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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
In the Tank or In the Vein Mar. 11, 2022
Where I live, it's impossible to get heroin that isn't laced with fentanyl. In fact, most of what is... Read More
The Border Crisis Reaches Your Child's Middle School Feb. 16, 2022
Think you live too far from the Mexican border to be hurt by the chaos there? Bloomfield is a pictur... Read More
The Other Deadly Plague Is Only Getting Worse Jan. 12, 2022
Long before the arrival of COVID-19, America was being ravaged by a deadly epidemic. Unlike the coro... 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
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
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
Anger Can Be Easier Than Grief Jun. 26, 2020
Dear Annie: I am shattered and torn apart. My son, who served eight and half years in prison for dru... Read More
AMA President Leads on Opioids Oct. 24, 2019
Patrice Harris was an early witness to the opioid epidemic in West Virginia, and as an Atlanta resid... Read More
The Supply-and-Demand Solution to the Drug Crisis Sep. 28, 2019
A famous Greek myth recounts the tale of the diabolical King Sisyphus. He was punished for his many ... Read More
Fight Against Opioid Abuse May Involve Providing Supervised Injection Sites Sep. 17, 2019
There's no hiding from the statistics. In 2018, 1,116 people died from overdoses in Philadelphia, ac... 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
Sackler Family Donations Carry Taint of Lives Destroyed by Purdue Opioids Feb. 14, 2019
The Sackler family name, once synonymous with philanthropy benefiting elite institutions, is now mor... Read More
The Thorny Problem of Finding Who's to Blame for Drug Overdoses Feb. 08, 2019
As prescription and illicit opioid overdose deaths continue to rise in the United States, lawsuits a... Read More
Punishing Patients Won't Reduce Opioid Deaths: A New Medicare Prescription Rule Will Aggravate Undertreatment of Pain Dec. 19, 2018
A patient with metastatic prostate cancer tried to kill himself after he could not get the medicatio... Read More
Fentanyl Is the Latest Deadly Twist in America's Continuing Opioid Epidemic Dec. 05, 2018
The opioid epidemic has a deadly new star: fentanyl, which is easier to overdose with than prescript... Read More
Feds Shake Down FedEx -- and Fail Jun. 23, 2016
Showtime's "Billions" probably is 2016's most intriguing dramatic series precisely because its nasti... Read More
