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Supreme Court Ruling Tosses ‘pill mill’ Convictions

PILL PUSHERS FREED – Jan. 5, 2023 - The Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the convictions of Xiulu Ruan and John Couch for unlawfully dispensing controlled substances after find... Read More...

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Oscar Buzz for ‘All The Beauty and the Bloodshed’ that Explores Sackler Family Murderers

FILMS CAN IMPROVE YOUR LIFE – Jan. 5, 2023 - Poitras, who won a best documentary Oscar in 2014 for Citizenfour, about ex-CIA contractor Edward Snowden, thanked the Venice Film Festival jury at the ... Read More...

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After Record Deaths, There Have Been Reforms in Addiction Treatment

AUDIO – DEAR MR. FANTASY – Dec. 30, 2022 - You know, A, I think it’s helpful to remember how the COVID pandemic kept changing - right? - as different strains of the virus emerged. Well, the opioid epidemic is kind... Read More...

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Feds Sue ‘AmerisourceBergen’ For ‘hundreds of thousands’ of Opioid Violations

AUDIO – GREEDY WHITE COLLAR MURDERERS GO FREE – Dec. 29, 2022 - According to the complaint, AmerisourceBergen executives knew prescription pills shipped to Florida and West Virginia were being diverted and “sold i... Read More...

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Justice Dept. Sues Corporate Opioid Dealer

WALL STREET GETS OFF EASY – Dec. 29, 2022 - The federal Controlled Substances Act requires pharmaceutical distributors to monitor their customer orders and notify federal officials of any that may be of ... Read More...

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Fentanyl Causes Rise in TEEN Deaths

WHAT A WAY TO GO :( – Dec. 22, 2022 - In September, Melanie Ramos, 15, died from a suspected fentanyl overdose after taking a fake Percocet. Alexander Neville, 14, passed away from a fentanyl overdose in... Read More...

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Doing The Same Thing About Overdoses and Expecting Different Results

INSANITY? – Dec. 22, 2022 - “There is something going on here that we, as a nation, are devouring drugs — prescription and illegal drugs at rates not seen in humanity — not seen anyplace else on the plan... Read More...

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The Biden Administration Hopes to Expand Opioid Treatment

AUDIO – HOPES TOO? – Dec, 26, 2022 - MANN: But public health experts say stigma in the health care system and strict government regulations mean 90% of people addicted to opioids never get these medications. Wang, w... Read More...

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What Comes Next for the War on Drugs?

IT WAS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY – Dec. 12, 2022 - The MAT Act would eliminate the special Drug Enforcement Administration waiver that doctors must apply for in order to prescribe buprenorphine (a medication tha... Read More...

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Doctor Arrested for Taking Cash for Oxycodone

JUST LIKE THE PHARMACIST – Dec. 14, 2022 - The prescriptions written by Jafari-Hassad had no legitimate medical purpose, according to officials. The doctor would also bill their insurance for a variety of charg... Read More...

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How Fentanyl Is Forcing Providers to Go Rogue

TO MEDICATE OR MEDITATE? – by Claire Wilcox Dec. 12, 2022 - “It was very confusing in the beginning,” says Rifka Stern, community addiction treatment physician in New Mexico and member of the Bernalillo County Ad... Read More...

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CVS & Walgreens Agree to Pay $10 billion Fine For Selling Opioids

THEY STILL CAME OUT AHEAD – Dec. 13, 2022 - In total, corporations have had to pay $54 billion in settlements. Walmart agreed last month to pay more than $3 billion to states, while four pharmaceutical companie... Read More...

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Will Adderall Scarcity Trigger Repeat of Opioid Crisis?

CROSS ADDICTION! – Nov. 14, 2022 - Amphetamine withdrawal symptoms, including depression, are not easily addressed with other kinds of drugs. So as countless individuals are confronting having to rapidly... Read More...

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Artist Nan Goldin on Addiction and Exposing the Sackler Deadly Dynasty

VIDEO – ARTIST/ACTIVIST IN EVERY WAY – Dec. 4, 2022 - Poitras deftly weaves Goldin’s activism into the bigger story of her life and art, including the rawly intimate photographic projects such as The Ballad of ... Read More...

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Jackie Siegel on Losing a Daughter to Addiction

VIDEO – NO ONE IS IMMUNE – Dec. 9, 2022 - The rise and fall of their grand ambitions were captured in the critically acclaimed 2012 documentary based on their plans for the 90,000-square-foot behemoth ne... Read More...

