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Paramedics answer more than 70 non-fatal overdoses in two days

LIVING ON THE EDGE, OR DYING, WHATEVER – July 2, 2021 - On average, emergency responders receive roughly 14 calls per day. Despite the high number of drug-related calls, TPH said paramedics didn’t get... Read More...

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Eleven overdose at Florida Behavioral Health center

IS NO PLACE SAFE? July 3, 2021 - Eleven people, two adults and nine juveniles, were taken to a hospital Sunday following overdoses at a behavioral center near Orlando, officials said. Orange County Fire Rescue said p... Read More...

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My Sister Died of an Overdose. Defunding Police Might Have Saved Her

FAMILY MEMBERS DIE TOO – June 28, 2021 - Fatal overdoses like Keeley’s have increased steeply in recent years. During the year ending in November 2020, approximately 92,000 people died of a drug overdose in the... Read More...

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500 people in South Carolina overdosed on counterfeit Xanax

WATCH – FAKE PILLS = REAL DEATH – June 30, 2021 - The agency says many of the deaths are people ages 20 to 29. Most have gotten it from a family member or friend who, apparently, did not know what they were giving o... Read More...

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Does more Narcan equal more opioid deaths?

WATCH – LIVED TO TELL – June 23 - PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Roxxanne Newman is in a good place today but she didn’t know a few years ago that she’d ever make it here. “I woke up had been homeless for a w... Read More...

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Ending Racist Sentencing Disparity

IT’S ALL IN CRACK AND WHITE – June 24, 2021 - The Biden administration has again voiced support for ending a law that punishes possession or distribution of crack cocaine far more severely than for powder forms... Read More...

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Comfortably Numb: China has an opium problem and the Sackler Oxycontin Cartel American family is to blame.

DEATH FOR SALE – June 24, 2021 - Patrick Radden Keefe, who provides the quote above, explains the whole epic shit storm of disgrace in his new book, Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty. Ke... Read More...

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The Opioid Addiction Crisis and Racism: A Long, Troubled History

HISTORY CONTINUES – June 23, 2021 - The alarming parallels between the 19th- and 21st-century opioid crises in the United States are not limited to iatrogenesis. Both crises exhibit a history of troubling... Read More...

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Walmart’s top executive to be deposed in Opioid scheme

ROTTEN AT THE TOP – June 24, 2021 - During that time, Special Master Cohen said, “The Delaware litigation was, of course, related to Walmart’s prescription policies, since shareholders sought (and obtain... Read More...

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Johnson & Johnson promises to end sale of opioids in $230 million settlement

CHUMP CHANGE – June 26, 2021 - “Johnson & Johnson helped fuel this fire, but today they’re committing to leaving the opioid business — not only in New York, but across the entire country,” she ... Read More...

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Opioids rip through U.S. workforce, deaths at record High

NODDING OFF AT THE OFFICE? WHO ME? – June 18, 2021 - Before the COVID-19 pandemic was the drug epidemic. Its relentless toll added a record 90,722 overdose deaths in the U.S. for the year through November 2020, a gr... Read More...

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El Paso physician indicted for 5 overdose deaths

DO MUCH HARM – June 16, 2021 - The board panel found that on May 26, August was indicted on 15 counts related to the distribution of controlled substances causing death or serious bodily injury, and healthcare ... Read More...

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Fentanyl Overdose Deaths Spiked More than 200% During Pandemic

WATCH – POSSIBLE DEATH IN EVERY SHOT – June 16, 2021 - Fentanyl is a synthetic chemical compound that’s much cheaper and easier to make than heroine – but 20 times as potent. Imagine one-fifth of the amo... Read More...

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Overdose Deaths Skyrocket During The War On Drugs

SANITY IN SHORT SUPPLY – June 19, 2021 -Under the drug war model that has shaped the country’s response to drug addiction since the 1970s, people who use illegal drugs are often treated as criminals.&nbs... Read More...

