let it go, she comes to believe seeking knowledge and…

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Overdose Rates Higher for Older Black Men

THE BLUES –   Jan. 12, 2022 - Ripple effects of institutionalized racism, such as disparate access to substance use…

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Non-profit with ZERO Track Record Awarded $10 million Dollars to Fight Opioid Crisis

VIDEO – NO CORRUPTION HERE –   Jan. 10, 2022 - State filings showed the organization was founded in July…

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To End Opioid Scourge, Rethink Sober Home Rules by Mae Baltz

IT’S FLORIDA JAKE –   Jan. 23, 2022 - In 2015, Gov. Rick Scott created a voluntary certification system for…

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Most Americans Do Heal From Addiction

AUDIO – LIVE AND PROSPER –   Jan. 23, 2022 - The U.S. is facing the deadliest drug overdose epidemic…

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Removing Brain Cells May Lessen Symptoms of Opioid Withdrawal

HOW MANY? –   Jan. 12, 2022 - In 2000, UCLA sleep researchers discovered that human narcolepsy – a condition…

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Overdose Deaths at Historic High. Could These Strategies Save Lives?

SOMETHING NEW? –   Jan. 23, 2022 - As evidence-based drug treatment and interventions became increasingly difficult to obtain during…

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Anaheim Sees Four Drug Overdose Deaths In One Hour

DON’T FORGET TO WRITE –   Jan. 3, 2021 - Two of the men were pronounced dead at the scene,…

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Nevada Joins $26 Billion Opioid Settlement

$63 MILLION to $5 BILLION –   Jan. 4, 2022 - Amerisource Bergen and McKesson declined to comment. Cardinal Health…

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Reinvent Addiction Recovery For Young People by Eve Goldberg

TRUTH AND COMPASSION –   Dec. 29, 2021 - It has been seven years since my son passed away from…

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Man vs. Epidemic: The Origin Story of Pill Man

MAKING A DIFFERENCE –   Dec. 28, 2021 - The road to recovery was riddled with several obstacles, according to…

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Israeli Pharma Giant Teva is Found Guilty in Opioid Trial

MONEY WILL NOT BRING THE DEAD BACK TO LIFE! Dec. 30, 2021 - Teva Pharmaceuticals, an Israeli-based company that produces generic…

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