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America’s Opioid Epidemic

STILL ALIVE KILLING PEOPLE – Nov. 4, 2023 - OxyContin was given out in unprecedented quantities: prescriptions peaked in 2012, at more than 255 million in the US over the year. This, and other comparable opioi... Read More...

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Administration Urges Schools to Carry Opioid Overdose Drug

SAD STATE OF AFFAIR – Oct. 31, 2023 - “We will encourage businesses, restaurants, banks, construction sites, schools, others to think about this — think about it as a smoke alarm or a defibrillator, to make it as eas... Read More...

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Save a Life Stations Installed to Help People Using Opioids

VIDEO – OD to O’WOW, I’M ALIVE – Nov. 3, 2023 - LOCShannon Smith is the director of housing and community development for Lighthouse, an organization that provides resources like food and shelter for people in the co... Read More...

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Pharmacist and Clinic Owner Get Prison for $6M Pill Mill Scheme

BUSINESS AS USUAL – Oct. 26, 2023 - Sokari “Momma” Bobmanuel, 63, was sentenced to 14 years in prison following her conviction at trial for conspiracy to unlawfully distribute and dispense controlled substances. Alan... Read More...

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White Patients More Often Than Black Patients to be Given Opioids for Pain in ER

FAVORITISM? – Oct. 27, 2023 - We examined more than 200,000 visit records of patients treated for pain, taken from a representative sample of U.S. emergency departments from 1999 to 2020. Although white patien... Read More...

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Nan Goldin on Vaping, Orgasms, and Greek Myths

MORE – Oct. 24, 2023 - Since the 80s, Goldin has been working hard. Last year, the Laura Poitras-directed documentary about her life, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, was nominated for an Oscar. At the same t... Read More...

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Opioid Crisis Is Worse Despite Congress’ $20 Billion Effort To Stop It

DO THEY EVEN CARE? – Oct. 22, 2023 - When that option ended on Sept. 30, the two states which used it — South Dakota and Tennessee — steered their Medicaid recipients with substance use disorder toward treatment faci... Read More...

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Rite Aid, CVS & Walgreens To Close More Than 1,500 Stores Due to Crime. Whose Crimes?

WHO’S CRIME? – Oct. 23, 2023 - The nation’s largest drugstore chains, Rite Aid, CVS and Walgreens, will shutter more than 1,500 stores, leaving millions of Americans without access to healthcare in ‘pharmacy d... Read More...

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The True Story and Criminal Case Behind ‘Pain Hustlers’

THAT’S A TRUE STORY – Oct. 27, 2023 - The article detailed the various techniques that the pharmaceutical company Insys Therapeutics used to push its highly addictive fentanyl-based painkiller Subsys into the ... Read More...

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Telehealth May Improve Access for Opioid Addicts

GIVE UP LINES ONLINE – Oct. 18, 2023 - In Kentucky, 48% of those who started buprenorphine treatment via telehealth remained in treatment for 90 continuous days, compared to 44% of those who started treatment in non-... Read More...

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State Testing Wastewater for Opioids Near Schools

VIDEO – GRAFT? – Oct. 18, 2023 - The Environment Department will be focusing on a few key areas to do this: Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, and Bernalillo. Kenny said it’s crucial to understand the impact of fentanyl and ... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 24 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin

Cities Ponder Opiate Friendly Facilities for Drug Use

LET THEM EAT CAKE – Oct. 23, 2023 - The sites employ medical and social workers who guard against overdoses by supplying oxygen and naloxone, the overdose-reversing drug, and by distributing clean needles and other r... Read More...

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Cops Use Opioid Settlement Cash for More Cop Cars

AUDIO – NO MONEY FOR ADDICTS – Oct. 20, 2023 - What’s clear is that each decision — whether to fund a treatment facility or buy a squad car — is a trade-off. The settlements will deliver billions of dollars, b... Read More...

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Opioid Limits Add No Discomfort to Surgery Patients

ONLY TO BIG PHARMA – Oct. 13, 2023 - Instead, patient-reported pain levels and satisfaction didn’t change at all for Michigan adults who had their appendix or gallbladder removed, a hernia repaired, a hysterectomy or... Read More...

