opioids

Study examines incoming medical student knowledge of opioid overdoses and substance use disorders

Time to teach about life? –  Nov. 8, 2020 - Three students at the Wayne State University School of Medicine…

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After Meth: Dealing, desperation and house fire

WATCH – Downward spiral ends on film –  Nov. 5, 2020 - Moneyas escaped through the front window. That house…

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When Justice Department lawyer exposed the agency’s secret role in drug cases, intelligence community retaliated.

New Yorker by Ronan Farrow – Oct. 30, 2020 - “When I get really pissed,” McConnell told me, “I get monotone,…

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Oregon Sees 70% Increase in Overdose Deaths

Homegrown Terrorism –   Oct. 30, 2020 - The release said analysts in the Injury and Prevention Section of the…

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School board candidate charged in $18 million pill scheme

Three Deathsketeers –  Oct. 5, 2020 - Former Jackson Madison County School System board candidate Dr. Tameka Noel was among…

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Woman who ran pill mills gets 33 years in prison

33 years more than the Sackler family –   Oct. 22, 2020 - Investigators say Hofstetter initially worked at a…

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Walmart: Opioid Villain? The Curious Case of Deep-Pocketed Defendant

Scumbag Millionaires –   Oct. 23, 2020 - Walmart has been tightening its policies on filling opioid prescriptions, according to…

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Sackler Family Makes $8B Opioid Deal for 100,000’s Deaths. No Jail Time.

Crime Pays – Oct. 21, 2020 - The controversial settlement, valued at more than $8.3 billion, would restructure Purdue Pharma,…

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Opioids in America, Part 1: Background of an epidemic

Euphoria & Greed –   Oct. 10, 2020 - People who have achieved sobriety from other substances can easily fall…

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Why Is Amazon Tracking Opioid Use in the United States?

Because they can? –   Oct 2, 2020 - Amazon’s human resources team is tracking opioid usage among the American…

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Doctors funneled opioids in Texas pill mill

LISTEN – Do no harm and or get caught – Oct. 5, 2020 - Two doctors and five pharmacists are…

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Heart Infection Projected to Kill One in Five Who Inject Opioids

Collateral Damage –   Sep. 30, 2020 - The study authors behind the model projected mortality risks based off of…

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What this doctor learned about addiction after 40 years in medicine

Treat people with care and respect – Oct 8, 2020 - What happened in Pittsburgh is instructive because the steel…

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United States Chamber of Commerce does not support $465M Oklahoma opioid judgment

Business as Usual –   Oct 9, 2020 - Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman last summer ordered Johnson &…

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Cuomo Calls for Arrests of Public Drug Users

Lock them up! – Sep. 30, 2020 - "We need to stabilize the city now and there is a lot…

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‘The Drug Became His Friend’: Pandemic Drives Hike In Opioid Deaths

New York Times - Real (Bad) News – Sep. 28, 2020 - In the six months since Covid-19 brought the…

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Addiction is Disease?

Maybe? Maybe not. –  Sept. 14, 2020 - If addiction is a disease, then we should treat addicts the same…

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Doctor faces charges for over-prescribing for cash after 2 patients die

Paging Dr. Morte –  Sep. 17, 2020 - Now the Scranton doctor accused of over-prescribing opioids in exchange for cash…

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The Opioid Crisis Has Intensified During Coronavirus Pandemic

WATCH – It’s M.A.T. or DIE says Wall Street Journal – Sept. 8, 2020 - When Covid-19 struck, the U.S.…

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Why did the justice department let Purdue off the hook for the opioid crisis?

Fortunes are at stake? – Sept. 8, 2020 - The opioid epidemic is not over. Even as Covid-19 rages, opioid-related…

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Walmart Sued Over Opioids

Everyone knew! –   August 24, 2020 - “Revelations concerning Walmart are not emerging because Walmart somehow chose to ‘come…

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Opioid crisis is ‘a product’ of U.S. health care

WATCH – Die Suckers Die –   August 29, 2020 - The pharmaceutical industry’s opportunism — enabled by the backing…

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Overdose Awareness Vigil held Aug. 31

Community Caring –   August 29, 2020 - As he did at last year’s inaugural event, Father Neal Longe of…

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Denver Reports 83% Increase in Drug Deaths in First Half of Year

Dying for that Fentanyl Feeling – August 27, 2020 - Health officials are urging people to review the resources below and…

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Masked robber hits CVS for oxycodone

Drugstore Cowboy –   August 28, 2020 - NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) — Thursday evening, an armed robber struck…

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A Bill to Decriminalize All Drugs

FINALLY! – August 20, 2020 - “The world we are proposing will significantly reduce the harm experienced by the most…

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U.S. states seek $2.2 TRILLION from OxyContin dealers

Swiss bank accounts stay hidden? –   AUGUST 17, 2020 - The filings cited more than 200,000 deaths in the…

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Deadly Overdose Spike During Pandemic

LISTEN – How much more horrible will it get? –   August 13, 2020 - Making matters worse is a…

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Newborn Mothers Get Too Many Opiods, Claim Osteopaths, Then They Circulate Them In Their Community

It’s Complicated –   August 14, 2020  - The authors of the paper try to suggest causal arrows by putting…

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Overdose Deaths Stratified Among Latinx People

No Walls – August 12, 2020 - Nationally, Hispanic people, the category selected by data, see far lower rates of…

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