New Study Finds CBD Could Curb Heroin Addiction
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Non-psychoactive chemical component of cannabis reduced cravings, anxiety among heroin users
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Bryan Cranston Goes ‘Full Walter White’ on ‘Last Week Tonight’ Opioid Segment
Posted in: TV NewsJohn Oliver also recruited Michael Keaton, Michael K. Williams, Richard Kind to play Richard Sackler, former president Oxycontin developer Purdue Pharma
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How the Opioid Epidemic Became a Uniquely American Problem
Posted in: Culture FeaturesHosts of the NPR podcast Throughline wanted to look at the history of opioid use in America. What they found is it's not a story about drugs, but about pain
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Museums Are Rejecting Donations From the Sackler Family
Posted in: Culture NewsIt's the latest museum to take a stand against the family, which is accused of helping to perpetuate the opioid crisis
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Joe Walsh, Ringo Starr and the Mission to End America’s Addiction Crisis
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe Eagles guitarist and Beatles drummer have a frank conversation about the fear, sacrifice and surrender required for getting sober
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Could CDC Guidelines Be Driving Some Opioid Patients to Suicide?
Posted in: Culture FeaturesIn a letter to the CDC, a group of doctors and advocates said the agency's opioid prescription guidelines are having alarming consequences. But in the midst of an epidemic, where should doctors draw the line?
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Purdue Pharmaceuticals Considering Filing for Bankruptcy
Posted in: Culture NewsThe pharmaceutical giant has been hit with thousands of lawsuits from the families of opioid crisis victims.
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Justice Department Is Trying to Block Safe-Injection Sites
Posted in: Culture NewsA lawsuit filed Tuesday night is the clearest sign yet that the Trump administration plans to fight harm-reduction facilities that allow for supervised drug use
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Illinois Begins Radical New Program to Swap Opioids for Pot
Posted in: Culture NewsOpioid prescriptions can now be used for medical marijuana instead, in a bold move to prevent increased addiction to the deadly pharmaceuticals
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Authorities Make Largest Fentanyl Bust in U.S. History
Posted in: Culture NewsCustoms and Border agents seized 254 pounds of the synthetic opioid, along with 395 pounds of methamphetamine
