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State Testing Wastewater for Opioids Near Schools

VIDEO – GRAFT? – Oct. 18, 2023 - The Environment Department will be focusing on a few key areas to do this: Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, and Bernalillo. Kenny said it’s crucial to understand the impact of fentanyl and ... Read More...

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Cities Ponder Opiate Friendly Facilities for Drug Use

LET THEM EAT CAKE – Oct. 23, 2023 - The sites employ medical and social workers who guard against overdoses by supplying oxygen and naloxone, the overdose-reversing drug, and by distributing clean needles and other r... Read More...

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Cops Use Opioid Settlement Cash for More Cop Cars

AUDIO – NO MONEY FOR ADDICTS – Oct. 20, 2023 - What’s clear is that each decision — whether to fund a treatment facility or buy a squad car — is a trade-off. The settlements will deliver billions of dollars, b... Read More...

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Opioid Limits Add No Discomfort to Surgery Patients

ONLY TO BIG PHARMA – Oct. 13, 2023 - Instead, patient-reported pain levels and satisfaction didn’t change at all for Michigan adults who had their appendix or gallbladder removed, a hernia repaired, a hysterectomy or... Read More...

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Governors Take Naloxone Training at State House

WITH JUDGMENT-FREE COMPASSION – Sept. 28, 2023 - “Overdose has touched so many Maryland families, including my own,” said Lt. Gov. Miller. “We need to create a seat at the table for everyone as we continue to ident... Read More...

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Pharmacist Convicted for Dispensing Over 100,000 Opioid Pills

CHAMPION PILL PUSHER – Sept. 24, 2023 - Winfield-Gates allegedly filled large volumes of cookie-cutter prescriptions for the opioids hydrocodone 10-325 mg and oxycodone 30 mg and for carisoprodol, alprazolam a... Read More...

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Four numbers that tell the story of the opioid epidemic

REAL DATA – Sept. 13, 2023 - Here are the numbers that tell the story: 45 percent: The approximate decrease of prescription opioid pain pills shipped in the United States from 2011 to 2019. But ... Read More...

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Lawmakers Searching for Answers. Why is Fentanyl Killing Kids?

LOOK WITHIN SOCIETY – Aug. 30, 2023 - Mississippi enacted a bill in March mandating a media campaign aimed at youth. California lawmakers are also considering requiring the state health department to make an o... Read More...

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Narcan Now Available Over-The-Counter!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LIFE SAVERS – Sept. 1, 2023 - The announcement is believed by advocates to be a milestone that will make it easier to save lives in the US as the ongoing opioid epidemic claimed more than 100,000 American live... Read More...

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12 Overdoses in 24 Hours in Harrisburg

VIDEO – THE DIRTIEST DOZEN – Sept 9, 2023 - Potential signs and symptoms of an opioid overdose include: Loss of consciousness. Markedly constricted or pinpoint pupils. Breathing difficulties (slowed, labored... Read More...

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How Badly Did Legal Opioid Pills Flood Your City?

ASK CVS, WALGREENS and Duane Reade – Sept. 12, 2023 - The Washington Post sifted through 760 million transactions from 2006 through 2019 that are detailed in the DEA’s database and specifically focused on oxyc... Read More...

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Painkillers and me: One mother’s story

LITTLE BY LITTLE – Sept. 13, 2023 - “The only thing they think they can do with pain is give you more painkillers,” she tells me. She says the drugs have had a significant impact on her life and how she lives it. ... Read More...

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Emily Blunt and Chris Evans Bring the Opioid Crisis to Hollywood

AUDIO – LISTEN CLOSELY – Sept. 12, 2023 - Zanna is a low-rent South Florida outfit with almost no market share, putting everyone—including wannabe COO Pete Brenner (Evans)—in dire straits. All that changes, however, ... Read More...

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Real ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Instantly Cures Suboxone Addiction With Ibogaine

VIDEO – A TRIP WORTH TAKING – Sept. 7, 2023 - Real life Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort has claimed that an illegal psychedelic drug cured him of his addictions and could be the answer to the opioid crisis.... Read More...

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Fake Prescription Pills Fuels Drug Overdose Deaths

MADNESS IN AMERICA – Sept. 6, 2023 - More than 90% of the counterfeit drugs contained the extremely powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl, which has driven total US overdose deaths to more than 100,000 a year. Ot... Read More...

