Overdose

Traffickers Target Teens With ‘rainbow fentanyl’ Deaths

VIDEO – CHILDHOOD IS DANGEROUS –  Aug. 31, 2022 - “The men and women of the DEA are relentlessly working…

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Fentanyl Deaths Leads Morgues to Run Out of Space

VIDEO – NO END IN SIGHT –  Aug. 24, 2022 - Chicago-area resident Karen Zander lost her 22-year-old son John…

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Are Physicians at Higher Risk for Substance Abuse?

PHYSICIAN HEAL THYSELF –    Aug. 25, 2022 - It incentivizes physicians hiding their addiction and avoiding unwanted attention that…

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Law Enforcement Officials Warn About Spread of “Rainbow Fentanyl”

THE COLOR OF MONEY –    Aug. 22, 2022 - Experts have differing theories as to why illicit drug manufacturers…

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Demi Talks ‘survivor’s guilt’ After 2018 Overdose

SHARING HEALS –    Aug. 18, 2022 - Lovato, who recently added back the pronouns she/her, suffered an overdose in…

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Overdose Prevention Should Be Part of Each College’s Core Curriculum

BEFORE ALGEBRA –  August 11, 2022 - I’m not being alarmist: During that same spring break, four students in Florida…

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Every ER Doctor Will See An Overdose Every Shift

AUDIO – HOW MANY GET TO GO HOME? –  Aug. 9, 2022 - “This is an expected type of patient…

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CVS, Walgreens and Walmart Fined Only $650,000,000 For Ohio’s Opioids Horror Show

ANOTHER DROP IN THE BUCKET –  August 17, 2022 - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered three of the nation’s…

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Florida Leads Nation In Overdose Deaths From New Synthetic Drug: Eutylone

VIDEO – EUTYLONE EUTYLONE EUTYLONE –    Aug. 13, 2022 - Florida is leading the nation in overdose deaths with…

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How Photographers Help Fight Addiction in Philly

VIDEO – STARING IN THE FACE OF HOPELESSNESS –    Aug. 16, 2022 -  “It just doesn’t feel comfortable for…

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SF Walgreens Colluded with Opioid Manufacturers

VIDEO – Walgreens Guilty as Sin –  Aug. 10, 2022 - Amanda Starrantino reports on a judge ruling in San…

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Tennessee Sues Walgreens For Leading Role in Opioid Crisis

VIDEO – Walgreens Sucks –  Aug. 10, 2022 - The Tennessee Attorney General is suing Walgreens for selling over a…

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Author of ‘Dopesick’ to Release New Book

VIDEO – READING IS FUN –    Aug. 10, 2022 - “A lot of communities are up to speed on…

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Audio from Drug Overdose Involving Madison County Candidate

VIDEO – A CANDIDATE FOR NARCAN –  August 10, 2022 - Police were told Saturday, July 30 began at a…

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Why So Few Opioid Addicts Don’t Get the Treatment that Could Save Them?

UNFAIR AND UNBALANCED –  Aug. 12, 2022 - After about six years, when she could no longer endure the misery,…

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13-Year-Old Boy Dead from Accidental Fentanyl Overdose

VIDEO – ARE YOU SOBBING OR SCREAMING? –    Aug. 12, 2022 - AURORA, Colo. — Younger and younger kids…

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Harm Reduction Gets Naloxone of Its Own

OFF BRAND OFF HEROIN –  Aug. 1, 2022 - The naloxone itself is the same as what Hikma already manufactures,…

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Officials Push for Gov. Newsom to Approve Safe Consumption Sites

VIDEO – TIME FOR DEATH REDUCTION –    Aug. 10, 2022 - People would be able to bring drugs into…

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Fentanyl Overdose Murder Case is First of its Kind

OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD –    Aug. 8, 2022 - ndictments have been issued in similar overdose cases in Duval County and…

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Computer Algorithms Improve Timeliness of Overdose Data

NOW YOU KNOW NOW –  Aug. 10, 2022 - We found that for most substances evaluated, the performance of these…

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Doctor Prescribed Drugs with ‘reckless abandon’ Given 15-years

DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH THE DEVIL –  Aug. 30, 2022 - The daughter of one of the five people whose deaths…

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Big Pharma’s Crime: Profits From Addiction

CARTELS ON WALL STREET –    August 5, 2022 - Painkiller producers such as Purdue Pharma — the maker of…

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How the Pharmaceutical Industry Operates Like Deadly Drug Cartel

AUDIO – CVS, Walmart, Walgreens WIN BIG –  Aug. 2, 2022 - It’s estimated that more than 107,000 people in…

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FDA’s Flawed Approach to Accelerated Drug Approvals

FOLLOW THE MONEY –  July 25, 2022 - NPR found that 42% of currently outstanding confirmatory studies – or 50…

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Medicating Complexity

TIED WITH PLACEBO –   July 25, 2022 - A paper in the journal Molecular Psychiatry recently tried to examine…

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Residents Raise Money for Addiction Billboard

VIDEO – COMMUNITY HEARTACHE SHARED –  July 30 2022 - Video Only - Boonville residents raise money for addiction billboard.…

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Jewish Communities Grapple with Addiction as Crisis Ravages US

VIDEO – NO ONE IS IMMUNE –   July 27, 2022 - A graduate of a Brooklyn yeshiva, David, a…

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New York City Busts Decline, Overdose Deaths Soar

LIVE AND LET DIE? –    July 30, 2022 - Before their son Paul fatally overdosed on fentanyl-laced cocaine, Robert…

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New Jersey’s EXTREME Plan to End Fentanyl Deaths

COULD LOCK THEM UP WORK? –  July 25, 2022 - He said this may sound harsh but “it is such…

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Teva Reaches $4.25 Billion Settlement Over Opioid Flooding

IS THAT A LOT OF MONEY? –  July 26, 2022 - The deal — worth up to $4.25 billion —…

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