Amid Opioid Crisis, Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers / The New York Times
Drug companies and doctors have been accused of fueling the opioid crisis, but some question whether insurers have played a role, too.
Just Say No to Media Coverage of Drugs / The Outline
Journalists pick and choose who gets to be portrayed as human.
2015 Was the Worst Year for Drug Overdose Deaths in US History. Then 2016 Came Along. / Vox
In 2016, more Americans died of drug overdoses than ever died of HIV/AIDS, guns, or cars in a single year.
White House Proposes Cutting Drug Control Office Funding by 95% / The New York Times
When he was running for office, Donald J. Trump promised to rid America of the scourge of drugs, vowing to crack down on dealers and invest heavily in programs to get heroin and other opioids off the streets.
But on Friday, President Trump’s administration revealed plans to gut the 2018 budget of his Office of National Drug Control Policy.
When a Drug Epidemic’s Victims Are White / Vox
How We Doctors Are Failing Our Patients Who Drink Too Much / CommonHealth
With all of our incredible medical advances, we have utterly failed to combat the growing plague of addiction. And while opioid disorders are gaining more attention, alcohol still kills more people than all illicit drugs combined.
A Return to the War on Drugs (Which Never Went Away) / CityLab
What looks like a “split personality” in drug policy is really just the Trump administration’s racialized approach to enforcement.
Senator McCaskill Opens Investigation into Opioid Manufacturers / CNN.com
Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill has launched an investigation into some of the country's leading prescription drug manufacturers, demanding documents and records dating back the past five years which indicate just what the companies knew of the drugs' risk for abuse.
Can This Man Successfully Treat Opioid Addiction with Marijuana? / The Guardian
“There’s no lethal dose,” says Schrank who has collaborated with the addiction psychiatrist Scott Bienenfeld for the past decade