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Decision Makers Behind Purdue Pharma's Opioid Criminality Deserve Prison Time Oct. 28, 2020
Last week's admission by Purdue Pharma of criminal responsibility for its role in fomenting and expl... Read More
The False Premises of the Ruling Against Johnson & Johnson: Blaming Opioid Makers for 'Opioid Crisis' May Be Emotionally Satisfying, but Reality Is More Complicated Aug. 28, 2019
This week, an Oklahoma judge ruled that Johnson & Johnson should pay $572 million to "abate" a "publ... Read More
Saving Lives, Giving Dignity May. 09, 2019
Recently, our geriatric cat, Sara, was diagnosed with kidney disease. She's over 100 in people years... Read More
Can Damage Done by CDC's Opioid Guidelines Be Reversed? Agency's Acknowledgment of Suffering Caused by Its Prescribing Advice May Be Too Little, Too Late May. 01, 2019
When the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published its opioid prescribing guidelines... Read More
The Opioid Crisis Hits Close to Home Apr. 25, 2019
Last winter, my husband and I joined with other mourners at the funeral of a man who died in his mid... 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
Time to Reverse the Odds of Preventable Death Jan. 25, 2019
For the first time since records have been kept on such things, the odds of someone accidentally dyi... Read More
Clean Up Before Listening Up Jan. 23, 2019
Next time you see a doctor and watch him wash his hands before the exam, maybe ask if he'll give his... 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
Where Is the Plan to Ease the Pain? Nov. 09, 2018
Pain can take many forms. There is throbbing pain, stabbing pain, phantom pain, acute pain and chron... Read More
Opioid Crisis Grew Unchecked Sep. 06, 2018
Congressional committees recently brought the top executives of opioid manufacturers to Washington t... Read More
CDC Should Put America First Feb. 07, 2018
Under President Obama, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent money and staff to distan... Read More
Opioids: The Crisis of Our Lifetime Dec. 19, 2017
Eric Hargan is about to get a demotion, and he is just fine with that. The acting secretary of the D... Read More
Why Are Pregnant Women Likelier to Die at Rural Hospitals? Aug. 22, 2017
While giving birth at a small hospital in central Tennessee, Whitney Brown developed terrible breath... Read More
Call the Opioid Crisis What It Is: A National Emergency Aug. 08, 2017
If newly named White House Chief of Staff John Kelly succeeds in bringing some order to the chaos th... Read More
The Opioid Crisis: No One's Fault and Everyone's Fault Jul. 04, 2017
CANTON, Ohio — Despite his gaunt frame and sunken eyes, he walks with a distinct swagger down ... Read More
What the Politicians Won't Say About Drugs Apr. 05, 2017
The Trump administration is launching a campaign against the heroin and pain pill epidemic, which ca... Read More
Addiction Battle Is Just What the Doctor Ordered Nov. 29, 2016
With the publication Thursday of a comprehensive 428-page report on drug and alcohol misuse, Surgeon... Read More
The Opioid Crisis Is Crap Feb. 12, 2016
I live in a poverty-stricken former factory town of about 85,000 people. We are, they tell us, in th... Read More
