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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
Everybody Used to Be Something Feb. 10, 2014
When Philip Seymour Hoffman, light of the American theater, died, apparently of a heroin overdose, I... Read More
Heroin Makes a Comeback Feb. 08, 2014
Heroin is back — with a vengeance. It never really disappeared from the drug-culture landscap... Read More
Heroin and Marijuana Aren't Equally Dangerous Feb. 06, 2014
The apparent heroin overdose death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman already has become a hockey puck ... Read More
