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Harm Reduction Gets a Naloxone of Its Own

OFF BRAND OFF HEROIN – Aug. 1, 2022 - The naloxone itself is the same as what Hikma already manufactures, but has its own National Drug Code designating it as a new product with the FDA. Remedy Alliance is the ... Read More...

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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 these sites and use them while a trained supervisor monitors them for symptoms of overdose. These supervisors w... Read More...

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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 West Palm Beach, among others, and some fentanyl dealers have been prosecuted federally, inc... Read More...

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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 the government alleged were the result of Kraynak’s prescription practices gave emotional testimony about t... Read More...

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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 OxyContin (oxycodone) — are one major source of the opioid and overdose epidemics. These companies know... Read More...

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How the Pharmaceutical Industry Operates Like a Deadly Drug Cartel

AUDIO – CVS, Walmart, Walgreens WIN BIG – Aug. 2, 2022 - It’s estimated that more than 107,000 people in the United States died due to opioid overdoses in 2021. Washington Post journalist Scott Higham says it’s... Read More...

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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 of them – either took more than a year to begin following accelerated approval or hadn’t started at al... Read More...

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Medicating Complexity

TIED WITH PLACEBO – July 25, 2022 - A paper in the journal Molecular Psychiatry recently tried to examine the scientific evidence for the serotonin hypothesis of depression from several possible angles and fou... Read More...

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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. more@WAGMTV ... Read More...

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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 and Donna Mina of Staten Island recall few, if any services to help him — and allegedly littl... Read More...

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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 a volatile and lethal drug, those who inject or inhale fentanyl run the risk of immediate death.” “It’s very lethal, th... Read More...

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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 — came after a series of blistering trials and previous settlements in individual cases across the country over the past year. T... Read More...

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DEA in Miami Warns of Synthetic Drug Mass Overdose Events

VIDEO – MURDER IN MIAMI – July 18, 2022 - Mass-overdose events typically occur when criminals market drugs like cocaine, meth, or heroin when the drug is actually a synthetic opioid like fentanyl or when drug d... Read More...

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Music Mogul Master P Opens Up About Daughter’s Fatal Overdose

VIDEO – IN HEARTBREAK HOTEL FOREVER – July 22, 2022 - In his first in-depth TV interview since his daughter’s fatal overdose, music mogul and entrepreneur Master P opens up to “CBS Mornings.” He shares how her... Read More...

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NEW BOOK – American Cartel: The Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry!

VIDEO – THE AMERICAN DREAM IS OPIATED – July 8, 2022 - The book is an indictment of the astonishing corporate greed and government complicity; of mercenary lobbyists and lawyers sustained by bought-off politici... Read More...

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New Approach to Opioid Addiction

NEW TO WHO? – July 18, 2022 - At the federal level, methadone, which has been prescribed for more than 40 years, is the most regulated drug in the country. There are strict guidelines on who can prescribe it (g... Read More...

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‘Group Inc.’ Doubles Down on Telehealth with App to Treat Opioid Addiction

AND MEDS TOO? – July 19, 2022 - Like many healthcare provider organizations, Groups, a value-based care provider of opioid addiction treatment, had to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic overnight. THE PROBLEM In o... Read More...

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Doctor Faces Lawsuit Alleging He Caused Opioid Addiction

ONLY 2,400? – July 22, 2022 - Graves, who is joined in the lawsuit by his wife, Sandi Jo, claims he was hospitalized several times after receiving his final prescription from Titus on Sept. 21, 2020 -- shortly... Read More...

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On July 23, 2011, Amy Winehouse Joined the Tragic 27 Club

VIDEO – I SAY NO NO NO – July 23, 2022 - Winehouse was found dead in her flat in Camden on Saturday, July 23, 2011. The cause of death was alcohol poisoning, as the singer was found with 416mg of alcohol per de... Read More...

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What Ethnographers Have Learned from People Who Use Drugs

OBSERVE DON’T ARREST – July 11, 2022 - For some ethnographic researchers, this means not simply recording the experiences of people who use drugs, but incorporating them into the research process. A recent pape... Read More...

