Overdose

Kratom Dependency Grows

WATCH – SOLD IN VENDING MACHINES –  May 12, 2021 - Until the pandemic struck in March 2020, Rohr and…

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Who’s to blame for America’s opioid epidemic?

FOLLOW THE MONEY –  May 5, 2021 -  It was an American epidemic long before Covid-19. Opioid addiction and overdoses…

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Man in recovery saves someone overdosing

WATCH – PAYING IT FORWARD –  April 30, 2021 - “Every minute that we could be there that quick, we…

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Worsening deadly opioid epidemic must not be forgotten

EVERYONE’S OPINION? –  May 2, 2021 - THE UNITED STATES is still grappling with the deadly coronavirus pandemic, yet, sadly,…

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“I Can’t Abandon My Name”: The Sacklers And Me

THE WHOLE FAMILY ISN’T TOXIC –  May 4, 2021 -  I had never before heard of the novel, called The…

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CA Passes Bill For Supervised Sites For Drug Users

CALIFORNIA NODDING –  April 22, 2021 - Supervised injection sites have emerged around the world in recent years, part of…

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Mom’s anguish after daughter, 12, died of suspected OD

WATCH – FOREVER GRIEF –  May 6, 2021 - She said she has struggled with her own mental health and…

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Church-Going Couple Accused of Operating Drug Lab

WATCH – WHAT WAS THEIR FAVORITE TV SHOW? –  May 6, 2021 - Craig Johnson, chief deputy sheriff at the…

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The Sacklers Launched OxyContin. Everyone Knows It!

GREED KILLS, GREED KILLED –  May 6, 2021 - Before Richard Sackler—father of David Sackler, who’s married to Joss—became president…

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They used drugs as children then turned their lives around. Here’s how!

SOBRIETY IS A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND –  May 2, 2021-  But when she was 26 years old, a phone call…

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2020: Worst year for drug overdoses in recorded history

WATCH – AMERICAN DEATH MARCH –  April 26, 2021 - “I really don’t see our workload going down significantly for…

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New Guidelines For Opioid Treatment Are A ‘Big Deal’

LISTEN – LET THE HEALING BEGIN –  April 27, 2021 - “Some physicians actually don’t want to prescribe it because…

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Landmark opioid crisis trial starts next week at ground zero

INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY AS SIN –  May 1, 2021 - Why is the trial in West Virginia? A year…

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A Survivor’s Perspective on San Francisco’s Drug Crisis

WHAT CAN BE DONE? –  April 26, 2021 - Mr. Wolf, whose mother immigrated from Mexico, spoke to the dealers…

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The United States Of Meth

SPEEDING TOWARDS OUR DEMISE –  April 27, 2021 - As the pills piled up, Jon DeLena was shaken. He’d lived…

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A Flawed System

WHO CAN WE TRUST? –  April 29, 2021 - What his family didn’t know was that Addiction Specialists Inc., often…

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US lifts barriers to prescribing Suboxone

GIVE PILLS A CHANCE –  April 27, 2020 - Because of how opioids act on the brain, people dependent on…

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Mother about son’s fatal fentanyl overdose to reignite opioid conversation

WATCH – SO MANY GONE –  April 20, 2021 - Debbie had walked downstairs in her home that morning to…

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‘Saying YES to Drug Addiction, One Drug Den at Time’

CALIFORNIA DREAMING –  April 22, 2021 - The State Senate Republicans noted they are fighting to combat the deadly fentanyl…

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Is fear of opioids leaving patients in pain?

DOCTOR’S DILEMMA –  April 23, 2021 - We heard from someone who has reached the end of his rope: “In…

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West Virginia overdose deaths set new record amid pandemic

WHEN WILL IT STOP? –  April 22, 2021 - Data analysis published in the American Journal of Public Health, which…

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Canada’s overdose and illicit drug crisis

WATCH – HARM REDUCTION ARGUMENT –  April 15, 2021 - Five years after B.C. declared the overdose and illicit drug…

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“Fentanyl Is Here:” Vegas Suffers 200% Surge In Overdose Deaths

LEAVING LAS VEGAS FOREVER –  April 17, 2021 - “Clark County fentanyl deaths are on par with the “alarming” 30%…

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How DMX Found God

MAY HIS MEMORY BE A BLESSING –  April 13, 2021 - so he found himself “possessed by the darker side,”…

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Ibogaine: Promising Treatment for Addiction

IF IT REALLY WORKS, WHY NOT? –  April 5, 2021 - Once dismissed as a fringe, counterculture vice, psychedelics are…

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Stimulus money fueling addictions

WATCH – BAD MONEY AFTER GOOD –  April 1, 2021 - She said the correlation became clearer when checks rolled…

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Overdose Deaths Spiked To 88,000 During Covid-19

LISTEN – HUNGRY GHOSTS –  April 1, 2021  - The White House plan drew praise from Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H.,…

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George Floyd could change how we talk about drug abuse and Black Americans

WATCH – LONG OVERDUE CONVERSATION –  April 3, 2021 - As the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the United States, Floyd,…

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‘Jackass’ team ‘tortured’ me with 90-day rehab stint’ says: Bam Margera

WATCH – 18 DIFFERENT JAGGED LITTLE PILLS –  April 2, 2021 - “What’s the point of a $5 million contract…

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ADDICTION TREATMENT: DISASTER LOOMING

SYSTEMATIC BREAKDOWN –  March 24, 2021 - In a spectacular display of stigma related to the disease of addiction and…

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