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How Business Can End the Addiction Epidemic by Leslie Glass

HONEST, OPENMINDED AND WORKING – July 13, 2021 - The extraordinary effort to combat and end the COVID pandemic included a…

3 years ago

Adolescent misuse of prescription opioids may lead to heroin use in adulthood

LOCKS ON EVERY MEDICINE CABINET? –    July 13, 2021 - Opioid misuse and overdoses are a major problem in…

3 years ago

Biden picks West Virginia’s Rahul Gupta as drug czar

’CAUSE W. VIRGINIA WAS A BEACON OF PREVENTION –    July 13, 2021 - The Biden administration is tapping Rahul…

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What’s the Difference Between Opioids and Opiates?

PRICE? –    2021 - Although related, opioids and opiates are not exactly the same thing. They are part of…

3 years ago

Tarantula bites Big Pharma. Venom for sale!

WATCH OUT – CRAWLING OUT OF PAIN –  July 14, 2021 - “For us, it’s cool — really cool —…

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Drug Overdoses Killed 93,000 Americans In 2020, Up By 30%

DEATH, DEATH AND MORE DEATH –  July 14, 2021 - Ten states are predicted to have at least a 40%…

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‘Pill Mill’ doctor pleads guilty, will forfeit 9 luxury cars and $400K cash

TIME TO TAKE THE BUS –    July 2, 2021 - Court records said Dr. Abraham would even increase the…

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Woman overcomes opioid addiction

ADDICTION IS NOT A DEATH SENTENCE –  July 2, 2021 - That is when she entered the Bedford County Family…

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Purdue Settlement Will Unlock Sackler ‘Secrets’

MASS MURDERERS ON PARADE –  July 8, 2021 -  Roger Brunelle Jr, president of the International Union of painters and…

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Opioid addiction apps sharing sensitive data with third parties

NOT BETTER APP –    July 7, 2021 - Despite the vast reach and sensitive nature of these services, the…

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This rabbi was addicted to opioids

BACK FROM THE LAND OF NOD –    June 29, 2021 - “In some ways, this is very personal and…

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Opioid crisis is the setting of thriller ‘Crisis,’ sober look at the drug epidemic

ONE DREADFUL FILM –  June 30, 2021 - Jarecki’s densely plotted thriller could just as well have been titled “Déjà…

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Rhode Island first state to pilot drug injection sites

SAFETY FIRST –  July 1, 2021 - “If we are truly going to rein in the drug overdose epidemic, we…

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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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

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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.…

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County Using Opioid Settlement $ To Help Women Battle Addiction

DAMAGE CONTROL –  June 4, 2021 - “We want mothers to be successful in spite of their substance use issues,…

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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…

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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…

3 years ago

Parents March To Snapchat’s Headquarters

WATCH – AN APP THAT CAN KILL? –    June 4, 2021 - She lost her son Alexander nearly a…

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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…

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Overlooking Major Culprit in the Opioid Crisis

THE BEST INTENTIONS...? –   May 28, 2021 - And they did succeed in significantly shrinking the medical supply: since…

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Can We Make Opioids Less Addictive?

WATCH – ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE –  May 16, 2021 - As it turned out, Sertürner got addicted while doing the…

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‘Pillbillies,’ ‘Oxycotinville’: Emails from drug exec reveal mockery of Appalachians

PROFITS BEFORE PEOPLE –  May 14, 2021 - Zimmerman’s testimony was part of a trial in which the municipalities accuse…

4 years ago

Who’s to blame for America’s opioid epidemic?

FOLLOW THE MONEY –  May 5, 2021 -  It was an American epidemic long before Covid-19. Opioid addiction and overdoses…

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Worsening deadly opioid epidemic must not be forgotten

EVERYONE’S OPINION? –  May 2, 2021 - THE UNITED STATES is still grappling with the deadly coronavirus pandemic, yet, sadly,…

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“I Can’t Abandon My Name”: The Sacklers And Me

THE WHOLE FAMILY ISN’T TOXIC –  May 4, 2021 -  I had never before heard of the novel, called The…

4 years ago

24 States Fight To Block Sackler Family Bid For Immunity

LISTEN – MONEY BUYS FREEDOM –  May 3, 2021 - But a growing group of public officials and activists is…

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