Addiction

Fighter cockpit

First Opinion

Using Air Force ‘boldface’ to ease the opioid crisis

By Jim Huizenga

Methadone

Health

Nursing homes routinely refuse people on addiction treatment — which some experts say is illegal

By Allison Bond

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Recreational marijuana

First Opinion

Easing access to marijuana is not a way to solve the opioid epidemic

By Nicholas Chadi and Sharon Levy

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Future naloxone

Biotech

The next naloxone? Companies, academics search for better overdose-reversal drugs

By Max Blau

Jessica Nickel/Addiction Policy Forum

Politics

With the drug industry as its partner, an addiction policy group invites tough questions

Surgeon General Jerome Adams

Health

In rare advisory, surgeon general urges public to carry overdose-reversal medication

By Andrew Joseph

Oxycodone script

Health

Why Houston and other cities want nothing to do with the massive national opioid lawsuit

By Andrew Joseph

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Prison Drug Treatment

Politics

Trump opioid plan writes in favoritism to single company’s addiction medication

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Trump - opioid crisis - NH

First Opinion

Why Trump’s opioid plan falls short

By Michael Botticelli

Hoarding Opioids

Health

Kentucky could become the first state to tax opioid prescriptions

By Andrew Joseph

Dr. Yasmin Hurd - Mt. Sinai

In the Lab

This scientist is testing a marijuana ingredient as a way to prevent relapse. It’s a daunting task

By Megan Thielking

US Capitol dome

Politics

New opioid bill would impose sweeping limits on some prescriptions, boost funding

Dr. Jennifer Clarke

Health

A prison system offered all inmates addiction treatment. Overdose deaths dropped sharply

By Andrew Joseph

Sarah Sherbert

Health

How best to treat opioids’ youngest sufferers? No one knows

By Associated Press

Dr. Ali Rezai

In the Lab

Risky tactic, desperate need: Trial to test brain implants for opioid addiction

By Max Blau

Kratom capsules

Politics

FDA calls kratom an ‘opioid’ and warns against using the supplement

By Eric Boodman

President Trump Addresses The Nation

First Opinion

Trump’s 49 seconds on the opioid epidemic: 5 questions from the front lines

By Leana S. Wen

Drugs use/overdose

Health

Spurred by an uncle’s overdose, a Medicaid official changes course

By Emmarie Huetteman — Kaiser Health News

Boston Medical - moms and sobriety

Health

New mothers overcoming addiction face a world of obstacles

By Felice J. Freyer — Boston Globe

Tom Petty A

First Opinion

I’ve treated scores of people like Tom Petty. Drugs are only part of their story

By Lipi Roy

Opioid public crisis

First Opinion

Follow the evidence to treat opioid addiction

By Sarah E. Wakeman and Gary Mendell

Emergency room

First Opinion

Taking a grassroots approach to fighting the opioid epidemic

By Hamad Husainy

Addiction treatment program

Politics

Trump administration halts ‘evidence-based’ program that evaluates behavioral health therapies

By Sharon Begley

Oprah Winfrey

Politics

Oprah 2020: Science is not her secret

By Megan Thielking

Drop in life expectancy

First Opinion

Drop in U.S. life expectancy is an ‘indictment of the American health care system’

By David Blumenthal

Opioid family impact

First Opinion

The statistics don’t capture the opioid epidemic’s impact on children

By Carol Levine

Dr Phil's Path to Recovery

STAT + Boston Globe Investigation

How Dr. Phil’s new addiction recovery venture trades on his TV show’s marketing clout

By David Armstrong and Evan Allen — Boston Globe

Dr. Phil show

STAT + Boston Globe Investigation

Dr. Phil says he rescues people from addiction. Others say his show puts guests’ health at risk

By David Armstrong and Evan Allen — Boston Globe

Purdue Ad

Pharma

Purdue, maker of OxyContin, launches major ad campaign to counter critics

By Andrew Joseph