SOBRIETY IS A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND – May 2, 2021- But when she was 26 years old, a phone call…
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WATCH – MODERN DAY SOPRANOS – Watch on May 10 – Exploring the origins, extent, and fallout of one of…
CANADA DOES IT FOR FREE – April 29, 2021 – Naloxone is not a new drug. It was first patented…
MEDIA: FILM REVIEW – April 28, 2021 – What sets “Four Good Days” apart from the many other films of…
WATCH – AMERICAN DEATH MARCH – April 26, 2021 – “I really don’t see our workload going down significantly for…
LISTEN – LET THE HEALING BEGIN – April 27, 2021 – “Some physicians actually don’t want to prescribe it because…
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY AS SIN – May 1, 2021 – Why is the trial in West Virginia? A year…
GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL FOR SALE — May 2, 2021 – Purdue Pharma’s sale of OxyContin, a formulation of the narcotic oxycodone that…
SPEEDING TOWARDS OUR DEMISE – April 27, 2021 – As the pills piled up, Jon DeLena was shaken. He’d lived…
WATCH – VIDEO WORTH WATCHING – April 27, 2021 – “It’s called the CAGE test – C is for cut-down…
GIVE PILLS A CHANCE – April 27, 2020 – Because of how opioids act on the brain, people dependent on…
DOCTOR’S DILEMMA – April 23, 2021 – We heard from someone who has reached the end of his rope: “In…
LIVING BODY SNATCHERS – April 20, 2021 – Members of the Sackler family who own bankrupt OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma LP…
MAKING MONEY BURYING OUR CHILDREN – April 16, 2021 – J&J in a statement called its marketing of the drugs…
JUSTICE DEFERRED IS JUSTICE DENIED – April 16, 2021 – When George Floyd’s girlfriend Courteney Ross took the stand for…
WATCH – ADDICTION FOR PROFITS – March 25, 2021 – Purdue had allegedly paid doctors to write more opioid prescriptions,…
THREE WEEKS LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN – April 14, 2021 – “Nobody wants their child’s life defined in one moment…
WATCH – HBO DOES IT AGAIN – April 7, 2021 – HBO Max has released a teaser for filmmaker Alex…
NO ONE LIKES PAIN – April 9, 2021 – Doctors have been prescribing opiate painkillers since the Bronze Age, and…
BY DOING WHAT? – April 5, 2021 – The crisis is national, but the struggle is personal—deeply personal,” he said.…
BOOK REVIEW – April 8, 2021 – In a 2017 email, Mortimer Sackler, son and namesake of one of the…
I’VE FALLEN AND I CAN’T GET UP – March 31, 2021 – Development of drug use later in life may…
SYSTEMATIC BREAKDOWN – March 24, 2021 – In a spectacular display of stigma related to the disease of addiction and…
DEATH REDUCTION – April 3, 2021 – Doctors or nurses based at SIFs provide treatment or give referrals to treatment…
DO BEARS COME IN THE MAIL? – March 4, 2021 – The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a…
I SEE LIVE PEOPLE – March 11, 2021 – Outreach specialists with Wisconsin Voices for Recovery have now put up…
SUPER WEALTHY CON JOB? – March 16, 2021 – By Associated Press | March 16, 2021 at 11:53 AM EDT…
OVERDOSE OF GREED – March 18, 2021 – A Michigan pharmacist and pharmacy technician have been charged in a conspiracy…
PROOF IT WORKS – March 12, 2021 – According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 130 Americans die…
STRENGTH AND BEAUTY – March 10, 2021 – Talking about her struggles with addiction isn’t new for Kristen Johnston, but…