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Dr. Husel Ordered Lethal Doses of Fentanyl

VIDEO – ANGEL OF MERCY OR ANGEL OF DEATH? – Feb. 22, 2022 - In an email sent in late November 2018, Gregory Dresbach wrote to his supervisor: “Well, here we go again.” It was in reference to how patient Meli... Read More...

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Euphoria Holds Up a Mirror to My Addiction Experience. This show quite literally saves me. By Natalie Alcala

IS HOLLYWOOD, AGAIN, GLAMORIZING DRUG ABUSE IN EUPHORIA? OR IS IT TRUTH TELLING? – Feb 21, 2022 - TV and film elevate storylines by incorporating interesting people, exciting visuals, brilliant dialogue, and a... Read More...

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Snapchat Promises New Rules to Fight Drug Sales

IT’S ABOUT TIME – Feb. 24, 2022 - Snapchat says it’s making changes to make it harder for kids to buy drugs on its platform, and it has to do with how “friends” are recommended on the app. An NBC News inves... Read More...

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Michael Keaton’s Emotional Speech After Winning His SAG Award for Dopesick

TEARFUL ACCEPTANCE – Feb. 28, 2022 - Michael Keaton was teary-eyed as he accepted the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Award for best male actor in a television movie or limited series. He won the award for “Dopesic... Read More...

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4 U.S. Companies Will Pay $26 BILLION To Settle Claims For Opioid Crisis

AUDIO – WHEN? – Feb. 25, 2022 - “This settlement represents real accountability,” said North Carolina state Attorney General Josh Stein, who helped negotiate the deal. Stein noted that most of the funds are ... Read More...

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Seeing Addiction as a Disease

WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET – Feb. 24, 2022 - “We’re in what is now becoming known as the fourth wave of the opioid epidemic. The first wave was the over-prescription of analgesics like oxycodone, morphine and... Read More...

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Treating Drug Dealers Like Serial Killers by Chris Dale

EXAMINING THE CHARGES AGAINST 4 MEN CONNECTED TO ACTOR MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS’ DEATH – Feb. 28, 2022 - Twenty years to life. That’s how much prison time 39-year-old Irvin Cartagena faces for allegedly cau... Read More...

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CDC To Soften Opioid Prescription Guidelines

VIDEO – GOING BACKWARDS? – Feb. 12, 2022 - Opioids can be an important tool in treating severe pain from cancer, surgery and serious injuries. But they also can be addictive — even when used under doctors’ ord... Read More...

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US Could Ease Restrictions On Prescribing Opioids

WHAT A RELIEF, FOR SOME – Feb. 15, 2022 - Drugmakers in the 1990s marketed new opioids as less addictive and pushed for wider use among patients. “We overdid it with prescription medications – we were kind o... Read More...

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Lifesaving Addiction Treatment Out of Reach for Many Americans

NOT ALL EQUAL – Feb. 17, 2022 - These gaps in care put patients struggling with OUD at risk, and many need effective treatment now more than ever. Understanding these disparities can help state policymakers imp... Read More...

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Sackler Family Offers an Extra Billion Dollars to Avoid Prosecution

KILLERS – Feb. 18, 2022 - Members of the billionaire Sackler family have sweetened their cash offer to settle thousands of opioid-related lawsuits against them and their company, Purdue Pharma, offering up to ... Read More...

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Middle-school Child Falls Prey to Fatal Fentanyl

VIDEO – AMERICAN NIGHTMARE – Feb. 18, 2022 - But about a year and a half ago, the middle schooler confessed to his parents about a very adult problem: He was experimenting with oxycodone, a prescription painki... Read More...

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Jails Finally Allowing Medical Care For Opioid Addiction

FINALLY SOME HUMANITY – Feb. 18, 2022 - Sedgwick’s joins at least a few other Kansas jails that do so, including Crawford County in southeast Kansas. “I mean, something’s got to change,” Crawford County She... Read More...

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Father Sues Pharmacy After Son Overdoses

J’accuse – Feb. 7, 2022 - Facts of the Case - Mr A was a 21-year-old university student who had a problem with recreational drugs. His childhood friend, Mr Z, 20, also was struggling with substance... Read More...

