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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 to an American perishing from a drug overdose death every five minutes. This is unacceptab... Read More...

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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 less widely understood why the drug has mushroomed. And why so many illicit products — from fentanyl... Read More...

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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 Pharma influence too clear – to be explained away by sheer incompetence. This is a story 20 years ... Read More...

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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 men between the ages of 25 and 54. And while the opioid crisis has been characterized as one primarily impact... Read More...

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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 across the country—and more than 800,000 people are estimated to have died from an opioid overdose. At the root of thi... Read More...

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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 number hit an all-time high of 87,000 deaths by overdose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Fen... Read More...

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Hulu’s Dopesick Puts a 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) and Rick Mountcastle (Peter Sarsgaard) and their new boss John Brownlee (Jake McDorman), all ... Read More...

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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 Andria Herr. She needed gallbladder surgery in March during the pandemic and she wanted non-narcot... Read More...

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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, sold and distributed opioids created a public nuisance and should abate some of the damage drugs have caused in ... Read More...

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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 20 years of US military involvement in Afghanistan. The Taliban say they’re going to put an end to that. O... Read More...

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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 Commissioner of Mental Hygiene, more services are the answer, in the form of overdose prevent... Read More...

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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 an actionable public nuisance,” the ruling said. Los Angeles, Orange a... Read More...

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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, to get access to their methadone and things like that, although a lot of cities have taken great pains to try to make sure t... Read More...

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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 as effective as opioids or even more so, but 43% also said they regularly prescribe opioid medications. ... Read More...

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Overdose Deaths at a Historic High, FBI Targets Online Drug Markets

DEATH DELIVERED – Oct. 26, 2021 - These sites exist on the dark web or darknet, an area of the internet accessed through a specialized browser called Tor. Tor offers additional levels of privacy by obscuring t... Read More...

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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 firm, I had hundreds of plates spinning up in the air, maybe thousands. It was all way too much, especially on a dai... Read More...

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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. In 2015′s “Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic,” Quinones outlined an innovative heroin distribution sys... Read More...

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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 “Dreamland,” did you think you would write another drug book? No, because I was still thinking old school, and I ... Read More...

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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 project, he asks himself if he’d watch it on TV or leave his home to see it in a theater. If the project checks ... Read More...

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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 aware of their potential for misuse and addiction. Luther said clinicians need to educ... Read More...

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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 five bills as she spoke of the death of her late nephew Michael, who died from an overdose after injecting opiat... Read More...

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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 used to protect her identity) got the shot this Tuesday, she became just the sixth person to receive it. “It’s very... Read More...

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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 she just needed some physical therapy to help with the resulting back pain. When her physician prescribed her a low dose ... Read More...

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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 opioid overdose victims that some people worry that it might make drug users think heroin and related drugs ... Read More...

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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 treatment known as “contingency management,” and authorize Medi-Cal to cover it. Contingency management ... Read More...

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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 by scientists. The U.S. government has twice tried to restrict kratom’s use by classifying it as a controlled substan... Read More...

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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 on the street in this country, it’s an opioid overdose until proven otherwise,” Crystal said. More tha... Read More...

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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 from addiction “The goal of this project is to humanize this disease and to help to erase the ... Read More...

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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 and Trumbull counties will try to convince a jury that the retail pharmacy companies played an outs... Read More...

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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, Mass., collected a long, painful thread of receipts for prescriptions, urine tests, doctors visits, detox and reha... Read More...

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