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Dec 22

Inside the Legal Thicket Ensnaring Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers

The Purdue Pharma and Sackler legal history can be difficult to follow but we have you covered with this explainer.
By Helen Holmes
Oct 21

Nan Goldin Demands Punishment for Sacklers as Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty

'Just as tobacco executives answered to the nation under oath about their misconduct, so should the Sacklers,' Goldin reminded the country in a powerful op-ed this week.
By Helen Holmes
Hallucinogenic drugs are now seen as a potential cure for depression, alcoholism and a means to get people off opioids.
Dec 17

Addiction Treatment Gets Psychedelic With ‘Shark Tank’ Investor-Approved Startup

"This could save lives, cure depression, help alcoholism, get people off opioids—why wouldn’t I want to be invested?" long-standing 'Shark Tank' investor Kevin O'Leary said of the company.
By Harmon Leon
Sep 16

How the Fall of Purdue Pharma May Affect Arts Philanthropy in the Future

By Helen Holmes
Various types of marijuana are on display at Private Organic Therapy (P.O.T.), a non-profit co-operative medical marijuana dispensary, on October 19, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.
Sep 10

With Dangerous Vapes and Killer Pills, Why Is the Surgeon General Worried About Weed?

By Chris Roberts
Oct 24

‘Halloween’ Star Jamie Lee Curtis Says She Battled With Opioid Addiction for a Decade

By Helen Holmes
NORWICH, CT - MARCH 23: Oxycodone pain pills prescribed for a patient with chronic pain lie on display on March 23, 2016 in Norwich, CT. On March 15, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), announced guidelines for doctors to reduce the amount of opioid painkillers prescribed, in an effort to curb the epidemic. The CDC estimates that most new heroin addicts first became hooked on prescription pain medication before graduating to heroin, which is stronger and cheaper.
Apr 4

NJ Politics Digest: Murphy Details Plans for $100 Million Opioid Fight

By Steve Cronin
Prince Cause of Death Autopsy
Mar 27

Prince Had ‘Exceedingly High’ Level of Fentanyl in Body When He Died

By Brandon Katz
Mar 20

Here’s How New York City Is Tackling the Opioid Epidemic

By Madina Toure
Bags of heroin, some laced with fentanyl.
Jan 26

Opioids From China Are Flooding the US

By Francesca Friday
New York Marijuana Legalization
Jan 25

Is New York on Its Way to Legalizing Marijuana?

By Madina Toure
A sign for Naloxone hangs on a wall as students learn to put together a Naloxone spray gun in a class on opioid overdose prevention held by non-profit Positive Health Project on Aug. 9, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Jan 23

New York City Sues Big Pharma for $500 Million Over Opioid Epidemic

By Madina Toure
Veterans take part in a "Tribute To Heroes" ceremony in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Nov 16

Bandaging Veterans’ Pain With Opioids Is Proving Deadly, Must Stop

By Ken Blaker
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 26: As, U.S. first lady Melania Trump looks on, U.S. President Donald Trump signs a presidential memorandum during an event highlighting efforts to battle the opioid crisis in the U.S. October 26, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump plans to authorize the Department of Health and Human Services to declare a nationwide public health emergency in an effort to reduce the number of opioid overdose deaths across the nation.
Oct 26

Trump Declares Opioid Epidemic a ‘National Public Health Emergency’

By Davis Richardson
There is growing evidence for the use of cannabis in treating opioid addiction.
Aug 18

Legal Weed: An Accidental Solution to the Opioid Crisis?

By Stephanie Lake and M-J Milloy
Sen. Dianne Feinstein speaks while Sen. Chuck Grassley sits nearby during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
Jun 26

Congress Proposes Outlawing Drugs Before Knowing What They Are

By Dylan Moore
VOCAL-NY held a rally on the steps of City Hall calling on the city to further adopt a public health approach to tackle the large number of overdose deaths in the city.
Jun 16

Advocates Say NYC’s Anti-Overdose Program Spends Too Much on Cops, Not Enough on Intervention

By Madina Toure
Chris Christie and Donald Trump
May 30

Opioid Abuse Is a Public Health Crisis—Here’s How Trump Can Beat It

By Tevi Troy
Could any White House visitor log explain this?
May 9

Politico Starts ‘Unauthorized’ White House Visitor Log to Track Trump

By John Bonazzo
Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Vivek Murthy speaks on the epidemic of prescription drug addition in Atlanta, Georgia.
Sep 27

Can Medical Marijuana Help Break America’s Opioid Habit?

By Faisal Ansari
Congressman Aaron Schock questions Marilyn Tavenner, Administrator for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, US Department of Health and Human Services as she testifies before the Ways and Means Committee in Washington, DC.
May 23

The Opioid Epidemic: It’s Time to Place Blame Where It Belongs

By Ronald Hirsch, MD
NORWICH, CT - MARCH 23: Oxycodone pain pills prescribed for a patient with chronic pain lie on display on March 23, 2016 in Norwich, CT. On March 15, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), announced guidelines for doctors to reduce the amount of opioid painkillers prescribed, in an effort to curb the epidemic. The CDC estimates that most new heroin addicts first became hooked on prescription pain medication before graduating to heroin, which is stronger and cheaper.
May 10

Former FDA Commissioner David Kessler Slanders Pain Patients

By Lindsay Beyerstein
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