opioids

7-OH Did Not Cause the LA Overdose Deaths (Neither Did Kratom)

On September 12, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH) announced that 7-Hydroxymitragynine had been linked to three…

September 17, 2025

“Mother of Methadone”—Trailblazing and Stigma in Addiction Medicine

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…

August 26, 2025

“An Architect of the Crisis”: WV Sues Express Scripts Over Rx Opioids

West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey (R) has filed a lawsuit against Express Scripts as a “bad actor” in the…

August 19, 2025

Baltimore Accepts Offer for Fraction of the Opioid Settlement It Sought

The city of Baltimore has opted to take a court deal that will leave it with just a fraction of…

August 18, 2025

Judge Offers Baltimore $100 million for OD Crisis—Far Less Than City Sought

A judge has offered Baltimore $100 million for opioid abatement efforts in a landmark case—but only if it accepts a…

August 11, 2025

FDA Requires All Rx Opioid Labeling Warn About Risks of Long-Term Use

The Food and Drug Administration is overhauling the safety labeling requirements for opioid analgesics, citing new evidence that problematic use…

August 5, 2025

FDA Marks 7-OH, Kratom Compound With Opioid Effect, for CSA Schedule I

The Food and Drug Administration is recommending that 7-hydroxymitragynine, commonly referred to as 7-OH, be federally scheduled under the Controlled…

July 31, 2025

Judge Rejects Baltimore’s $5.2 Billion Lawsuit Request to Address OD Crisis

A judge has rejected Baltimore’s request for $5.2 billion in abatement money in a long-running opioid lawsuit—dealing a major blow…

June 12, 2025

The Golden Age of Doctor-Shopping

In 2012, right before prescription drug-monitoring programs (PDMP) shut everything down, I was seeing 11 doctors every month—the same 11…

April 29, 2025

A Methadone Pioneer Who Freed People From the Cruel Clinic System

Dr. Edwin Salsitz is a methadone OG. He was one of a coterie of New York City doctors who pioneered…

April 23, 2025