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“15 Years Ago I Was Waiting To Die”

FROM HEROIN TO HEROINE – Feb. 2, 2022 - Parker is honest about what it took to recover, hard work, medical attention and a lot of help from agencies dedicated to providing support for those in recovery. “I h... Read More...

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New Strategy Needed To Tackle Opioids Crisis

REDUCE THE COST OF BURIALS – Feb. 8, 2022 - The pandemic has contributed to a surge in substance misuse including fatal overdoses. At least one in 10 Americans initiated or increased drug use amid rising anxie... Read More...

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New Documentary on Overdose Epidemic

VIDEO – WATCH AND WEEP – Feb. 10, 2022 - The overdose epidemic continues to ravage cities across America and right here in Indiana. More than 100,000 people died to drug overdose last year in America. A new fi... Read More...

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Opioid Deaths Cost U.S. Economy $1 Trillion A Year

AUDIO – $1,000,000,000,000 – Feb. 8, 2022 - Opioid overdose deaths cost the U.S. economy $1 trillion a year, the U.S. Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking said Tuesday, a “staggering amount” it ... Read More...

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‘Euphoria’ Finally Shows Dark Reality Addiction

VIDEO – NOT A NETWORK PROGRAM – Feb. 8, 2022 - “You’re not a good person, Rue,” her mother Leslie tells her while she scans her eyes for remorse during an intense standoff, while Rue stares back in search of an... Read More...

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David Magee’s Memoir “Dear William” Details Family’s Trauma & Loss

VIDEO – REBUILDING WITH TEARS – Feb. 7, 2022 - Author David Magee has written numerous books about business leaders and sports figures, but he has now turned the focus inward for his latest book, “Dear William... Read More...

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Doctor, 83, Accused Of Running $17-Million Opioid Pill Mill

HE WON’T BE IN JAIL FOR LONG – Jan. 28, 2022 - Under the scheme, he only accepted cash at his clinic where he prescribed oxycodone and oxymorphone, two of the most addictive opioids with high street value, the... Read More...

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What Makes People More Likely to Overdose on Opioids

FATE? DESTINY? LUCK? – Jan. 28, 2022 - Health care providers can help reduce risk by taking certain precautions, Weiner says. One is to prescribe non-opioid medications whenever possible (or tell patients to us... Read More...

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Sleepwalking Into Addiction

AWAKE AND SING – Jan. 30, 2022 - In Greater Manchester, some felt their final hopes of eventually getting their treatment evaporate at the start of this month. Health leaders announced that most surgeries w... Read More...

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Mothers Protest SF Safe Injection Site

IT’S COMPLICATED – Feb. 4, 2022 - Mothers Against Drug Deaths will protest outside the center at 8 a.m. Saturday to demand that city officials shut down an area of the center where supervised drug use is taking... Read More...

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Native American Tribes Tentative $590 Mil. Opioids Settlement with J&J

NEW TRAIL OF TEARS – Feb, 1, 2022 - Together with a deal struck last fall between the distributors and the Cherokee Nation for $75 million, the tribes will be paid a total of $665 million. Purdue Pharma has alr... Read More...

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Sacklers Cough Up $4 Billion More To Settle

CHUMP CHANGE – Jan. 31, 2022 - The judge found the reorganization plan improperly shielded Sackler family members, who had not filed for Chapter 11 themselves, from opioid litigation. The mediator, former U.S.... Read More...

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Opioid Overdose Deaths to ‘grow exponentially’

HOW MANY MORE PLOTS? – 2/2/2022 - As long as the status quo stands, “We will continue to have these kinds of addiction outbreaks in our healthcare system,” said Keith Humphreys, chair of the commission and a pr... Read More...

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They Made the Most of the Opioid Crisis

BOOK REVIEW – Jan. 19, 2022 - (The book is based in part on a 2018 article Hughes wrote for The New York Times Magazine.) Its sole branded product was Subsys, a fentanyl-based liquid that patients sprayed under... Read More...

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Student’s Death Renews Calls to Stock Narcan in Schools

ALONG WITH EDUCATION? – Jan. 25, 2022 - What they’re saying: “ supports safe and effective management of opioid-related overdoses in schools through incorporating emergency rescue medication into school eme... Read More...

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