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A Commonwealth Fund study on drug overdoses in the United States reported last month that more than 100,000 lives were…
The effects of the opioid epidemic has gone further than the eyes can see. And then there’s the sea. Fentanyl…
“Exciting.” “Unprecedented.” “Hopeful.” “Great.” These are some of the words that have been used to describe the CDC’s announcement last…
With the U.S. election in the rearview mirror, we have arrived at a defining moment for the future of medical…
EBay will pay $59m settlement over pill presses sold on the site—the kind used to make counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl
The e-commerce giant eBay will pay $59 million in a settlement with the Justice Department over thousands of pill press machines sold…
GOP Presidential Candidates Misinform Voters On Fentanyl Crisis By Blaming Illegal Migrants
As the primary election season kicks into high gear this week with the Iowa caucuses, Republican presidential candidates are pitching…
A Chinese Opioid Market Making Millions In Crypto May Also Be Scamming American Drug Dealers, DEA Says
For the last three years, DEA investigators in the U.S. and China have been monitoring ShanghaiChemicals, an online market for…
As an addiction medicine physician, I have cared for scores of patients with various substance use disorders: alcohol, cocaine, opioid,…