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Murderers Lose Appeals of Opioid Convictions

MONEY TALKS EVERYONE WALKS – August 25, 2021 - He remains the highest-ranking pharmaceutical executive convicted for helping fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic. His co-defendants Michael Gurry, Sunrise Lee... Read More...

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Today! International Overdose Awareness Day

PRAYER FOR THE DYING August 31, 2021 - “He grew up in a good decent home,” said Campos’ grandmother. “He had trouble sleeping.” Her grandson took a pill given to him by a friend to help him sleep, and it was lac... Read More...

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Drug Addiction Took My Congregant’s Life

A RABBI MOURNS – August 17, 2021 - Although our community had grown close to him, I had no idea that Jeff struggled with addiction until it took his life. Who knows what opportunities may have been open ... Read More...

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ERs New Approach To Those Who Struggle With Addiction

LOVE THEM – August 21, 2021 - For years, Kayla West watched the opioid epidemic tear through her eastern Tennessee community. As a psychiatric nurse practitioner, she treated people with mental illness but f... Read More...

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Suits: The New Face of the Illegal Drug Trade

DRESSING UP THE DRUG TRADE – AUGUST 21, 2021 - Drug lords switching out gold chains for bespoke suits, politicians proposing to legalize cocaine and judges acquitting cocaine traffickers on compassionate g... Read More...

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The CIA Helped Export Opium From Afghanistan

WATCH – BIG PHARMA’S BIG PARTNER – Sept. 19, 2015 - In the same month, it was reported that opium production is stronger than ever in Afghanistan, which now produces 90 percent of the world’s supply of t... Read More...

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Billionaire Says Murderous Family Bear No Responsibility for 100,000’s of Overdose Victims

HELL IS NOT HOT ENOUGH FOR THIS SCUM – August 18, 2021 - It is believed to be the first time that Dr. Sackler has answered questions in open court about the family’s opioid business. Similar to an extended dep... Read More...

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Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine Claims 6 Lives in 8 Days

FATAL LINE – August 17, 2021 - “We collectively urge that anyone who has purchased cocaine, or other narcotics, recently on the North Fork or Shelter Island, or know of a family member or friend that has purchased,... Read More...

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Russia says US Turned Afghanistan Into Global Illicit Drug Lab In 20 Yrs

TALIBAN JUNKIES – August 19. 2021 - The production of opiates has increased more than 40 times,” he said. According to Patrushev, the West has never been able to train the army, police and security services of A... Read More...

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In the Opioid Epidemic, More Reasons for Hope Than Despair

NOT THE ONION – August 8, 2021 - That picture won’t change much on Monday, when one of the nation’s biggest opioid settlements is set to be effectively resolved. A federal judge is expected to certify Purdue’s... Read More...

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Pharma Company Loses Tens of Millions of Opiate Doses, Or Did They?

WATCH – BLACK MARKETEERS? – August 12, 2021 - Groogan described the definition of “diversion” as the re-routing of highly addictive, highly dangerous opiates into the black market for illegal sale. The civi... Read More...

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‘Kimber would be dead’: How an overdose safety hotline saved her life

HARM REDUCTION = DEATH REDUCTION – August 13, 2021 - “I know the people who ended up dying are the people who come out of rehab and use,” King said. “I just wanted to be safe.” She called the number. If she... Read More...

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The Sacklers Love Opioids: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

WATCH – THEY SEE DEAD PEOPLE – August 8, 2021 - John Oliver explains how the Sackler family has been handling lawsuits related to the opioid crisis, how hard they’ve been fighting to defend their name, and why... Read More...

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She Died of Opiate Use and Her Parents Open a Recovery Center

THE FAMILY AFTERWARDS – August 10, 2021 - The parents of a Vermont woman who died from an opioid overdose in 2019 are holding an open house this weekend at a recovery center created in her memory. Gre... Read More...

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Doctor Arrested on Federal Narcotics Charges

WHO’S THE TARGET NOW? – August 13, 2021 - The DEA investigation was prompted by multiple reports in February 2020 of suspicious prescriptions issued by Malikian. The indictment alleges specific inc... Read More...

