opioids

In My Hometown, Opioids Are Still Stealing Lives

THREE WEEKS LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN –  April 14, 2021 - “Nobody wants their child’s life defined in one moment…

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‘The Crime of the Century’ Examines Deadly Opioid Crisis

WATCH – HBO DOES IT AGAIN –  April 7, 2021 - HBO Max has released a teaser for filmmaker Alex…

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America Has Been Through An Opioid Crisis Before

NO ONE LIKES PAIN –  April 9, 2021 - Doctors have been prescribing opiate painkillers since the Bronze Age, and…

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Biden Pledges Assertive Action to Address Opioid Crisis

BY DOING WHAT? –  April 5, 2021 - The crisis is national, but the struggle is personal—deeply personal,” he said.…

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Sackler Family’s Self-Pitying Emails

BOOK REVIEW –  April 8, 2021 - In a 2017 email, Mortimer Sackler, son and namesake of one of the…

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ADDICTION TREATMENT: DISASTER LOOMING

SYSTEMATIC BREAKDOWN –  March 24, 2021 - In a spectacular display of stigma related to the disease of addiction and…

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Safer injection facilities are much-needed weapon in the opioid epidemic

DEATH REDUCTION –  April 3, 2021 - Doctors or nurses based at SIFs provide treatment or give referrals to treatment…

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Do College Students even do drugs?

DO BEARS COME IN THE MAIL? –  March 4, 2021 - The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a…

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Emergency Naloxone Boxes Installed in Wisconsin to Help Save Lives

I SEE LIVE PEOPLE –  March 11, 2021 - Outreach specialists with Wisconsin Voices for Recovery have now put up…

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Purdue Pharma $10B bankruptcy plan farce?

SUPER WEALTHY CON JOB? –  March 16, 2021 - By Associated Press | March 16, 2021 at 11:53 AM EDT…

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Mich. pharmacist, tech charged in $1.2M opioid distribution conspiracy

OVERDOSE OF GREED –  March 18, 2021 -  A Michigan pharmacist and pharmacy technician have been charged in a conspiracy…

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Hazelden Betty Ford Sites in Oregon Designated Blue Distinction® Centers

PROOF IT WORKS –  March 12, 2021 - According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 130 Americans die…

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Kristen Johnston on her past addictions: ‘It gives me chills’

STRENGTH AND BEAUTY –  March 10, 2021 - Talking about her struggles with addiction isn’t new for Kristen Johnston, but…

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Why Simon’s parents sent him to the Scientologists for rehab

MARKETING? –  March 8, 2021 - When Margaret and John Millington’s son Simon was in the grips of an opioid…

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Long Island doctor charged with murder in 5 opioid deaths

DR. DEATH –  March 4, 2021 - Blatti pleaded not guilty at an arraignment in Nassau County Court and was…

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James Taylor regrets giving John Lennon opiates

YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND? –  March 2, 2021 - People who walk through the glittery door of showbiz almost always…

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Overdose Deaths Surge Among Black Americans

UNCIVIL WAR –  March 3, 2021 - Jenkins, who lives in upstate New York, says her mom, Sonya Hughey, had…

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North Philadelphia “Pill Mill” Doctor Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Illegal Opioid Distribution

ADDICTION RULES –  March 2, 2021 - “The U.S. Attorney’s Office is committed to stopping drug-dealing doctors like Rodos,” said…

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Opioid Addiction Relapse May Be Different for Men, Women

NOT THE SAME? –  March 4, 2021 - For women, the greatest risk factors for opioid relapse were depression, more…

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Meet the Mom Working to End the Opioid Epidemic: ‘We Need Empathy and Compassion’

LOVE AND CHARITY –  March 5, 2021 - They recommended another facility several hours away, but by the time they…

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Inmates arrested for Suboxone Strips drug-mail scheme at jail

OXYMORONs –  March 3, 2021 - According to Chesterfield Sheriff Karl Leonard, the alleged drug smugglers exploited a regulatory loophole…

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Race and Opioids: Lessons From the Civil War-Era Opioid Addiction Crisis

WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR SOME –  Feb. 25, 2021 - During the antebellum decades, addiction to rudimentary opiates such…

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Dan Schneider of Netflix’s The Pharmacist at Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit

FROM LOSS COMES HOPE –  Feb. 26, 2021 - "As overdose cases are rapidly increasing and treatments for substance use disorders…

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Addiction PRESCRIPTION

WORTH LIVING –  Feb. 25, 2021 - Most of the roughly 13 million in that group who have been prescribed…

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The Last Days of Heroin

FENTANYL FOREVER? –  Feb. 18, 2021 - Fentanyl isn’t a new substance, having first been synthesized in a lab in…

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Drug‑Free Solution to Opioid Withdrawal

SOON FOR BABIES TOO? –  Feb. 18, 2021 - The Texas startup was founded in Houston in 2018, but is…

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The Opioid Crisis, Fueled by Covid, Is Worse Than Ever

MORE BAD NEWS –  Feb. 20. 2021 - Drug overdoses of all kinds killed nearly 84,000 people in the U.S.…

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NFL Seeking Information on Cannabis as an Alternative to Opioids

WATCH – 4-20-51-50 HIIIGH-KE –  Feb. 17, 2021 - The NFL finally loosened its cannabis testing policy last offseason, amid…

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Woman Recovering From Opioid Addiction Sues to Get Methadone

CRAZY TIME –  FEB 12, 2021 - But Finnigan, 53, who lives in Chicago, said things changed for her in…

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Drug companies seek billion-dollar tax deductions from opioid settlement

$ $ $ $ $ $ –  February 12, 2021 - The deductions may deepen public anger toward companies prosecutors…

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