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Did Decriminalization Boost Drug Deaths in Oregon?: Recent Research Finds 'No Evidence' That It Did, Undermining a Key Claim by Critics of That Policy Feb. 14, 2024
Oregon is considering legislation that would recriminalize low-level drug possession, reversing a la... Read More
Oregon's Drug Problems Were Not Caused by Decriminalization: Prohibition Is at the Root of the Hazards That Have Led to Record Numbers of Opioid-Related Deaths Oct. 02, 2023
Three years ago, 58% of Oregon voters approved Measure 110, a groundbreaking ballot initiative that ... Read More
Oregon's Drug Problems Were Not Caused by Decriminalization: Prohibition Is at the Root of the Hazards That Have Led to Record Numbers of Opioid-Related Deaths Sep. 27, 2023
Three years ago, 58% of Oregon voters approved Measure 110, a groundbreaking ballot initiative that ... Read More
A Netflix Drama Reinforces Pernicious Misconceptions About Pain Treatment: 'Painkiller' Reflects an Indiscriminate Anti-Opioid Bias That Has Caused Needless Suffering Aug. 23, 2023
Former New York Times reporter Barry Meier, whose book about OxyContin is the main basis for the Net... Read More
How Many Deaths Will It Take Before Biden Forcefully Addresses the Fentanyl Crisis? Apr. 18, 2023
PENN HILLS, Pennsylvania — When the Penn Hills police and paramedics arrived at the modest sub... Read More
The One Where Matthew Perry is Sober Mar. 24, 2023
I waited 14 weeks on the library waiting list to listen to the audiobook version of Matthew Perry's ... 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
SCOTUS Needs to Clarify the Line Between Doctors and Drug Dealers: Patients Suffer When Physicians Who Prescribe Opioids in Good Faith Can Face Decades in Prison Mar. 02, 2022
Xiulu Ruan, a board-certified Alabama pain specialist, was sentenced to 21 years in federal prison f... Read More
Biden Doubles Down on a Lethal Anti-Drug Strategy: Prohibition Has Driven Opioid-Related Deaths to Record Levels Dec. 22, 2021
For more than a century, the U.S. government has failed to prevent Americans from consuming politica... Read More
We Are Losing the War for Our Children Dec. 09, 2021
It is always humbling to learn something new. Life is, by design, a continuous journey from the unkn... 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
Fentanyl-Laced Drugs Make Epidemic Deadliest Ever Nov. 26, 2021
Announced last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and reported by NBC News (amon... Read More
Two Courts Debunk Widely Accepted Opioid Myths: Undertreatment of Pain Is a Real Problem, and Bona Fide Patients Rarely Become Addicted to Their Medication Nov. 17, 2021
Since 2014, state and local governments have filed thousands of lawsuits against pharmaceutical comp... 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. 29, 2021
According to the lawsuits that four drug companies agreed to settle last week, the "opioid epidemic"... 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
There Are Deep Roots in These Mountains Jun. 08, 2021
SCHOHARIE, New York — The roots of faith, family, patriotism, dialect and work ethic are a pro... Read More
February 27, 2021 Feb. 27, 2021
Dear Annie: I am livid about my 72-year-old mother's physicians. Over the past few years, they kept ... Read More
Portrait of a Heavy Drinker Sep. 09, 2020
Two-thirds of U.S. adults reported consuming alcohol in 2018. Five percent were defined as "heavy dr... Read More
