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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…

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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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CA Passes Bill For Supervised Sites For Drug Users

CALIFORNIA NODDING –  April 22, 2021 - Supervised injection sites have emerged around the world in recent years, part of…

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If your teenager was addicted to opioids, would you know?

TURNING HEARTACHE INTO HEALING –  May 5, 2021 - I am an anesthesiologist who administers fentanyl every day to patients.…

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The Sacklers Launched OxyContin. Everyone Knows It!

GREED KILLS, GREED KILLED –  May 6, 2021 - Before Richard Sackler—father of David Sackler, who’s married to Joss—became president…

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They used drugs as children then turned their lives around. Here’s how!

SOBRIETY IS A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND –  May 2, 2021-  But when she was 26 years old, a phone call…

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Documentary: The Crime of the Century on HBO

WATCH – MODERN DAY SOPRANOS –  Watch on May 10 - Exploring the origins, extent, and fallout of one of…

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Landmark opioid crisis trial starts next week at ground zero

INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY AS SIN –  May 1, 2021 - Why is the trial in West Virginia? A year…

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FDA official who approved OxyContin got $400,000 gig at Purdue Pharma year later

GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL FOR SALE — May 2, 2021 - Purdue Pharma's sale of OxyContin, a formulation of the narcotic oxycodone that…

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OxyContin Owners Only Worth $11 Billion

LIVING BODY SNATCHERS –  April 20, 2021 - Members of the Sackler family who own bankrupt OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma LP…

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OXY Maker Agrees to Pay BILLION$

WATCH – ADDICTION FOR PROFITS –  March 25, 2021 - Purdue had allegedly paid doctors to write more opioid prescriptions,…

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In My Hometown, Opioids Are Still Stealing Lives

THREE WEEKS LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN –  April 14, 2021 - “Nobody wants their child’s life defined in one moment…

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‘The Crime of the Century’ Examines Deadly Opioid Crisis

WATCH – HBO DOES IT AGAIN –  April 7, 2021 - HBO Max has released a teaser for filmmaker Alex…

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America Has Been Through An Opioid Crisis Before

NO ONE LIKES PAIN –  April 9, 2021 - Doctors have been prescribing opiate painkillers since the Bronze Age, and…

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Sackler Family’s Self-Pitying Emails

BOOK REVIEW –  April 8, 2021 - In a 2017 email, Mortimer Sackler, son and namesake of one of the…

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Purdue Pharma $10B bankruptcy plan farce?

SUPER WEALTHY CON JOB? –  March 16, 2021 - By Associated Press | March 16, 2021 at 11:53 AM EDT…

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Long Island doctor charged with murder in 5 opioid deaths

DR. DEATH –  March 4, 2021 - Blatti pleaded not guilty at an arraignment in Nassau County Court and was…

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North Philadelphia “Pill Mill” Doctor Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Illegal Opioid Distribution

ADDICTION RULES –  March 2, 2021 - “The U.S. Attorney’s Office is committed to stopping drug-dealing doctors like Rodos,” said…

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Opioid Addiction Relapse May Be Different for Men, Women

NOT THE SAME? –  March 4, 2021 - For women, the greatest risk factors for opioid relapse were depression, more…

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Inmates arrested for Suboxone Strips drug-mail scheme at jail

OXYMORONs –  March 3, 2021 - According to Chesterfield Sheriff Karl Leonard, the alleged drug smugglers exploited a regulatory loophole…

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Race and Opioids: Lessons From the Civil War-Era Opioid Addiction Crisis

WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR SOME –  Feb. 25, 2021 - During the antebellum decades, addiction to rudimentary opiates such…

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Dan Schneider of Netflix’s The Pharmacist at Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit

FROM LOSS COMES HOPE –  Feb. 26, 2021 - "As overdose cases are rapidly increasing and treatments for substance use disorders…

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Drug‑Free Solution to Opioid Withdrawal

SOON FOR BABIES TOO? –  Feb. 18, 2021 - The Texas startup was founded in Houston in 2018, but is…

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NFL Seeking Information on Cannabis as an Alternative to Opioids

WATCH – 4-20-51-50 HIIIGH-KE –  Feb. 17, 2021 - The NFL finally loosened its cannabis testing policy last offseason, amid…

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Woman Recovering From Opioid Addiction Sues to Get Methadone

CRAZY TIME –  FEB 12, 2021 - But Finnigan, 53, who lives in Chicago, said things changed for her in…

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Digital Rehab is Helping Tackle America’s Opioid Crisis

WATCH – NONE TOO SOON –  Feb. 8, 2021 - Besides drug addictions including opioids and cocaine, the start-up offers…

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Drug companies seek billion-dollar tax deductions from opioid settlement

$ $ $ $ $ $ –  February 12, 2021 - The deductions may deepen public anger toward companies prosecutors…

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Huge Colorado Trafficking Bust

BIG PHARM COMPETITION FOILED –  Feb. 12, 2021 - Federal, state and local law enforcement in Adams County announced on…

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Pharma: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America

POISONED AMERICA c/o BIG PHARMA –  2020 - “I could not put down Gerald Posner’s Pharma, the definitive story of…

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‘It’s Pandemic Within a Pandemic’

WATCH – YET, THERE IS SO MUCH TO LIVE FOR –  Feb. 4, 2021 - They say increased isolation and…

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