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Drug Overdoses Continue to Rise Inside NYC Homeless Shelters

SAD to TRAGIC to DEADLY –  June 30, 2022 - The rate of overdose has prompted immediate action from DHS…

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It’s An Overdose Crisis, NOT An Opioid Crisis

HARM REDUCTION is DEATH REDUCTION –  June 27, 2022 -  Anyone using pills or powder needs a naloxone kit, too.Rebrand…

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US Consulting Firm Guided Companies To Make Millions From Deaths During Opioid Crisis

AND THEY KNEW IT WAS A KILLER –   June 29, 2022 - Much has been disclosed over the years…

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I’ve come long way’: Florida Woman Finds Hope and Passion

VIDEO – REBORN IN RECOVERY –   June 27, 2022 - Tina Sizemore shares her story of drug use and…

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Overdose Deaths Rise Behind Bars

NO NARCAN THERE? –  June 19, 2022 - Even if Alabama’s prisons and jails are especially overrun by drugs, death,…

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Jaylon Ferguson, Baltimore Ravens Linebacker, Died From an Overdose

COKE CAN KILL –   July 1, 2022 -  Bruce Goldfarb, spokesman for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner…

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Mexican Cartels Targeting Montana With Fentanyl

VIDEO – FIRST AMERICANS DYING –  June 22, 2022 - Ollinger was right. Her 33-year-old son, Justin Lee Littledog, died…

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ISO New, Dangerous Synthetic Opioid Emerging

HOW CAN THINGS GET WORSE? –  June 1, 2022 - In powder form, ISO can appear yellow, brown, or off-white…

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‘Night of the Living Rez’ Chronicles One Tribe’s Struggle with Addiction

AUDIO – LIFE WITH RESERVATIONS –   July 2, 2022 - MORGAN TALTY: (Reading) Riding over the bridge to the…

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Inmate Overdoses After Man Brings Drugs to Jail

SO MANY PRISONS –  June 20, 2022 - A man has been arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter after an…

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Excessive Heat Adds To Arizona Opioid Epidemic

COULD IT GET WORSE? –  June 24, 2022 - Unable to rouse him, the paramedics administered the drug naloxone via…

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Colorado Sees Drop In Life Expectancy

POPULATION PATROL? –  June 25, 2022 - Key drivers for the decline were COVID-19 and overdose deaths. The data vary…

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Supreme Court Sides With Pill Mill Doctors

NOT IN COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION –  June 27, 2022 - The justices ruled 9-0 in favor of Xiulu Ruan…

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New Drugs With High Abuse Potential Most Likely to Be Approved FASTEST

BUY AND BUY AND DIE? –   June 21. 2022 - “Despite the prevalence and societal costs of pain in…

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HHS Announces $10 Million for Rural Communities to Respond to Surging Fentanyl Overdoses

MONEY MAKES A DIFFERENCE? –  June 17, 2022 - “Behind every overdose death is a family and a community,” said…

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DEA Holds Inaugural Family Summit on the Overdose Epidemic

TOO LITTLE! TOO LATE!! –  June 15, 2022 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Dr. Rahul Gupta, Director of the White…

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White House Pushes Strategy to Slow Overdoses as Street Drugs Grow Deadly

TOO LITTLE TOO LATE –   June 15, 2022 - Dr. Rahu Gupta also acknowledged the growing power of Mexican…

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Shattered Kentucky Shatters Fatal Overdose Record

VIDEO – NOTHING BUT HEARTACHE –   June 14, 2022 - It was the first time the Bluegrass State surpassed…

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Dopesick: Michael Keaton in Conversation

VIDEO – OPIATES STAR IN NON-FICTION TRAGEDY –  2022 - In writing Dopesick, showrunner Danny Strong spent months researching to…

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Opioids: 4 Ways to Reduce Harm, Overdose and Death

IT’S A PROCESS –   June 7, 2022 - Part of the success around naloxone distribution, access and training is…

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Pharmacist, 72, Gets 15 Years In Prison

87 LOOKS LIKE A LONG SHOT –   June 8, 2022 - “Gbenedio used his pharmacy as a pill-mill to…

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Alleviating Opioid Use Disorder With Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Medication

IT WORKS IF YOU WORK IT –  June 9, 2022 - With a newfound desire to make changes in their…

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Did Prescription Opioids Cause The Overdose Epidemic?

HE SAID, SHE PROVED –  June 6, 2022 - Adriane Fugh-Berman defended the proposition, “America’s overdose crisis is the result…

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San Diego Rehab Reacts to Rampant Drug Abuse

AUDIO – WHO FIGHTS FOR THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR US? –  June 10, 2022 - The Drug Enforcement Administration is…

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British Columbia To Decriminalize Drug Possession

THE SANEST PLACE ON EARTH –   June 1, 2022 - “The shocking number of lives lost to the overdose…

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A Tale of Two Tragedies

NO ONE WINS –   June 3, 2022 - “Kelly was a beautiful, beautiful girl,” her father, William Beitz, said…

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Florida Attorney General Accuses NYC Health Dept. of Homicide

LIFE AND LESS DEATH –  June 4, 2022 - Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody tweeted a copy of one of…

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Normalizing Drug Addiction Leads to More Overdoses?

HARM REDUCTION WORKS –  June 3, 2022 - Whether it’s the safe-injection sites in Harlem and Brooklyn or the decriminalization…

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Why the Opiate Crisis Will Never End

GREEDY MONSTERS –  May 20, 2022 - And as you know, another agency with alleged ties to Big Pharma, The…

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Some Opioid Addictions Begin in the Hospital

AND END UP ON THE STREET –   MAY 27, 2022 -  It was a nurse who first introduced Stretch…

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