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Health Lev Facher

Providers of methadone treatment say a big increase in access could backfire

Health Geoff Mulvihill — Associated Press

CVS, Walgreens announce opioid settlements totaling $10B

First Opinion Podcast Patrick Skerrett

Listen: Will opioid settlement money actually go to opioid prevention? Here’s hoping

First Opinion Linda Richter and Diana Fishbein

Allocate opioid settlement dollars to real addiction-ending solutions

First Opinion Fred Riccardi, Judith Stein and Ellen Weber

Medicare needs to cover the full spectrum of care for substance use disorders

Health Lev Facher

The meth crisis is worse than ever, but new treatments might be around the corner

Health Andrew Joseph

Medicare provides insufficient access to opioid addiction treatment, report finds

Health Lev Facher

Rahul Gupta, first physician to serve as drug czar, says stigma among doctors is key culprit in addiction crisis

Health Lev Facher

Biden administration has simple way to cut overdose deaths, experts say: expand methadone access

First Opinion Jim Crotty

The next generation of illicit drugs? Think ‘synthetic’

Pharma Geoff Mulvihill — Associated Press

Drugmaker Teva latest to settle opioid lawsuits nationally

Politics Edward Chen

‘Critically important work’: Adm. Rachel Levine on efforts to combat gender-based discrimination in health care

Special Report Andrew Joseph

Two deadly days in St. Louis: An overdose cluster kills 8 Black people — and shows the new shape of the addiction crisis

Health Andrew Joseph

As overdose deaths exploded during the pandemic, racial disparities widened, CDC report shows

Health Carla K. Johnson — Associated Press

Relaxed methadone rules appear safe, researchers find

First Opinion Ed Bisch

My son died of an Oxy overdose. Drug company execs who are responsible should be sent to jail

Politics Nicholas Florko

What we know — and what we may never know — about why the FDA banned Juul

The Readout LOUD Damian Garde, Meg Tirrell and Adam Feuerstein

Listen: Juul’s doomsday, Merck’s buyout plans, & the next Theranos verdict

Health Nicholas Florko

FDA orders Juul e-cigarettes off the market in the U.S.

Special Report Andrew Joseph

To protect people with addiction from discrimination, the Justice Dept. turns to a long-overlooked tool: the ADA

Politics Nicholas Florko

The American Medical Association is fighting an otherwise popular bill to require training doctors about opioid use disorder

Health Mike Stobbe — Associated Press

U.S. overdose deaths hit record 107,000 in 2021, CDC says

First Opinion Podcast Patrick Skerrett

Listen: How should doctors treat chronic pain in the wake of the opioid crisis?

First Opinion Haider J. Warraich

Medicine needs to do right by patients prescribed opioids

Health Andrew Joseph

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Providers of methadone treatment say a big increase in access could backfire

CVS, Walgreens announce opioid settlements totaling $10B

Listen: Will opioid settlement money actually go to opioid prevention? Here’s hoping

Allocate opioid settlement dollars to real addiction-ending solutions

Medicare needs to cover the full spectrum of care for substance use disorders

The meth crisis is worse than ever, but new treatments might be around the corner

Medicare provides insufficient access to opioid addiction treatment, report finds

Rahul Gupta, first physician to serve as drug czar, says stigma among doctors is key culprit in addiction crisis

Biden administration has simple way to cut overdose deaths, experts say: expand methadone access

The next generation of illicit drugs? Think ‘synthetic’

Drugmaker Teva latest to settle opioid lawsuits nationally

‘Critically important work’: Adm. Rachel Levine on efforts to combat gender-based discrimination in health care

Two deadly days in St. Louis: An overdose cluster kills 8 Black people — and shows the new shape of the addiction crisis

As overdose deaths exploded during the pandemic, racial disparities widened, CDC report shows

Relaxed methadone rules appear safe, researchers find

My son died of an Oxy overdose. Drug company execs who are responsible should be sent to jail

What we know — and what we may never know — about why the FDA banned Juul

Listen: Juul’s doomsday, Merck’s buyout plans, & the next Theranos verdict

FDA orders Juul e-cigarettes off the market in the U.S.

To protect people with addiction from discrimination, the Justice Dept. turns to a long-overlooked tool: the ADA

The American Medical Association is fighting an otherwise popular bill to require training doctors about opioid use disorder

U.S. overdose deaths hit record 107,000 in 2021, CDC says

Listen: How should doctors treat chronic pain in the wake of the opioid crisis?

Medicine needs to do right by patients prescribed opioids

Driven by fentanyl, rates of fatal teen overdoses doubled in 2020

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