opioids

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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“Dopesick” Takes On The Opioid Crisis

LISTEN – TIME TO GET hulu –   Nov. 12, 2021 - The opioid epidemic has affected millions of people…

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How Fentanyl and Meth Took Over America

I WISH IT WAS FICTION –   Nov. 2, 2021 - In the 12 months ending in September 2020, that…

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Hulu’s Dopesick Puts Lesbian Coal Miner at the Heart of Its Opioid Crisis Miniseries

WATCH AND WEEP –   Nov. 10, 2021 - We have the government: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Randy Ramseyer (John Hoogenakker)…

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Revolutionary, ‘less harmful’ Pain Medication Therapy

WATCH – ADDICTION IS NOT MANDATORY –   Nov. 12, 2021 - “I wanted no narcotics,” said Seminole County resident…

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Oklahoma Court Overturns $465 Million Opioid Judgment Against J&J

WE’RE INNOCENT –   Nov. 10, 2021 - This is is a blow to the argument that companies that marketed,…

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Down the Road: The Drug Menace in Afghanistan

WATCH – IT’S BAD ALL OVER –    Nov. 5, 2021 - Opium production and drug addiction flourished in the…

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NYC Might Allow Drug Use in Harlem

WINTER IN AMERICA? –    Nov. 5, 2021 - But according to Dr. Chinazo Cunningham, New York City’s Executive Deputy…

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California Judge Delivers Drugmakers First Big Win in Opioid Litigation

EVERYONE ELSE LOSES –   Nov. 2, 2021 - “Any adverse downstream consequences flowing from medically appropriate prescriptions cannot constitute…

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America’s Opioid Crisis Made Worse by Pandemic

WATCH – MUCH WORSE –   Nov. 1, 2021 - “It became a lot harder for some people, for example,…

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Dentists Still Giving Patients Addictive Painkillers

PAGING DR. SACKLER –   Oct. 21, 2021 - In all, 84% of the 269 respondents said NSAID-acetaminophen combos are…

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Overdose Deaths at Historic High, FBI Targets Online Drug Markets

DEATH DELIVERED –   Oct. 26, 2021 - These sites exist on the dark web or darknet, an area of…

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Lawyers, Watch Out for These Five Signs of Addiction!

LISTEN – DON’T TAKE THE FIFTH –   Oct. 26, 2021 -  Plate Spinning As the head of a law…

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The New Wave of Killer Synthetic Drugs

BODIES ON THE SHORE OF DESPAIR –    Oct. 28, 2021 - Quinones has been on this beat for years.…

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Sam Quinones Foretold the Opioid Crisis, Sounds Alarm on the Coming Tsunami of Deaths

LISTEN UP – HE KNOWS WHERE ALL THE BODIES ARE BURIED –   Oct. 29, 2021 - When you finished…

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What’s New: From ‘Dopesick’ to ‘Hightown,’ Three Shows About the Opioid Crisis

WATCH – I LIKE TO WATCH –   Oct. 13, 2021 - ‘Hightown’ When Jerry Bruckheimer is considering a new…

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20% of People Still Use Opioids 3 Months After Surgery

MALINGERERS –    Oct. 11, 2021 - Researchers said people who have not previously taken opioid medications may not be…

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N.Y. Gov. Hochul Decriminalizes Possession and Sale of Hypodermic Needles

HOW LEGALIZE WHAT’S IN IT? –    Oct. 7, 2021 - Gov. Hochul praised lawmakers for passing the package of…

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Scientists Eye Opioid Vaccine Shot

MANDATED FOR ALL REHABS? –   Oct. 1, 2021 - When M. (who requested that her full name not be…

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Victims In Fallout of Pill Mill Closure

WATCH – IT HURTS –   Oct. 7, 2021 - It all began after the 1999 car wreck. Altman figured…

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Naloxone Access Doesn’t Make Heroin Seem Less Risky

DRUGS CAN KILL –    Oct. 7, 2021 - The medication naloxone is so effective at saving the lives of…

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California Governor Vetoes Recovery Incentives Act

AS I RECALL... –   Oct. 8, 2021 - The Recovery Incentives Act aimed to legalize the substance use disorder…

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Global Fight Looms Over Kratom, an Opioid Alternative

NATURE MAY ONE DAY DO SO... –    Oct. 9, 2021 - Those claims have yet to be fully vetted…

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Narcan Inventor Uses Narcan to Treat Man Suffering Opioid Overdose

WATCH – CELESTIAL COINCIDENCE –   Oct. 7, 2021 - “The reality is that if you see someone unresponsive, lying…

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Portraits of Virginians Who Died from Drug Addiction

DRAWING DEADLY CONCLUSIONS –   Oct. 2, 2021 - After drawing his portrait, she decided to draw others who suffered…

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Pharmacies Face 1st Trial In Opioid Conspiracy

EVERY CHAIN IS GUILTY –    Oct. 2, 2021 - In a bellwether federal trial starting Monday in Cleveland, Lake…

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Purdue Deal Delivers Billions, But Individuals Get Crumbs

PLEASE BIG PHARMA, WE NEED SOME MORE –   Sept. 28, 2021 - For her claim, Lynn Wencus of Wretham,…

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