How We Can Do Something About the Opioid-Overdose Epidemic
Dec 13, 2016 To prevent future tragedies, the Drug Policy Alliance has created a comprehensive plan that involves treatment and strategies for reducing criminalization.John Oliver on How Opioid Addiction Is Creating a Massive Public Health Crisis (Video)
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.
Families of Addicts
Oct 2, 2016
‘Class of ’27’ Shows How Politicians and Mainstream Media Fail Rural America
Sep 14, 2016 The documentary series, which explores educational systems in rural communities across the United States, highlights the effects of poverty often overlooked in our political dialogue.
What Big Pharma Does Not Want You to Know About the Opioid Epidemic
May 31, 2016 The Pharma-driven opioid epidemic may be as big a con as the mortgage housing bubble collapse.
What’s Being Done to Curb the Overdose Death Toll From Opioids?
May 15, 2016 In 2014 alone, 28,000 people died of opioid overdoses, more than half from prescription drugs.
Drug Legalization in America: Shifting the Dialogue From ‘Why?’ to ‘How?’
Apr 6, 2016 As the United States debates the legalization of marijuana and faces a growing trend of opioid addiction, journalist Dan Baum discusses the complexities of legalizing drugs in our country.commons.wikimedia.org
A Heroin Crisis Rears Its Head as a Presidential Campaign Issue
Oct 10, 2015 With New Hampshire battling record overdose deaths, the sense has emerged that candidates who are not prepared to discuss the matter may as well skip the state's primary.
Deaths Trigger DEA Investigation of Pain Specialist
Feb 20, 2013 Dr. Lynn Webster, president-elect of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, is under investigation regarding the deaths from opioid overdoses of as many as 20 patients from his Utah clinic -- a number unheard of in other offices where the medications are prescribed.
The Brain-Vagina Connection
Sep 8, 2012 In the course of writing her new book, “Vagina: A New Biography,” author and activist Naomi Wolf discovered research in neuroscience that strongly suggests that “the vagina is not just a sex organ at all, but a powerful mediator of female confidence, creativity and the sense of the connections between things.”