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Governor Cuomo and His Shameful Legacy on Overdose

DON’T LET THE DOOR... – August 12, 2021 - “All of us are relieved,” Biz Berthy, a drug policy organizer with VOCAL-NY, told Filter. “Those of us fighting to end overdose in New York have long known the t... Read More...

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Toxicology experts say they don’t believe deputy suffered fentanyl overdose

WATCH – FENTANYL MADNESS – August 9, 2021 - Gore said he, not a doctor, concluded that Deputy David Faiive suffered an overdose from incidental contact with fentanyl in the July 3 incident featured in the video. It... Read More...

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U.S. Is Facing a Naloxone Shortage Amid Record Overdose Deaths

BUT THERE’S PLENTY OF VIAGRA – August 11, 2021 - Unfortunately, drugmakers are seeing a shortage of the medication right now, Filter reports. While there are different types of naloxone available (includ... Read More...

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Naloxone Kits Save 500 Lives

IF UTAH CAN, SO CAN EVERYONE – August 4, 2021 - Utah Naloxone announced Monday, law enforcement agencies reported saving 500 lives from overdoses since 2016. The group has partnered with agencies to equi... Read More...

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Richard Sackler’s Full Video Testimony

WATCH – YOU CAN TELL HE’S LYING BECAUSE HIS LIPS ARE MOVING – August 4, 2021 - OxyContin, members of the family successfully avoided most attempts to force them to answer questions about their stewardshi... Read More...

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What every U.S. employer can do to help end the overdose epidemic

RECOVERY IS GOOD BUSINESS – August 4, 2021 - The evolving epidemic, which is now being fueled largely by illicitly manufactured and adulterated fentanyl and fentanyl analogs and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic... Read More...

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I Had Decided to Quit Opioids but Being in Prison Made It Harder in Every Way

HELL IS HARD TO GET OUT OF – July 25, 2021 - But in time, after daily use, my body built up tolerance to the pills, and one wasn’t enough. Soon I needed two to feel the high, and eventually three. I would... Read More...

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Philly DA Larry Krasner sues over opioid settlement

HE GOES AGAINST THE GRAIN – July 22, 2021 - Krasner contends that his suit could generate more money for the city. The new complaint from Krasner focuses on the settlement agreement with the three maj... Read More...

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The opioid epidemic isn’t insoluble, it can be dissolved with love and compassion

LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ‘ROUND – July 23, 2021) Restricting the drug supply: One reason people get addicted to drugs is that they have access to them in the first place, via prescription (OxyContin and other pa... Read More...

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Overdose deaths from meth up in LA County

WATCH – WORKING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER – July 24, 2021 - “We had a high increase in relapse because our meetings were shut down,” she said. During the height of the pandemic, the report documented nearly 1,400 a... Read More...

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A Look Back: Soundgarden star Chris Cornell’s tragic death after breaking years of sobriety

EVERYONE IS SUSCEPTIBLE – July 20, 2021 - It was touring with Soundgarden in 2017 though that Chris tragically took his own life. He was found unconscious in his hotel room in Michigan while on tour w... Read More...

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Losing My Brother to Opioids During the COVID-19 Pandemic

NO VACCINE FOR THIS EPIDEMIC – July 20, 2021 - If you had told me at any point in the last ten years while my brother, Jeremy, was battling his opioid addiction, that it would end in a St. Louis hospital... Read More...

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Mother of singer Keyshia Cole dies from drug overdose

GRIEF IS THE COMMON DENOMINATOR – July 19, 2021- Her death was first announced by Cole’s sister Elite Noel, who shared the news on Instagram, describing her passing as “the worst pain ever … to see my ma... Read More...

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5 children found in home where 4 adults overdosed

WATCH – NARCAN TO THE RESCUE – July 20, 2021 - Five children between the ages of 2 and 10 were found inside a Sylvan Beach home Tuesday morning after police and firefighters responded to an overdose call. S... Read More...

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