opioid crisis
Recovery from addiction has gone mobile in Metro Detroit
April 12, 2024Recovery on wheels is now available, and the problems people face go beyond drugs.
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U.S. opioid crisis response reveals Trump racism
February 4, 2020A GOP-mandated emphasis on pain management opened the door to over-prescription of highly potent and addictive opioids.
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Big pharma’s new opium war: Exporting the addiction crisis to China
November 22, 2019Millions of working-class American lives have been ruined by addiction to opioids. But in China, big pharmaceutical conglomerates are just getting started.
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Recovering from the opioid addiction crisis: Time for progressive strategies?
September 16, 2019Instead of having people die from addictions, governments could be providing services like safe injection sites, needle exchanges, HIV and Hepatitis screening.
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Big Pharma companies are the “drug kingpins” of the opioid crisis
August 1, 201976 billion opioid pills flooded the country between 2006-2012, and just three companies manufactured 88% of them.
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