In Opioid Crisis, Insurers Limit Less Addictive Meds

Katie Thomas / The New York Times, and Charles Ornstein / ProPublica Sep 20, 2017 Drug companies and doctors have been accused of fueling the epidemic, but the role of insurance companies is under scrutiny too. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Autumn

Elaine Margolin / Truthdig Sep 15, 2017 Karl Ove Knausgaard set the literary world on fire with his six-volume novel, "My Struggle." His new book is a meditation on life, time and family. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

A Nation of the Walking Dead

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Apr 3, 2017 Donald Trump mastered the techniques of turning desperate gamblers at his casinos into zombies, techniques he used to become president. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer and Journalist Johann Hari Discuss Addiction and the War on Drugs

BLANK Nov 26, 2016 British journalist Johann Hari discusses his new book “Chasing the Scream,” about the history of the drug wars in the U.S. and how other nations approach drugs and addiction. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

John Oliver on How Opioid Addiction Is Creating a Massive Public Health Crisis (Video)

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Oct 24, 2016 The "Last Week Tonight" host delves into the painful truths behind the painkiller dependence that is ruining—and taking—many American lives. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Families of Addicts

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Writer Chris Arnade: The Heroin Users I Know Suffered Nightmarish Childhoods

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 29, 2016 What do many adults who use heroin have in common? “Their childhoods were spent dealing with problems that would break most adults,” explains Chris Arnade at The Guardian. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Dead, White and Blue: The Great Die-Off of America’s Blue-Collar Whites

By Barbara Ehrenreich / TomDispatch Dec 2, 2015 The “diseases” leading to excessive white working-class deaths are those of despair, and some of the obvious causes are economic. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Chris Christie: A Softhearted Tough Guy?

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Nov 9, 2015 Just when his fellow Republican presidential candidates most need to listen closely to what he has to say, Chris Christie finds himself knocked off the main debate stage. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Verdict Is In: Fatty, Processed Foods—Especially Cheese—Are as Addictive as Drugs

Staff / Truthdig Nov 1, 2015 A recent study published in the U.S. National Library of Medicine found that certain foods can trigger the same "addictive element" as drugs. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Russell Brand: Is a World That Robin Williams Can’t Live In Broken?

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Aug 13, 2014 The comedian reflects on the death of one of the funniest men ever, tying it to "the overarching misery of our times," in his latest episode of "The Trews." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Empty Room

Jean Randich / Truthdig Jun 6, 2014 Lauren B. Davis' novel dissects the patterns of fear, denial, lies and justification that propel an alcoholic further into an addiction that destroys everything she has and is. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )