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Opioid Addiction More Likely For People Who Had Covid, Study Shows
A study, looking at the health records of 154,000 former Covid patients, focused on the lingering mental health effects of infection
A DEA Raid Meant to Clean Up a New Mexico Town. Instead, It Made Everything Worse
Early one morning in 1999, federal agents descended on tiny Chimayó, New Mexico as part of a nationwide heroin crackdown. Locals say it broke up families and drove addiction deeper into the community
‘Everybody Is Relapsing’: Michael K. Williams and the Pandemic Overdose Epidemic
The actor's death made the crisis real for his fans. But for other addicts in his neighborhood, rising fatal overdoses had been the norm since lockdown
Beware of Fentanyl-Laced Counterfeit Pills, DEA Warns Amid Record Overdoses
The agency reports an “alarming increase in the lethality and availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine" being sold online
Purdue Pharma’s Bankruptcy Plan Is Approved, Allowing the Sackler Family to Escape Legal Accountability for the Opioid Crisis
Sacklers will pay $4.5 billion and avoid future lawsuits, remaining one of America's richest families
Johnson & Johnson Agrees to Pay New York $230 Million to Settle Opioid Case
The company also agreed to end the manufacturing and distribution of opioids nationwide
‘The Crime of the Century’ Trailer: Doc Scrutinizes Big Pharma and Opioid Crisis
Alex Gibney's two-part documentary premieres in May on HBO Max
‘The Crime of the Century’: Alex Gibney Examines the Opioid Crisis in New Doc Teaser
Two-part film will arrive on HBO Max in May
How Will Biden Address the Surging Opioid Epidemic?
“It’s a slaughter out there," one addiction expert said