Opioid
OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS
Rival Opioid Makers Used the OxyContin Panic to Cash In
Painkillers such as fentanyl were marketed as safer than the Purdue Pharma drug, even as they left their own trail of overdose deaths.
HARM REDUCTION
Safe Injection for Opioid Addicts Work—but the U.S. Has Zero
Critics argue these sites promote drug use. That fear couldn’t be further from the truth.
THIS IS SERIOUS
opinion
Republicans, Your Voters Are on Drugs. Please Help Them.
The opioid crisis is worse in red America. Finally, Congress is doing... something. But it’s not close to enough.
HYPERLOCAL
How the Koch Brothers Are Fighting the Opioid Crisis
The conservative financiers have put millions behind Phoenix, a network of gyms located in the heart of the epidemic.
‘SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH’
Key Democrat Calls on AMA to Back Mandatory Opioid Education
“Too many well-meaning medical professionals have had insufficient training on opioids,” Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said in a letter Monday.
LOBBYING POWER
Congress Is ‘Too Scared’ of the AMA to Really Attack Opioids
The opioid crisis may be raging, but Congress has been unable to pass reforms for prescribing the drugs—and opposition has been coming from an unexpected source.
Magic Tea
opinion
I Kicked My Opioid Addiction with Marijuana
As I shivered in misery, I knew I needed something to stop the monkey on my back from screaming: ‘FEED ME!’