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When the Tenderloin’s Addiction Crisis Goes Viral

AUDIO – ATTENTION! – Dec. 9, 2022 - These images, which circulate around the world, can evoke anger, fear, and frustration. They also shape opinion about what should be done and galvanize support for har... Read More...

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NJ Overdose Deaths DECREASE

VIDEO – GOOD NEWS – Dec. 8, 2022 - The painful and widespread impacts of the opioid epidemic persist in New Jersey. Efforts to stem the tide have been bolstered by more federal money and better education... Read More...

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White House Unveils New System to Track and Prevent Opioid Overdoses

AUDIO – OBSERVING THE TRACKS – Dec. 8, 2022 - The website also won’t include information from hospitals, schools, businesses non-profits and academic programs that collect non-fatal overdose information.... Read More...

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FILM REVIEW: ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’

GO SEE A GOOD MOVIE – Dec. 2, 2022 - “It’s not a biodoc in any standard sense, thank God — Poitras, whose own career has revolved around the War on Terror, is much too ambitious a filmmaker to box ... Read More...

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‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’: Best documentary of the year calls for accountability in opioid crisis

VIDEO – ACTIVISM SAVES LIVES – Dec. 7, 2022 - As the opioid epidemic rages on across the U.S., impacting Canada as well, Oscar-winning director Laura Poitras is telling the story of renowned artist and activist... Read More...

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Fentanyl’s Scourge Visible in Los Angeles (warning: graphic images)

IT’S NOT A DISASTER MOVIE! – Nov. 28, 2022 - The federal government says the highly addictive and lethal synthetic drug has quickly become the deadliest drug in the nation. While help is available, it is... Read More...

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Drugs Killed 8 Friends, One by One

AUDIO – WHERE DOES IT END? – Dec. 2, 2022 - In a nation that suffered more than 107,000 drug overdose deaths in 2021 alone, there are many Greenvilles — places where the powerful opioid fentanyl and othe... Read More...

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As Overdoses Soar in America, Clinicians are Prescribing More Addiction Medicine

VIDEO – BIG PHARMA BIG HAPPY – Nov. 30, 2022 - The central Iowa clinic, owned by the nonprofit agency Primary Health Care, has offered buprenorphine since 2016. “We were kind of a unicorn in this part of the st... Read More...

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Florida Rejects New Opioid Guidelines

AND HUMANITY – Nov. 21, 2022 - Opioid use disorder is a chronic life-threatening disease that people contract through exposure to opioids, either illicit or prescribed by a physician. In recognition of t... Read More...

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1 Out of Every 35 Fetuses in U.S. Exposed to Opioids

THE LITTLEST ONES – Nov. 25, 2022 - The finding stems from an analysis of data from 21,905 pregnant women in what’s dubbed the ECHO program (Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes), a federally funde... Read More...

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Teva’s $6.6 Billion Opioid Settlements

TEVA, JUST DOING THE DEVIL’S WORK – Nov. 22, 2022 - Teva and AbbVie did not admit wrongdoing. The two companies said that as part of the settlements, they have resolved a dispute between them over responsibilit... Read More...

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How Meth Worsened Fentanyl Crisis. ‘We Are in a Different World.’

DEATH BY MISTAKES – Nov. 14, 2022 - The drug combination put him at the center of a deepening complication in the nation’s overdose crisis. The pairing of meth, which can also cause psychosis and erratic, risky... Read More...

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Opioid Epidemic Is Surging Among Black People

UNEQUAL CARE – Dec. 1, 2022 - The reasons for this dramatic change come down to racial inequities. Research shows that Black people have a harder time getting into treatment programs than white people do... Read More...

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Fentanyl Vaccine Potential ‘Game Changer’ for Opioid Epidemic

PLEASE BE TRUE – Nov. 14, 2022 - The breakthrough discovery could have major implications for the nation’s opioid epidemic by becoming a relapse prevention agent for people trying to quit using opioids. While r... Read More...

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Walmart Offers to Pay $3.1 Billion to Settle Opioid Lawsuits

HOW MUCH DID THEY MAKE? – Nov. 15, 2022 - The deals are the product of negotiations with a group of state attorneys general, but they are not final. The CVS and Walgreens deals would have to be accepted ... Read More...

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