Drug overdose deaths, once rare, are now the leading cause of accidental death in the U.S., surpassing peak annual deaths caused by motor vehicle accidents, guns and HIV infection. As a former public ...
Dr. Andrew Kolodny, the executive director of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing, has been waging war on prescription pain medications for years. His recently-published piece, "The Opioid ...
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Drug overdose deaths, once rare, are now the leading cause of accidental death in the U.S., surpassing peak annual deaths caused by motor vehicle accidents, guns and HIV infection. As a former public ...
Opioids have hit the U.S. hard in the 21st century. Several pharmaceutical companies, like Purdue Pharma and Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), have faced lawsuits related to how their companies marketed ...
The opioid crisis appears to be contributing to decreased labor force participation, especially in certain U.S. states, according to a chart by Deutsche Bank’s Torsten Slok. Opioid use has been one of ...
In light of HHS declaring the U.S. opioid overdose crisis a public health emergency Oct. 26, the American Health Information Management Association released a set of seven characteristics providers ...
RICHMOND, Va. -- The governor of Virginia has declared the heroin epidemic a public health crisis in Virginia. The people who lost loved ones from opioids have found support in one another’s struggle, ...
The rate of opioid-related deaths in Massachusetts hit an all-time high in 2021, according to data released Wednesday by the state Department of Public Health. The rate of deaths was 32.6 per 100,000 ...
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The opioid epidemic in America is taking its toll on a class of victims who have ...
Andrew Kolodny receives funding from the United States Food and Drug Administration for research on prescription drug monitoring programs. He is also the director of Physicians for Responsible Opioid ...