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The 50 Years War

LISTEN – PRAY THE SHOOTING STOPS - NO WINNERS EXCEPT PRISONS – June 17, 2021 - In many parts of the U.S., some of the most severe policies implemented during the drug war are being scaled back or scrapped altogether... Read More...

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Text Alert Program Aims To Send Warnings Of Overdose Spikes

HOLD THE PHONE – June 7, 2021 - The health department hopes the program, which was developed by the Partnership to End Addiction, will reach individuals at risk of suffering an overdose and alert them to... Read More...

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Tragic ‘Humpty Dance’ Rapper Died Of Overdose

VIDEO – NOW EVERYONE KNOWS HIS NAME – June 11, 2021 - Digital Underground founding member Shock G, best known as his alter ego, MC Humpty Hump, died from an accidental overdose, medical examiners said to... Read More...

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California bill would allow supervised injection sites

STICK WITH THE WINNERS – June 3, 2021 - A proposed new law would allow for supervised injection sites in some California counties. Supporters say it would reduce drug overdoses while critics say it would just normal... Read More...

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Texas oncologist sentenced to 20 years for role in pill mill scheme

100 YEARS TOO FEW – June 4, 2021 - Knowing they would be used for illicit street use, Dr. Capistrano and his associate, Tameka Lachelle Noel, MD, issued prescriptions for a number of drugs, including hydrocodon... Read More...

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Scottish universities urged to cut ties with Oxycontin’s Sackler family

IT WOULD BE HYPOCRITICAL NOT TO – May 30, 2021- They say it is hypocritical for the NHS in Scotland, where the drug death toll is Europe’s highest, to be supported by profits from a drug linked to the biggest addic... Read More...

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Addiction nightmare in photos

IT’S A FULL-TIME JOB – June 3, 2021 - ‘During the 19th century the neighbourhood of Kensington in north Philadelphia was a strong working-class district, a national leader of the textile industry and home to a diver... Read More...

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Parents March To Snapchat’s Headquarters

WATCH – AN APP THAT CAN KILL? – June 4, 2021 - She lost her son Alexander nearly a year ago and led the charge Friday in a march toward Snapchat’s headquarters in Santa Monica. But she was not alone. ... Read More...

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Amy Winehouse spent £500,000 on drugs and her heroin habit

GARGANTUAN LOSS – May 29, 2021 - That was how I found myself invited to dinner with the neighbours. People were asking about Amy. I tried to hold everything in but I got upset. It was Jagger who comforted me. ‘... Read More...

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Murderous SACKLER family gets off scott free, and keeps their billions

LISTEN – WHO HAS THE GOLD, MAKES THE LAW – June 2, 2021 - In addition to contributing money from their personal fortunes, the Sacklers have agreed to give up control of Purdue Pharma. They will, however, retain... Read More...

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Overdose Death Rates Up 42% in 2020

HORRIFYING – May 26, 2021- According to a study by researchers from UCLA, Northeastern University and the University of Utah, the largest increases were among Black Americans (50.3%) and Latinos (49.7%). Spikes... Read More...

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Canada’s first and only overdose prevention site for women

WATCH – FOR THE LOVE OF LIFE – May 27, 2021 - While all women are welcome, including those who identify as transfeminine, 82 per cent of people using the site identify themselves as Indigenous. “There is a ... Read More...

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How to prevent a deadly drug overdose

WATCH – WITH MORE THAN PRAYER – MAY 25, 2021 - If trying to roust the potential overdose victim verbally, and then with a sternum rub fails, Buelhman then sticks the narcan dispenser up the nostril. The Narc... Read More...

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Killer Meth on the Rise

WATCH – BLAME IT ON WALTER WHITE – May 24, 2021 - This is “the high pure form” that’s meant to be smoked. The other popular form is a white odorless and bitter-tasting crystalline powder that can dissolve easi... Read More...

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Overlooking a Major Culprit in the Opioid Crisis

THE BEST INTENTIONS...? – May 28, 2021 - And they did succeed in significantly shrinking the medical supply: since 2011, opioid prescribing has been cut by more than 60 percent. Unfortunately, however... Read More...

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