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Colorado: 200,000 Fentanyl Pills Seized in Life-Saving Bust

SWALLOWING DEATH? – July 6, 2022 - Gov. Jared Polis signed Colorado’s new “fentanyl accountability” bill at a ceremony at the state Capitol in May – the new law provides stricter criminal penalties for the poss... Read More...

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What’s Really Going on in Those Police Fentanyl Exposure Videos?

BS? – July 13. 2022 - It’s not that the symptoms seen on video are feigned. Some psychologists suggest a kind of “mass psychogenic illness” is afoot, or a form of conversion disorder — neurological symptoms wit... Read More...

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A Path to the Legal Regulation of All Drugs

SANITY AT LAST? – July 14, 2022 - Amid a century-long drug war in the United States, things are getting worse. Currently, over 100,000 annual deaths are attributed to “overdose,” most involving more than one... Read More...

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Supporting Sobriety at Work: How Salesforce Created Inclusion with ‘Soberforce’

ON THE JOB TRAINING – July 14, 2022 - Within five minutes, a colleague reached out to Nelson and explained that he was six days sober — his second time trying — and looking for support groups. She knew instant... Read More...

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Teva Pharmaceutical Lied About Role in Opioid Crisis

IT WASN’T JUST PURDUE – July 11, 2022 - In a court filing, Attorney General Letitia James said new evidence showed that a senior Teva tax executive had in a sworn affidavit made “demonstrably false” representat... Read More...

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How 4 Doctors Beat the Feds in Botched $500 Million Pill Mill Case

GANG OF FOUR – June 30, 2022 - In a major blow to the government, a federal jury acquitted Dr. Bothra and three other doctors of all charges this week, with Bothra going home a free man, stopping first at McDo... Read More...

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Beth Macy Proud of Dopesick’s 14 Emmy Nominations

AUDIO – IT ALL STARTS WITH WORDS ON THE PAGE – July 12, 2022 - “It’s really great to see the show getting accolades,” Macy said. As one of the executive producers of her show, Macy will get to personally tak... Read More...

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The Inflation-Proof Economics of Drug Dealing

WALL STREET KNOWS THAT SO WELL – July 4, 2022 - Large shipments continue to be detected that are transported using methods that often exploit commercial infrastructure, particularly intermodal container shipmen... Read More...

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Overdose

Harm Reduction Gets a Naloxone of Its Own

Officials Push for Gov. Newsom to Approve Safe Consumption Sites

Fentanyl Overdose Murder Case is First of its Kind

Computer Algorithms Improve Timeliness of Overdose Data

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

Big Pharma’s Crime: Profits From Addiction

How the Pharmaceutical Industry Operates Like a Deadly Drug Cartel

FDA’s Flawed Approach to Accelerated Drug Approvals

Medicating Complexity

Residents Raise Money for Addiction Billboard

Jewish Communities Grapple with Addiction as Crisis Ravages US

New York City Busts Decline, Overdose Deaths Soar

New Jersey’s EXTREME Plan to End Fentanyl Deaths

Teva Reaches $4.25 Billion Settlement Over Opioid Flooding

DEA in Miami Warns of Synthetic Drug Mass Overdose Events

Music Mogul Master P Opens Up About Daughter’s Fatal Overdose

NEW BOOK – American Cartel: The Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry!

New Approach to Opioid Addiction

‘Group Inc.’ Doubles Down on Telehealth with App to Treat Opioid Addiction

Doctor Faces Lawsuit Alleging He Caused Opioid Addiction

On July 23, 2011, Amy Winehouse Joined the Tragic 27 Club

What Ethnographers Have Learned from People Who Use Drugs

Colorado: 200,000 Fentanyl Pills Seized in Life-Saving Bust

What’s Really Going on in Those Police Fentanyl Exposure Videos?

A Path to the Legal Regulation of All Drugs

Supporting Sobriety at Work: How Salesforce Created Inclusion with ‘Soberforce’

Teva Pharmaceutical Lied About Role in Opioid Crisis

How 4 Doctors Beat the Feds in Botched $500 Million Pill Mill Case

Beth Macy Proud of Dopesick’s 14 Emmy Nominations

The Inflation-Proof Economics of Drug Dealing