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I Tried to Get Rid of My Leftover Opioids. It Wasn’t Easy.

THERE IS ALWAYS A DRAIN – Sept. 3, 2023 - I recently found myself wandering the streets of Brooklyn, clutching my tote bag. Inside was a bottle of oxycodone that I didn’t seem to be able to get rid of. A fe... Read More...

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A Final Goodbye to Opiates

FULL VIDEO – AMAZING SHORT FILM – Sept. 5, 2023 - For most of my adult life, I’ve struggled with an opiate addiction of some form. But I’m one of the lucky ones, because I’m still here. The dark descent into the n... Read More...

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Sackler Family Doc Shows Different Side of ‘Painkiller’ & ‘Dopesick’ Series

THE REAL HORROR STORY – Sept. 7, 2023 - All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is a gripping documentary that focuses on Nan Goldin’s activism against the powerful Sackler family, who profited from the opioid crisis. Goldi... Read More...

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‘Gamechanger’ in Opioid Crisis: Narcan Available for Purchase in Drug Stores

VIDEO – ADDICTS STOCK UP – Sept. 8, 2023 - For the first time ever, you can buy Narcan without a prescription. The drug will be available in stores like CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid this week. Many are calling it a... Read More...

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Scottish Museum Removes Mentions of Opioid-Linked Murderous Sackler Family

A LEGACY OF DEATH – Sept. 1, 2023 - The V&A Dundee has become the latest UK museum to remove a reference to the money it received from the Sackler family amid continuing anger over its central role in the opioid ... Read More...

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‘Painkiller’ vs. Dopesick’: Whose Richard Sackler Portrayal Is Better?

MATHEW BRODERICK NAILS IT – Aug. 25, 2023 - The most notable comparison would have to be between the two performers who played Richard Sackler, who was the chairman and president at Purdue Pharmaceuticals, whi... Read More...

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The Pope Says: ‘We Cannot Be Indifferent’ to People Caught in Drug Addiction

WWJD? – Aug. 27, 2023 - Francis underlined in his message that it is often teens and young adults who fall into addiction, especially in a society in which they are “deprived of points of reference” during a delicate... Read More...

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Synthetic Opioids 10x More Potent Than Fentanyl

HELL GETS HOTTER – Aug. 29, 2023 - Nitazenes are a synthetic opioid, like fentanyl, although the two drugs are not structurally related. In the small study published Tuesday in the journal JAMA Network Open most of... Read More...

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The Face Of Rural Addiction Is Not What You Think

AMERICANS NEED HELP – Aug. 22, 2021 - Hollywood execs took notice of these trends and began to invest in America’s newest pain points, with Emmy-winning TV series like Breaking Bad and Hulu’s Dopesick reinforc... Read More...

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Ecuador is Hooked on Dangerous Drugs

BORDERLINE – Aug. 24, 2023 - Teenage drug users play games and sports to improve social and behavioural skills. The Puyo centre has 42 beds with separate wings to treat boys and men. Some of the teenagers, many from ... Read More...

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Rite Aid Preparing For Bankruptcy To Avoid Opioid Lawsuits

GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER – Aug. 25, 2023 - In the early 2000s, fatal overdoses from prescription drugs, particularly opioids, skyrocketed, with popular painkillers like OxyContin at the center of the problem, ... Read More...

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McKinsey & Co. Got Thousands of Veterans Addicted to Opioids, with our Tax Dollars

WALL STREET RULES – Aug. 24, 2023 - At one point, nine out of every 10 opioid prescriptions in the United States were manufactured by McKinsey’s clients. The report by the Wall Street Journal found that within those ... Read More...

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Despised Sackler Clan Bribing The Hamptons?

CRIME FAMILY – Aug. 22, 2023 - That negative publicity stepped up this month with the new, fictionalized Netflix film “Painless,” starring Matthew Broderick as Richard Sackler. And a blow was dealt by a Supreme Co... Read More...

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‘Painkiller’ Director: “This Story Is a Tragedy”

ALWAYS IS WHEN 400,000 DIE – Aug. 21, 2023 - much to them the medical schools that meant so much to them,” Berg said. “The name now is becoming synonymous with evil greed, and a bunch of other things, and we w... Read More...

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