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Opioid Epidemic

  1. health
    Soon You’ll Be Able to Buy Narcan Over the CounterThe overdose-reversal drug could be available for purchase without a prescription as soon as late summer.
    By Nia Prater
  2. just asking questions
    Sam Quinones on the 1 Million American Dead From OpioidsThe best-selling journalist on other epidemic’s new milestone and what got us there.
    By James D. Walsh
  3. health
    America’s Overdose Crisis Got Much Worse During the PandemicThe U.S. hit 100,000 dead from ODs over a 12-month period for the first time.
    By Benjamin Hart
  4. opioid epidemic
    Bloomberg’s Alleged Aid for the Sackler Family Should Come As No SurpriseA new report reveals that the billionaire gave PR advice to the now infamous family behind the opioid epidemic.
    By Sarah Jones
  5. The First White House Anti-Opioid PSA Shows a Guy Smashing His Hand With HammerKellyanne Conway said the goal is to show “how quickly some people can become hooked and addicted and the lengths to which they will go.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  6. Trump’s Anti-Drug PSAs Inspired by ‘This Is Your Brain on Drugs’The White House is set to warn kids against opioid use with the same scare tactics that were tried in the ’80s.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  7. Purdue Pharma Knew Its Opioids Were Widely Abused by Late ’90sThe Justice Department wanted to press felony charges against the drugmaker’s executives. George W. Bush’s appointees refused.
    By Eric Levitz
  8. As Opioid Crisis Deepens, States Leave Relief Funds UnspentBy only providing two years’ worth of opioid funding, Congress has made it difficult for states to make long-term investments in addiction treatment.
    By Eric Levitz
  9. opioid epidemic
    Trump Administration Looking into Death Penalty for Drug DealersThey even got a PowerPoint from Singapore.
    By Chas Danner
  10. war on drugs
    Trump’s Plan to Solve the Opioid Crisis Might Involve Executing Drug DealersHe praises brutal policies in Singapore and the Philippines, and would reportedly love to replicate them — but he’ll settle for harsher sentences.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  11. Trump Has Given Victims of the Opioid Crisis Nothing But ContemptThe president has tried to cut funding for Medicaid and the drug czar’s office — while putting his pollster in charge of a “just say no” campaign.
    By Eric Levitz
  12. war on drugs
    Trump Had a 24-Year-Old Former Campaign Staffer Serving As Deputy Drug CzarHe held one of the most important spots at the Office of National Drug Control Policy, which is coordinating the response to the opioid epidemic.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  13. Trump’s Latest Salary Donation Publicity Stunt Won’t Curb the Opioid CrisisThe president has given $100,000 to fight the epidemic while refusing to open up much-needed federal funds.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  14. Why The Opioid Crisis Could Shatter Trump’s CoalitionRural America’s top problem can only be solved with policies that the Republican donor class will never allow.
    By Eric Levitz
  15. Trump to Declare Opioid Crisis a Public Health EmergencyThis will mandate a smaller government response than the national emergency classification he originally promised,
    By Adam K. Raymond
  16. Report: Trump Administration Doesn’t Have an Opioid StrategySurprise, surprise.
    By Benjamin Hart
  17. Drug Czar Candidate Withdraws After Reports Linking Him to Opioid CrisisCongressman Tom Marino won’t be named to the position.
    By Benjamin Hart
  18. The Opioid Crisis Is Taking a Toll On the American Labor ForceA new study suggests that opioid use may account for 20 percent of the decline in workforce participation among American men.
    By Eric Levitz
  19. Trump’s Solution to Opioid Crisis: Tell Kids Drugs Are ‘No Good’Trump’s suggestion comes as he rejects his drug commission’s recommendation to declare a national emergency.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  20. GOP ‘Moderates’ Worry Gutting Medicaid During Opioid Crisis Might Have DownsidesSome Senate Republicans are realizing that there’s a tension between solving the opioid epidemic and throwing millions of people off health insurance.
    By Eric Levitz
  21. Jeff Sessions Wants to Go After Medical MarijuanaDespite a Trump pledge to respect state decisions, the attorney general wants to restart the War on Drugs.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. Ohio Sues 5 Drug Companies for Fueling the Opioid EpidemicThe firms knowingly misled doctors and patients about the risks inherent to opioid painkillers, the lawsuit alleges.
    By Eric Levitz
  23. Trump’s Budget Doesn’t Boost Funding for Opioid Addiction TreatmentThe president didn’t make good on his promise to expand treatment for addicts — he just rebranded Obama’s funding increase as his own.
    By Eric Levitz
  24. Chris Christie Will Head Up White House Opioid CommissionIt will fall under Jared Kushner’s new office, but Christie says things won’t be tense at all.
    By Jen Kirby
  25. ‘Small Government’ Conservatism Is Killing Republican VotersAnd they’re starting to figure that out.
    By Eric Levitz
  26. interesting times
    The Opioid Epidemic Is This Generation’s AIDS CrisisBut where is the rural ACT UP?
    By Andrew Sullivan
  27. Jeff Sessions Says Marijuana Is ‘Only Slightly Less Awful’ Than HeroinThe nation’s top cop wants to end the opioid epidemic but he’s villainizing one of the best allies in that fight.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  28. Company Raises Price of Opioid-Overdose Antidote by 500 Percent, to $4,500Earlier this week, President Trump backed off his pledge to bargain with drug companies over their prices.
    By Eric Levitz
  29. The Opioid Epidemic Is a Symptom of Toxic GreedOur system of financing drug research gave the makers of OxyContin a multibillion-dollar incentive to ignore the risks their drug posed.
    By Eric Levitz