Overdose

Did The DEA Make Up Faux “Fentanyl Facts” Quiz?

IMAGINATION DISTORTED – Jan. 29, 2024 - The tournament part of the “One Pill Can Kill Game Over Tournament,” where…

11 months ago

Author Breaks Silence Surrounding Addiction

THIS MAN KNOWS –   Jan. 20, 2024 - Sam Quinones has been on the front line of reporting on…

11 months ago

New Synthetic Opioids Could Make Fentanyl Crisis Look Like ‘the good old days’

THE GOOD OLD DAYS WEREN’T – Jan. 23, 2024  - Chemists refer to this category of drugs as “nitazenes,” even…

11 months ago

Finding Recovery and Staying Safe from New England Journal of Medicine

VIDEO – HELPFUL INFORMATION –   Jan. 25, 2024 - In this Double Take video from the New England Journal…

11 months ago

Zombie Drug Rumored To Contain Human Bones

VIDEO – IMAGINE THAT – Jan. 17, 2024 - The drug, known as “kush,” causes users to walk around like…

12 months ago

Exhibit on Addiction At Harvard’s Sackler Museum, Yes, Those Sacklers!

AUDIO – IRONIC AND IDIOTIC –   Jan. 17, 2024 - As we left the second floor gallery, I looked…

12 months ago

Colts Owner Jim Irsay In Suspected Overdose

NO ONE IS IMMUNE –   Jan. 17, 2024 - He said he’s been to rehab “at least 15 times”…

12 months ago

L.A. Musician Luis Vasquez, DJ Juan Mendez Found Dead of Possible Fentanyl Overdose

TOO SAD –   Jan. 21, 2024 - Jose “Luis” Vasquez, a California musician who found fame with the post-punk…

12 months ago

“Pawn Stars” Rick Harrison Breaks Silence After Son Dies of Overdose at 39

SAD NEWS INDEED – Jan. 20, 2024 - Rick Harrison memorialized his son in a brief Instagram post after his…

12 months ago

First Responders Immediately Give Suboxone After Overdoses

THIS COULD HELP! –   Jan. 18, 2024 - The inability to access medication-assisted treatment is one of the main…

12 months ago

San Francisco Blows Past Overdose Death Rate In 2023

VIDEO – LIFE ON THE STREETS –   Jan. 17, 2024 - San Francisco recorded 806 accidental drug overdoses in…

12 months ago

Zippy’s Manager Saves Man From Fatal Overdose

VIDEO – ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH –   Jan. 11, 2024 - For Leialoha Arcangel, her Sunday morning shift at Zippy’s Vineyard started…

12 months ago

See final moments of ODing patient discharged by doctor who thought he was ‘playing possum’

VIDEO – PLAYING DEAD – Jan, 11, 2024 -  Disturbing bodycam footage shows a man’s final moments suffering from an…

12 months ago

‘Designer Xanax’ Behind 1 in 7 Overdoses in US

A DOWN FOREVER –   Jan. 9, 2024 - Bromazolam is a benzodiazepine - a class of drugs used to…

12 months ago

Consulting Company Fined $78 Million For Opioid Deaths

NO JAIL TIME? – Dec, 30, 2023 - Consulting firm McKinsey & Co has agreed to pay $78 million to…

1 year ago

Genetic Test Assesses Opiate Addiction Risk Using DNA

SCIENCE MAY ONE DAY DO SO... –   Dec. 21, 2023 - The test involves swabbing the cheek of a…

1 year ago

Man Fights to Overcome Opioid Addiction

VIDEO – IT CAN BE DONE – Dec. 12, 2023 - 35-year-old James Gotte said he’s looking forward to celebrating…

1 year ago

How to Discipline an In-School Overdose? You Don’t

AUDIO – GET THEM HELP! –   Dec. 15, 2023 - Perched above a major highway in central Los Angeles…

1 year ago

I Was Hooked on Opioids for Years

BUT NOT FOREVER –   Dec. 8, 2023 - Eventually, I was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and…

1 year ago

REALITY: Opioids More Potent Than Fentanyl

EUPHORIA HAS A PRICE – Dec. 10, 2023 - Ross told her husband she’d gone out and used methamphetamine and…

1 year ago

Opioid Settlement Divides Victims

MONEY MATTERS – Dec. 3, 2023 - “If it gets blown up, nobody gets anything,” Carter, of Maynard, Mass., said…

1 year ago

Physician Sentenced in $1.2M Opioid Scheme

MAKING A LIVING KILLING –   Dec. 7, 2023 - Texas-based pain management specialist Oscar Lightner, MD, has been sentenced…

1 year ago

Melissa Etheridge’s son died from opioids: ‘He made his choices’

OR DID HE? –   Nov. 29, 2023 - Melissa Etheridge has opened up about coping with her son’s death. …

1 year ago

The Brain on Opioids

WILLIAM BURROUGHS – Nov. 19, 2023 - In recent years, the opioid epidemic has surged to alarming proportions, casting a…

1 year ago

Once Homeless Addict, Mayor Takes On Drug Crises

HE CAN RELATE – Nov. 25, 2023 -  “For 17 years, I was an absolutely horrible individual,” said Carter, the…

1 year ago

Reporting on Addiction Accurately

VIDEO – AND SOBERLY? – Nov. 27, 2023 - The organization Reporting on Addiction began as a response to what…

1 year ago

Colts Owner Jim Irsay Says Overdose Almost Killed Him

THE END ZONE THERE’S NO COMING BACK FROM –   Nov. 20, 2023 - Irsay, who has spoken candidly in…

1 year ago

Father Charged with Overdose Murder After Daughter Dies

VIDEO – THE SINS OF THE FATHER – Nov. 20, 2023 - County deputies said 31-year-old Stormie Jasmine Graves was…

1 year ago

Evolving Overdose Crisis Shakes Previously Effective Treatments

METHADON’T WORK –   Nov. 21, 2023 - Neither Suboxone nor methadone is designed to treat addiction to xylazine or…

1 year ago

Dana Carvey’s Eldest Dies from Drug Overdose at 32

THE SON DOES NOT ALWAYS RETURN HOME – Nov. 16, 2023 - The family said Dex Carvey “loved his family, his friends and…

1 year ago