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STAT + Boston Globe Investigation

Targeted by an addiction treatment center, union workers feel trapped as their benefits are drained

By David Armstrong and Evan Allen — Boston Globe

Women & drinking
Quick Take

Women are fast catching up to men in alcohol consumption — and abuse

By Megan Thielking

Kratom
Health

Poison control centers are getting a surge of calls about ‘natural’ painkiller kratom

By Eric Boodman

Mnookin essay - Addiction stigma
First Opinion

‘You are a coward’: Hate and misperceptions about substance abuse are broader than I thought

By Seth Mnookin

MGH
First Opinion

Hospital’s new opioid policy addresses gap highlighted by ex-addict’s harrowing odyssey

By Sarah E. Wakeman and Eric M. Weil

Narcotics
First Opinion

I told my doctors my drug history. Yet they gave me opioids without counseling

By Seth Mnookin

Health

Representative challenges insurance companies over mental health denials

By Tracy Jan — Boston Globe

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