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Should Doctors Be Embarrassed by TV’s ‘Dopesick’?

ONLY IF THEY HAVE FEELINGS – Nov. 26, 2021 - “I think doctors should watch this series because it carries important lessons for doctors about how pharmaceutical marketing can result in a public health catastro... Read More...

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‘It’s Scary’: Fentanyl Mixed With Other Drugs

WHAT’S NEXT? BABY FORMULA? – Nov. 27, 2021 - Behind that 100,000 figure, they said, is an ongoing surge in the number of cocaine, methamphetamine and other drug deaths that are connected to the simultaneous us... Read More...

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Woman Urges Others To Accept Help

ACCEPTANCE IS THE KEY – Nov. 17, 2021 - “I was kind of strong-armed into treatment because I didn’t want to do it on my own,” said Merritt. “The phone is real heavy when I would try to ask for help in the righ... Read More...

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Watching It All Fall Apart: Addiction Specialist Reacts

WATCH – NOTHING CHANGES IF NOTHING CHANGES – Nov. 19, 2021 - Nikki King, who designs addiction treatment programs, discusses the alarming number of drug overdoses in America during the pandemic. more@CNN ... Read More...

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A Rabbi Helped Me Understand the Stigma Addiction Carries

CARRY THAT WEIGHT – Nov. 18, 2021 - Waves of agony repeatedly knocked the breath out of me, as pressure built behind my eyes, producing visual auras that blurred my sight and made me nauseous. The pain was so ... Read More...

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Most Americans Don’t Know They’re Being Prescribed Opioids

OR THAT BREAD IS FULL OF SALT – Nov. 18, 2021 - Nearly half the people interviewed didn’t recognize tramadol as an opioid, but even more common opioids such as morphine or methadone were misidentified by at le... Read More...

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Biden’s Drug Czar Wants to Expand Use of MAT

NEXT STOP...CNN? – Nov. 18, 2021 - Methadone is a tightly controlled treatment for drug addiction, and patients must go to a clinic to receive the medication. That decades-old requirement was lifted during the coro... Read More...

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Officials Warn of Fentanyl-Laced Marijuana

IS THIS A NEW HORROR MOVIE? – Nov. 18, 2021 - In at least one of the cases so far, the marijuana tested positive for fentanyl, a highly potent opioid that can be lethal in minuscule doses, the Connecticut Departmen... Read More...

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The Very First Time – Overdose Deaths Surpass 100,000

LISTEN – IT HAD TO BE 100,000 TO FINALLY GET INTO THE HEADLINES – Nov. 17, 2021 - This translates to an American perishing from a drug overdose death every five minutes. This is unacceptab... Read More...

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‘This Is Poison’

ENJOY – Nov. 20, 2021 - While the mounting deaths show the devastating consequence of fentanyl’s seep, it is less widely understood why the drug has mushroomed. And why so many illicit products — from fentanyl... Read More...

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The Joint Commission’s Complicity in the Opioid Crisis

J’ACCUSE! – by Christopher Dale Nov. 1, 2021 - A two-decade review shows decisions too poor – and Big Pharma influence too clear – to be explained away by sheer incompetence. This is a story 20 years ... Read More...

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100,000 Americans Died From Drug Overdoses

WINTER IN AMERICA – Nov. 17, 2021 - The vast majority of these deaths, about 70 percent, were among men between the ages of 25 and 54. And while the opioid crisis has been characterized as one primarily impact... Read More...

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“Dopesick” Takes On The Opioid Crisis

LISTEN – TIME TO GET hulu – Nov. 12, 2021 - The opioid epidemic has affected millions of people across the country—and more than 800,000 people are estimated to have died from an opioid overdose. At the root of thi... Read More...

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How Fentanyl and Meth Took Over America

I WISH IT WAS FICTION – Nov. 2, 2021 - In the 12 months ending in September 2020, that number hit an all-time high of 87,000 deaths by overdose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Fen... Read More...

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Hulu’s Dopesick Puts a Lesbian Coal Miner at the Heart of Its Opioid Crisis Miniseries

WATCH AND WEEP – Nov. 10, 2021 - We have the government: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Randy Ramseyer (John Hoogenakker) and Rick Mountcastle (Peter Sarsgaard) and their new boss John Brownlee (Jake McDorman), all ... Read More...

