2015 Was the Worst Year for Drug Overdose Deaths in US History. Then 2016 Came Along. / Vox June 6, 2017 Chris Aguirre In 2016, more Americans died of drug overdoses than ever died of HIV/AIDS, guns, or cars in a single year. Source: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/20...
Opioids as a First Response to Pain? Hospitals Are Rethinking That Policy / PBS NewsHour February 14, 2017 Chris Aguirre via PBS.org With heroin deaths now surpassing gun homicides, hospitals have been rewriting protocols and retraining staff to minimize prescriptions of narcotic painkillers. Source: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/opioid...
How Bad is the Opioid Epidemic? / Frontline PBS February 7, 2017 Chris Aguirre via PBS Twelve states have more opioid prescriptions than people. Source: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/...
A New Kind of Painkiller / The Washington Post January 24, 2017 Chris Aguirre via The Washington Post The search for a painkiller that works without danger of addiction. Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/he...