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Did Doctors Overtreating With Opioids Cause the Overdose Crisis? A Soho Forum Debate

Doctors Adriane Fugh-Berman and Jeffrey A. Singer debate the harms of prescription opioids.

Reason · Jun 13, 2022

Did Prescription Opioids Cause The Overdose Epidemic?

Doctors Adriane Fugh-Berman and Jeffrey Singer debate the harms of prescription opioids

Reason · Jun 10, 2022

Why opting out of opioids can be dangerous in the operating room

Currently, patients in seven states can tell their physicians they don’t want to be treated with opioids in any health care setting, even during surgery. While unnecessary opioid exposure is a big reason behind the opioid epidemic in the U.S., we believe that non-opioid directives that allow patients to opt…

The Conversation · Jun 10, 2022

MLB Suspends Matt Harvey 60 Games for Violating Joint Drug Program

The suspension comes after Harvey testified in the Eric Kay trial that he supplied Tyler Skaggs with opioids while the two were teammates.

Sports Illustrated · May 17, 2022

COVID-19 wastewater efforts confront long-term questions - Roll Call

Public health experts hope the technology will help monitor threats beyond COVID-19 — like opioids and the flu.

Roll Call · May 16, 2022

107,000 Overdose Deaths Are the Latest Casualties of the War on Drugs

An increasing number of overdoses were the result of fentanyl and methamphetamine, each of which have proliferated amid government crackdowns.

Reason · May 13, 2022

An illegal, addictive opioid is available at grocery stores and doctors are concerned

Several patients unknowlingly became dependent on kamini, an Indian herbal aphrodisiac that contains opioids. Now doctors are concerend about its use.

The New Daily · May 13, 2022

Lynn Schmidt: America's addiction nightmare comes home

A few weeks ago, my husband and I lost a friend to an opioid overdose. He was not the first person we knew who died from an overdose, but he was perhaps the closest. And while I am still working through the five stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 12, 2022

One in three people with chronic pain have difficulty accessing ongoing prescriptions for opioids

One in five Australians live with chronic pain lasting three months or more. Common causes include back and neck pain, headache, and joint pain.

The Conversation · May 12, 2022

U.S. surpassed 100,000 overdose deaths in 2021

Overdose deaths involving opioids increased by more than 10,000 compared to 2020.

Axios · May 11, 2022