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Revolutionary, ‘less harmful’ Pain Medication Therapy

WATCH – ADDICTION IS NOT MANDATORY – Nov. 12, 2021 - “I wanted no narcotics,” said Seminole County resident Andria Herr. She needed gallbladder surgery in March during the pandemic and she wanted non-narcot... Read More...

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Oklahoma Court Overturns $465 Million Opioid Judgment Against J&J

WE’RE INNOCENT – Nov. 10, 2021 - This is is a blow to the argument that companies that marketed, sold and distributed opioids created a public nuisance and should abate some of the damage drugs have caused in ... Read More...

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Police Officer Saves Man’s Life Overdosing

WATCH – HEARTBREAKING—LIFE AFFIRMING – Nov. 2, 2021 - “I carry Narcan in my purse in case of situations like this. You can get it from the Student Health Services for free. There are also organizations online ... Read More...

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NYC Might Allow Drug Use in Harlem

WINTER IN AMERICA? – Nov. 5, 2021 - But according to Dr. Chinazo Cunningham, New York City’s Executive Deputy Commissioner of Mental Hygiene, more services are the answer, in the form of overdose prevent... Read More...

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California Judge Delivers Drugmakers First Big Win in Opioid Litigation

EVERYONE ELSE LOSES – Nov. 2, 2021 - “Any adverse downstream consequences flowing from medically appropriate prescriptions cannot constitute an actionable public nuisance,” the ruling said. Los Angeles, Orange a... Read More...

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America’s Opioid Crisis Made Worse by Pandemic

WATCH – MUCH WORSE – Nov. 1, 2021 - “It became a lot harder for some people, for example, to get access to their methadone and things like that, although a lot of cities have taken great pains to try to make sure t... Read More...

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Delilah Belle Hamlin: “I Was Hospitalized After Accidentally Overdosing”

WATCH – IT’S NOT EASY HAVING 1.6 MILLION FOLLOWERS – Nov. 2, 2021 - “My body got dependent on Xanax number one, and number two, I overdosed — I didn’t mean to at all — I overdosed on this one medication called prop... Read More...

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Couple Has Sex While 2-year-Old Daughter Dies of Fentanyl Overdose

MOST REPULSIVE AND HEARTBREAKING STORY OF THE YEAR – Nov. 3, 2021 - After her death, the Department of Children and Families started their own investigation into what happened. The Deputy Affidavit state... Read More...

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Dentists Still Giving Patients Addictive Painkillers

PAGING DR. SACKLER – Oct. 21, 2021 - In all, 84% of the 269 respondents said NSAID-acetaminophen combos are as effective as opioids or even more so, but 43% also said they regularly prescribe opioid medications. ... Read More...

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Overdose Deaths at a Historic High, FBI Targets Online Drug Markets

DEATH DELIVERED – Oct. 26, 2021 - These sites exist on the dark web or darknet, an area of the internet accessed through a specialized browser called Tor. Tor offers additional levels of privacy by obscuring t... Read More...

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She Lost All Hope, Now She’s Saving Others

ONE GOOD DEED... – Oct. 26, 2021 - She is a devoted grandmother, a children’s church director and a regional overdose prevention specialist, giving out the same hope she once needed. The ROPS program in Ten... Read More...

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Lawyers, Watch Out for These Five Signs of Addiction!

LISTEN – DON’T TAKE THE FIFTH – Oct. 26, 2021 - Plate Spinning As the head of a law firm, I had hundreds of plates spinning up in the air, maybe thousands. It was all way too much, especially on a dai... Read More...

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Woman Will Run NYC Marathon to Honor Her Deceased Brother

SO MUCH SADNESS IN THE WORLD – Oct. 30, 2021 - “Sam is the reason why I started running and he will be with me in spirit every step of the way during the marathon,” said Wohltjen, who is participating in... Read More...

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First Responders Discuss addiction, Use of Narcan

PLEASE WATCH – IT’S GETTING WORSE – Oct. 27, 2021 - “All of a sudden, become every single role of the family. They had to become the sole provider; they had to become the teacher; they had to be everything.” ... Read More...

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