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Giving Cover to Fentanyl's Peddlers Apr. 27, 2022
The Colorado House's vote on Friday to leave possession of the deadly opioid fentanyl a mere misdeme... Read More
Colorado Fentanyl Bill Treats Lives as Expendable Apr. 19, 2022
It's the leading killer of people 18-45. It kills instantly. Fentanyl should be a major crime deterr... Read More
Felony Charges Would Help the Addicts We Love Apr. 14, 2022
Members of Colorado's House Judiciary Committee begin debate on the fentanyl bill Tuesday. One princ... Read More
Up from Rock Bottom: Recovery from a National Overdose Epidemic Apr. 05, 2022
WILLS, Pennsylvania — Andrew Ayers is busy working on loading and unloading several machines a... Read More
Moral Bankruptcy Doesn't Count In Sackler Family Protection Deal Dec. 21, 2021
A federal judge late Thursday correctly annulled a disgusting deal approved in federal bankruptcy co... Read More
Opioid Epidemic Public Health Emergency and Security Threat Dec. 03, 2021
Today in America, the drug epidemic stands as the deadliest it has ever been, nearly doubling in the... Read More
Dithering on Drug-monitoring Program Let Abuses Continue Oct. 13, 2021
Details of a recent $1.51 million federal court settlement involving a Creve Coeur pharmacy undersco... Read More
Biden Embraces a New Strategy to Curb Overdose Deaths Sep. 24, 2021
A deadly plague continues to rage across America, and neither vaccines nor face masks nor herd immun... Read More
How Drug Warriors Made the 'Opioid Epidemic' Deadlier: Restricting Access to Pain Medication Drove Nonmedical Users Toward Black-Market Substitutes Jul. 28, 2021
According to the lawsuits that four drug companies agreed to settle last week, the "opioid epidemic"... Read More
We Need a Smarter War on Drugs Feb. 08, 2020
Did we learn nothing from the so-called crack-cocaine plague of the '80s and '90s? For those with f... Read More
America's Drug Crisis Happened Because We Let It Happen Jul. 27, 2019
Here's some good news. Last year, for the first time since 1990, deaths from drug overdoses actually... Read More
Oklahoma Lawsuit Offers Hope for Justice and Change in the Opioid Epidemic May. 31, 2019
The nation's first opioids trial against a drug manufacturer opened this week in Oklahoma, offering ... Read More
Opioid Maker's Addiction to Profit Spurred Bid to Monetize Overdose Treatment. Apr. 03, 2019
After getting astronomically rich as Americans got hooked on prescription opioids, the Sackler famil... Read More
Where's the Common Sense in 'Common Sense' Gun Laws? Mar. 29, 2018
Americans, many quite young, attended anti-gun violence rallies across the country. Many protesters ... Read More
A Trump Crisis Oct. 28, 2017
Here's an idea: Declare the American opioid epidemic a health emergency. It's not a very original id... Read More
