Tag: pain

    How Did We Come to Abandon America’s Pain Patients?

    Overdoses—not those involving prescription opioids, but of heroin and illicit fentanyl, often combined with ...

    How Helpful—Or Harmful—Are Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs?

    Before admitting new patients to his practice, Dr. Miguel Diaz checks their prescription history. ...

    Why Are Methadone Patients Still Being Punished for Marijuana Use?

    Marijuana, which is now legal for medical use in 33 states and counting, can ...

    “Nation’s Most Comprehensive Lawsuit”—Now NY Takes On Purdue and the Sacklers

    Museums around the world, from New York City’s Guggenheim to London’s Tate Modern, have ...

    How Stigma Against Addiction Devastates Pain Patients

    First it was a hip replacement. Then it became complicated by a MRSA infection. ...

    My Life of Overusing Pills for Back Pain in a Grueling Factory Job

    I have a factory-floor job here in Montreal, Canada. I wake up each morning ...