FOLLOW THE MONEY – May 5, 2021 – It was an American epidemic long before Covid-19. Opioid addiction and overdoses…
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EVERYONE’S OPINION? – May 2, 2021 – THE UNITED STATES is still grappling with the deadly coronavirus pandemic, yet, sadly,…
THE WHOLE FAMILY ISN’T TOXIC – May 4, 2021 – I had never before heard of the novel, called The…
LISTEN – MONEY BUYS FREEDOM – May 3, 2021 – But a growing group of public officials and activists is…
CALIFORNIA NODDING – April 22, 2021 – Supervised injection sites have emerged around the world in recent years, part of…
TURNING HEARTACHE INTO HEALING – May 5, 2021 – I am an anesthesiologist who administers fentanyl every day to patients.…
GREED KILLS, GREED KILLED – May 6, 2021 – Before Richard Sackler—father of David Sackler, who’s married to Joss—became president…
SOBRIETY IS A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND – May 2, 2021- But when she was 26 years old, a phone call…
WATCH – MODERN DAY SOPRANOS – Watch on May 10 – Exploring the origins, extent, and fallout of one of…
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…
LIVING BODY SNATCHERS – April 20, 2021 – Members of the Sackler family who own bankrupt OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma LP…
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…
BOOK REVIEW – April 8, 2021 – In a 2017 email, Mortimer Sackler, son and namesake of one of the…
SUPER WEALTHY CON JOB? – March 16, 2021 – By Associated Press | March 16, 2021 at 11:53 AM EDT…
DR. DEATH – March 4, 2021 – Blatti pleaded not guilty at an arraignment in Nassau County Court and was…
ADDICTION RULES – March 2, 2021 – “The U.S. Attorney’s Office is committed to stopping drug-dealing doctors like Rodos,” said…
NOT THE SAME? – March 4, 2021 – For women, the greatest risk factors for opioid relapse were depression, more…
OXYMORONs – March 3, 2021 – According to Chesterfield Sheriff Karl Leonard, the alleged drug smugglers exploited a regulatory loophole…
WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR SOME – Feb. 25, 2021 – During the antebellum decades, addiction to rudimentary opiates such…
FROM LOSS COMES HOPE – Feb. 26, 2021 – “As overdose cases are rapidly increasing and treatments for substance use disorders…
SOON FOR BABIES TOO? – Feb. 18, 2021 – The Texas startup was founded in Houston in 2018, but is…
WATCH – 4-20-51-50 HIIIGH-KE – Feb. 17, 2021 – The NFL finally loosened its cannabis testing policy last offseason, amid…
CRAZY TIME – FEB 12, 2021 – But Finnigan, 53, who lives in Chicago, said things changed for her in…
WATCH – NONE TOO SOON – Feb. 8, 2021 – Besides drug addictions including opioids and cocaine, the start-up offers…
$ $ $ $ $ $ – February 12, 2021 – The deductions may deepen public anger toward companies prosecutors…
BIG PHARM COMPETITION FOILED – Feb. 12, 2021 – Federal, state and local law enforcement in Adams County announced on…