Addiction

Purdue Pharmaceuticals

Health

Purdue’s secret OxyContin papers should be released, appeals court rules

By David Armstrong and Andrew Joseph

Health Insurance Claim Form

First Opinion

Patients need policymakers’ help to enforce mental health parity laws

By Patrice A. Harris and Ellen Weber

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Hoarding Opioids

First Opinion

Overzealous use of the CDC’s opioid prescribing guideline is harming pain patients

By Kate M. Nicholson, Diane E. Hoffman, and Chad D. Kollas

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Marijuana Massachusetts

First Opinion

Rep. Joe Kennedy III: It’s time to legalize marijuana at the federal level

By Joe Kennedy III

Oxycodone prescription and bottle

First Opinion

Now that the SUPPORT Act is law, where do we go from there?

By Jeffrey Gudin

Chernobyl nuclear site

First Opinion

Viewing the opioid crisis as an ecological disaster could help with ‘cleanup’

By Maia Dolphin-Krute

Narcan at pharmacy

Health

Some pharmacies fail to offer easy access to naloxone, or to stock it, despite anti-opioid initiatives

By Andrew Joseph

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Bag of heroin

First Opinion

The costs of heroin and naloxone: a tragic snapshot of the opioid crisis

By Michael Hufford and Donald S. Burke

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Opioid Crisis Lawsuits

First Opinion

Executive pay shouldn’t be protected from the cost of opioid-related legal settlements

By Ken Hall

Beautiful Boy

First Opinion

Addiction often begins with a ‘beautiful’ boy or girl

By Robert L. DuPont

Vermont Battles With Deadly Heroin Epidemic

Health

Overdose deaths have fallen for six months. Is it temporary or a sign of a corner turned?

By Andrew Joseph

Jerry Brown

Health

California governor vetoes bill that would have allowed safe injection sites

By Andrew Joseph

Teen Use Of Electronic Cigarettes

First Opinion

Pod mods and vaping are creating a new generation of youths addicted to nicotine

By Richard Stumacher

Greg Walden and Frank Pallone

Politics

AMA urges Congress not to loosen restrictions on privacy for patients with addiction history

Clarksburg, West Virginia

First Opinion

Why there’s an overdose epidemic — in two graphs

By Hawre Jalal and Donald S. Burke

Jerome Adams with Trump and Melania

Health

Expanding addiction treatment, embracing the bully pulpit: Jerome Adams on his first year as surgeon general

By Andrew Joseph

Homeless health clinic

Health

A different kind of house call: Teams bring addiction care to patients, wherever they are

Business

Richard Sackler, member of family behind OxyContin, was granted patent for addiction treatment

By Andrew Joseph

medication-assisted therapy

First Opinion

The Senate can change the course of the opioid crisis. Here are 50 ways it can do that

By Devin Oller

Addiction recovery puzzle

First Opinion

It’s time to measure addiction recovery rates, not just addiction rates

By Robert D. Ashford, Olivia Pennelle, and Brent Canode

Health history form

First Opinion

Congress should listen to addiction patients — not corporate interests — about confidentiality

By H. Westley Clark

Hey, Charlie App

Health

Can a phone app’s warnings to avoid risky friends and places prevent opioid addiction relapses?

By Orly Nadell Farber

A photo of Scott Gottlieb

Politics

FDA will broaden how it evaluates new addiction treatment drugs

Opioid Privacy Laws

First Opinion

Treatment privacy laws protect me and 43 million other Americans living with addiction or in recovery

By Robert D. Ashford

First Opinion

What Philip Roth’s ‘The Anatomy Lesson’ can teach us about pain and addiction

By Ken Gordon

Medical Schools Addiction

First Opinion

Privacy laws are hurting the care of patients with addiction

By Melissa Stein

West Virginia Poverty

First Opinion

Facing deaths of despair from the depths of despair in West Virginia

By Clay Marsh

First Opinion

It’s time for methadone to be prescribed as part of primary care

By Jeffrey Samet, Michael Botticelli, and Monica Bharel

First Opinion

Hey, doctors: Why aren’t you stepping up to treat people with opioid addiction?

By Patrick Skerrett