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Opioid Deaths Up but Prescriptions Down Aug. 26, 2020
Fatal opioid overdoses were up in 2019, reaching a record high of 70,980 deaths. That's worrisome be... Read More
Painful Reality Jul. 15, 2020
Roughly 1 in 10 adults in the U.S. has a recent prescription for a pain medicine, according to a Cen... Read More
No Raves Is the Best Answer Nov. 15, 2019
DR. WALLACE: I just read your advice to parents who have a trustworthy daughter who wants to attend ... 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
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
China's Chemical Warfare Aug. 28, 2019
President Donald Trump got slammed by all sides — Democrats, the media and European politician... Read More
Judgment Against Johnson & Johnson Serves Notice to Corporate Pill Pushers Aug. 28, 2019
Compared with the landmark $27.5 billion settlement states made in 1998 with Big Tobacco, Oklahoma's... Read More
Is My Brother Addicted? Jul. 04, 2019
DR. WALLACE: Do you consider the use of any drugs at all as addiction? My brother smokes a small amo... 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
Opioids and Me Feb. 07, 2019
I know. I know the heartache of mothers who lose their sons, children who lose themselves. I'm as en... 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
Alcohol and Opioids Are Different Risks Nov. 29, 2018
Is alcohol really "the most dangerous drug"? That's what Governing magazine said on a cover, adding,... Read More
Marijuana Still the Most-Used Drug Oct. 18, 2018
TEENS: The good news is that an annual study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse conducted by th... Read More
The Opioid Crisis Is Now a Fentanyl Crisis Sep. 24, 2018
America's opioid crisis has shifted. As Congress and the White House have dawdled, the overdose deat... Read More
How to Prevent Overdose Deaths -- and How Not To Sep. 02, 2018
In the next 24 hours, we can expect that some 200 Americans will die of drug overdoses. The relentle... Read More
How Many Times Must We Save People Who Overdose? Jul. 12, 2018
A deeply humane friend recently suggested that medics stop saving people on their third opioid overd... Read More
Overdose Deaths Are the Product of Drug Prohibition Apr. 12, 2018
During Prohibition, drinkers never knew what they would get when they set out to slake their thirst.... Read More
Addiction Among Older Americans Apr. 06, 2018
Most Americans over the age of 50 are not strangers to the following names: Ambien, Ativan, Klonopin... Read More
Putting the Pieces Together Nov. 13, 2017
I live in a city with 88,000 residents and 17 dollar stores. I also work for the local newspaper, an... Read More
