On September 12, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH) announced that 7-Hydroxymitragynine had been linked to three…
With Dr. Melody Glenn’s new book—Mother of Methadone: A Doctor’s Quest, A Forgotten History, And A Modern-Day Crisis—Dr. Marie Nyswander…
West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey (R) has filed a lawsuit against Express Scripts as a “bad actor” in the…
The city of Baltimore has opted to take a court deal that will leave it with just a fraction of…
A judge has offered Baltimore $100 million for opioid abatement efforts in a landmark case—but only if it accepts a…
The Food and Drug Administration is overhauling the safety labeling requirements for opioid analgesics, citing new evidence that problematic use…
The Food and Drug Administration is recommending that 7-hydroxymitragynine, commonly referred to as 7-OH, be federally scheduled under the Controlled…
A judge has rejected Baltimore’s request for $5.2 billion in abatement money in a long-running opioid lawsuit—dealing a major blow…
In 2012, right before prescription drug-monitoring programs (PDMP) shut everything down, I was seeing 11 doctors every month—the same 11…
Dr. Edwin Salsitz is a methadone OG. He was one of a coterie of New York City doctors who pioneered…