See Stephen Colbert Tackle Opioid Crisis, Criticize Big Pharma on ‘Late Show’
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"A lot of people blame Big Pharma, but only because it's their fault," late-night show says of opioid epidemic
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OxyContin Maker Granted Patent for Opioid-Addiction Treatment
Posted in: Culture NewsPurdue Pharma, which helped create the opioid epidemic, has been granted a patent for a drug that would help clean it up. But should they be allowed to profit from their own mess?
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Why Is the DOJ Trying to Stop Cities from Taking on the Opioid Crisis?
Posted in: Culture NewsCities across the country have proposed opening doctor-endorsed safe-injection sites to curb opioid fatalities — but the attorney general's office is threatening civil and criminal penalties if they move forward
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How Oxycodone Gets Laced With Fentanyl
Posted in: Culture NewsSinger Demi Lovato reportedly overdosed because her oxycodone was mixed with fentanyl. But how does that happen?
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The Last Frontier: Inside Alaska’s Methamphetamine Epidemic
Posted in: Culture FeaturesIn the remote state, opioids have had a grip on the population — but meth is making a comeback
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Music’s Fentanyl Crisis: Inside the Drug That Killed Prince and Tom Petty
Posted in: Music FeaturesHow an opioid 30 times stronger than heroin infected the industry. Prince's sister and Tom Petty's family weigh in
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These New Opioid PSAs Are Missing the Worst Part of Addiction
Posted in: Culture NewsVisceral new PSAs show the extreme lengths people will go to get high – but they leave out the desperate banality of the life of an addict
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Opioid Crisis: What People Don’t Know About Heroin
Posted in: Culture FeaturesAs the opioid epidemic rages on, many still have misconceptions about what heroin really does – and how we can end the crisis
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Watch Meek Mill Talk Hiding Opioid Addiction, ‘Life-Changing’ Rehab
Posted in: Music NewsRapper, recently freed from prison, spoke at a press conference alongside Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf
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Fentanyl, Mandatory Minimums and the Death Penalty: Trump’s War on Drugs
Posted in: Politics FeaturesA new bill from a loyal band of Trump Republicans introduces mandatory minimums and the death penalty for selling fentanyl
