opioids

How “Trojan Horse Technology” Turned Health Care Into Policing

Policing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis is a Swiss Army knife of a book.…

December 12, 2024

The Opioid Shuffle

Over my 21 years of using opioids I’ve often joked to myself that I don’t have a drug problem, I…

November 25, 2024

I Just Overdosed Again. This Time, It Was Different.

I’ve been using drugs—opioids, stimulants and many others—on and off for basically my whole adult life. I don’t see it…

September 26, 2024

National Cancer Institute Surveys Pain Patients’ Cannabis, Polysubstance Use

A federal government agency has published a wide-ranging series of scientific reports on marijuana and cancer as part of an…

September 23, 2024

BC Lawsuit Highlights Harms of Opioid Prescribing Crackdown

A lawsuit in British Columbia details how a regulatory body is allegedly “harassing” doctors into taking pain patients off their…

July 19, 2024

Purdue Backs Fraud Claim Against Sacklers, Amid Scramble for Immunity

In bankruptcy court on July 9, OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma secured an injunction to temporarily stave off lawsuits while it…

July 11, 2024

Europe Faces Potential Transformation of Its Drug Supply

In North America, fentanyl and other potent synthetic drugs in the supply have been associated with an unprecedented overdose crisis…

May 23, 2024

Overdose Deaths Fell Slightly in 2023, Per CDC, But Emergency Continues

New provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that fewer people in the United States died…

May 17, 2024

FEND Act Against Fentanyl Trafficking Could Worsen Overdose Crisis

As harm reduction efforts around the United States face intense backlash, politicians are doubling down on the notion of law…

May 15, 2024

The Opioid Settlements Being Paid in Naloxone Don’t Quite Add Up

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, a New Jersey-based manufacturer known for generics, has agreed to settle the 900-plus lawsuits alleging it failed to…

May 7, 2024