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Experimental vaccine blunts the deadliest of synthetic opioids

AN INJECTION OF OPTIMISM or SAY WHAT? –  February 4, 2021 -  “We’ve shown it is possible to prevent these…

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McKinsey Fined $600 Million For “turbocharging” Opioid Deaths

BOTTOM LINES KILL PEOPLE –  Feb. 3, 2021 - McKinsey’s extensive work with Purdue included advising it to focus on…

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Died From Overdose

WATCH – LARGER THAN LIFE –   Jan. 25, 2021 - TMZ broke the story ... Balducci was found unresponsive…

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The Sackler Family and Mine

THEM AND US –   Jan. 19, 2021 - On May 23, 2019, the day my son was coming home…

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Doctor’s Secret Pill Ring Leaves His Patients Dead

Prisoner of greed –  Jan. 2, 2021 - Li would later become known as a notoriously reckless supplier of lethal…

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What Everyone Got Wrong About the Opioid Epidemic

WATCH – Disease model flawed –   Jan. 4, 2021 - The original formulation of OxyContin didn’t create the opioid…

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Pandemic Blamed for Oregon’s 40% Increase in Drug Deaths

The most horrible time... –   Dec. 23, 2020 - “Many people who are using substances, they may be hanging…

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Walmart Fueled Opioid Crisis

Always Low Prices –  Dec. 22, 2020 - “As one of the largest pharmacy chains and wholesale drug distributors in…

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Patrick Kennedy pitches himself for ‘drug czar’

Will He Outlaw Marijuana? –   Dec. 18, 2020 - He would also help to coordinate domestic and international policing…

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U.S. Overdose Deaths Reach Record Highs

WHY? –  Dec. 17, 2020 - The primary driver behind the record-breaking numbers appeared to be the use of synthetic…

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Drug deaths were on rise locally; then the virus hit

The American way of death –  Now, 2020 - Overdose deaths have spiked in San Diego County this year, as…

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World’s most prestigious consulting firm proposed paying CVS rebates for OxyContin Overdoses

As the Rich Get Richer, The Poor Get Dead –   Nov. 27, 2020 - When Purdue Pharma agreed last…

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Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty

As Guilty as Josef Mengele –  Nov. 24, 2020 - Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty Tuesday to three criminal charges, formally…

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What the New Drug Policies Mean For You, Personally

Smoke two joints in the morning... –   November 9, 2020 - Here are all the answers to the drug…

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Mariah App, reveals haunting link of Met’s Sackler Wing to opioid crisis

Exposing the Truth –  November 7, 2020 - The billionaire Sackler family is known for donating millions of dollars to museums and cultural…

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School board candidate charged in $18 million pill scheme

Three Deathsketeers –  Oct. 5, 2020 - Former Jackson Madison County School System board candidate Dr. Tameka Noel was among…

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Woman who ran pill mills gets 33 years in prison

33 years more than the Sackler family –   Oct. 22, 2020 - Investigators say Hofstetter initially worked at a…

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Sackler Family Makes $8B Opioid Deal for 100,000’s Deaths. No Jail Time.

Crime Pays – Oct. 21, 2020 - The controversial settlement, valued at more than $8.3 billion, would restructure Purdue Pharma,…

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Why Is Amazon Tracking Opioid Use in the United States?

Because they can? –   Oct 2, 2020 - Amazon’s human resources team is tracking opioid usage among the American…

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Cuomo Calls for Arrests of Public Drug Users

Lock them up! – Sep. 30, 2020 - "We need to stabilize the city now and there is a lot…

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Purdue Pharma Family to Keep Its Billions

Billions and Billions – Oct. 4, 2020 - With the launch of OxyContin, in 1995, Purdue unleashed an unprecedented marketing…

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‘The Drug Became His Friend’: Pandemic Drives Hike In Opioid Deaths

New York Times - Real (Bad) News – Sep. 28, 2020 - In the six months since Covid-19 brought the…

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Revamped OxyContin hasn’t stemmed ODs

No, really? – Sept. 12, 2020 - The surge of painkiller abuse that started in the 1990s has long been…

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Why did the justice department let Purdue off the hook for the opioid crisis?

Fortunes are at stake? – Sept. 8, 2020 - The opioid epidemic is not over. Even as Covid-19 rages, opioid-related…

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Walmart Sued Over Opioids

Everyone knew! –   August 24, 2020 - “Revelations concerning Walmart are not emerging because Walmart somehow chose to ‘come…

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Masked robber hits CVS for oxycodone

Drugstore Cowboy –   August 28, 2020 - NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) — Thursday evening, an armed robber struck…

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A Bill to Decriminalize All Drugs

FINALLY! – August 20, 2020 - “The world we are proposing will significantly reduce the harm experienced by the most…

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After 24 years, woman finds sobriety and new passion

WATCH – Charmed Life – August 19, 2020 - “It went from cocaine to oxys to heroin to heroin and…

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U.S. states seek $2.2 TRILLION from OxyContin dealers

Swiss bank accounts stay hidden? –   AUGUST 17, 2020 - The filings cited more than 200,000 deaths in the…

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Pill mill Doctor to spend 20 years in prison

Greed Kills – August 14, 2020 - In some cases, he wrote prescriptions in combinations that were dangerous even if…

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