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Governors Take Naloxone Training at State House

WITH JUDGMENT-FREE COMPASSION – Sept. 28, 2023 - “Overdose has touched so many Maryland families, including my own,” said Lt. Gov. Miller. “We need to create a seat at the table for everyone as we continue to ident... Read More...

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Pharmacist Convicted for Dispensing Over 100,000 Opioid Pills

CHAMPION PILL PUSHER – Sept. 24, 2023 - Winfield-Gates allegedly filled large volumes of cookie-cutter prescriptions for the opioids hydrocodone 10-325 mg and oxycodone 30 mg and for carisoprodol, alprazolam a... Read More...

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Four numbers that tell the story of the opioid epidemic

REAL DATA – Sept. 13, 2023 - Here are the numbers that tell the story: 45 percent: The approximate decrease of prescription opioid pain pills shipped in the United States from 2011 to 2019. But ... Read More...

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Lawmakers Searching for Answers. Why is Fentanyl Killing Kids?

LOOK WITHIN SOCIETY – Aug. 30, 2023 - Mississippi enacted a bill in March mandating a media campaign aimed at youth. California lawmakers are also considering requiring the state health department to make an o... Read More...

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Narcan Now Available Over-The-Counter!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LIFE SAVERS – Sept. 1, 2023 - The announcement is believed by advocates to be a milestone that will make it easier to save lives in the US as the ongoing opioid epidemic claimed more than 100,000 American live... Read More...

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12 Overdoses in 24 Hours in Harrisburg

VIDEO – THE DIRTIEST DOZEN – Sept 9, 2023 - Potential signs and symptoms of an opioid overdose include: Loss of consciousness. Markedly constricted or pinpoint pupils. Breathing difficulties (slowed, labored... Read More...

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How Badly Did Legal Opioid Pills Flood Your City?

ASK CVS, WALGREENS and Duane Reade – Sept. 12, 2023 - The Washington Post sifted through 760 million transactions from 2006 through 2019 that are detailed in the DEA’s database and specifically focused on oxyc... Read More...

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Painkillers and me: One mother’s story

LITTLE BY LITTLE – Sept. 13, 2023 - “The only thing they think they can do with pain is give you more painkillers,” she tells me. She says the drugs have had a significant impact on her life and how she lives it. ... Read More...

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Emily Blunt and Chris Evans Bring the Opioid Crisis to Hollywood

AUDIO – LISTEN CLOSELY – Sept. 12, 2023 - Zanna is a low-rent South Florida outfit with almost no market share, putting everyone—including wannabe COO Pete Brenner (Evans)—in dire straits. All that changes, however, ... Read More...

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Real ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Instantly Cures Suboxone Addiction With Ibogaine

VIDEO – A TRIP WORTH TAKING – Sept. 7, 2023 - Real life Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort has claimed that an illegal psychedelic drug cured him of his addictions and could be the answer to the opioid crisis.... Read More...

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Fake Prescription Pills Fuels Drug Overdose Deaths

MADNESS IN AMERICA – Sept. 6, 2023 - More than 90% of the counterfeit drugs contained the extremely powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl, which has driven total US overdose deaths to more than 100,000 a year. Ot... Read More...

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I Tried to Get Rid of My Leftover Opioids. It Wasn’t Easy.

THERE IS ALWAYS A DRAIN – Sept. 3, 2023 - I recently found myself wandering the streets of Brooklyn, clutching my tote bag. Inside was a bottle of oxycodone that I didn’t seem to be able to get rid of. A fe... Read More...

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A Final Goodbye to Opiates

FULL VIDEO – AMAZING SHORT FILM – Sept. 5, 2023 - For most of my adult life, I’ve struggled with an opiate addiction of some form. But I’m one of the lucky ones, because I’m still here. The dark descent into the n... Read More...

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Sackler Family Doc Shows Different Side of ‘Painkiller’ & ‘Dopesick’ Series

THE REAL HORROR STORY – Sept. 7, 2023 - All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is a gripping documentary that focuses on Nan Goldin’s activism against the powerful Sackler family, who profited from the opioid crisis. Goldi... Read More...

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‘Gamechanger’ in Opioid Crisis: Narcan Available for Purchase in Drug Stores

VIDEO – ADDICTS STOCK UP – Sept. 8, 2023 - For the first time ever, you can buy Narcan without a prescription. The drug will be available in stores like CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid this week. Many are calling it a... Read More...

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