Tag: opioids
Baltimore’s $5.2 Billion Opioid Lawsuit Now in the Hands of One Judge
A Baltimore judge will soon decide the fate of a landmark opioid lawsuit. The ...
Pharmacists’ Opioid Decisions: From “Social Sorting” to Policing
[This article is excerpted from the book Policing Patients. You can read Filter’s interview ...
How “Trojan Horse Technology” Turned Health Care Into Policing
Policing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis is a ...
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 ...
National Cancer Institute Surveys Pain Patients’ Cannabis, Polysubstance Use
A federal government agency has published a wide-ranging series of scientific reports on marijuana ...
BC Lawsuit Highlights Harms of Opioid Prescribing Crackdown
A lawsuit in British Columbia details how a regulatory body is allegedly “harassing” doctors ...
Purdue Backs Fraud Claim Against Sacklers, Amid Scramble for Immunity
In bankruptcy court on July 9, OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma secured an injunction to ...
Europe Faces Potential Transformation of Its Drug Supply
In North America, fentanyl and other potent synthetic drugs in the supply have been ...
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 ...
