All posts tagged with Culture & Society
08/27/2017 / By Russel Davis

Taking medical cannabis may significantly reduce the need for prescription medications, a recent study revealed. As part of research, a team

http://www.addiction.news/2017-08-27-medical-cannabis-use-found-to-dramatically-decrease-reliance-on-addictive-prescription-medications.html

08/24/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

As America grapples with alleviating the opioid addiction crisis that killed more than 30,000 people in the country in 2015,

http://www.addiction.news/2017-08-24-68000-doctors-bribed-by-big-pharma-with-47-million-to-prescribe-dangerous-painkiller-drugs-analysis-finds.html

08/22/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Robin Feldman, a professor in pharmaceutical law at University of California, testified in September 2016 before the House of Representatives

http://www.addiction.news/2017-08-22-big-pharma-is-actively-blocking-efforts-to-halt-the-opioid-epidemic-because-theres-profit-in-poison.html

08/19/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

A murder-suicide is being implicated in the ongoing and growing opioid addiction crisis besmirching Indiana. Michael Jarvis shot Dr. Todd

http://www.addiction.news/2017-08-19-big-pharma-rampage-man-murders-doctor-who-refused-to-prescribe-opioids-to-his-wife.html

08/16/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Last Thursday, President Donald Trump announced to reporters that he would be declaring America’s opioid crisis a national emergency, as

http://www.addiction.news/2017-08-16-trumps-solution-to-the-opioid-epidemic-crisis-more-spending-on-mental-health.html

08/03/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

If you think that America’s opioid epidemic hasn’t touched your life, statistics show there is a good chance you are

http://www.addiction.news/2017-08-03-america-on-drugs-shocking-one-third-of-u-s-adults-are-prescribed-opioids.html

07/28/2017 / By Jayson Veley

When it comes to professors and school administrators, there really should be some kind of psychological screening process that they

http://www.addiction.news/2017-07-28-dean-of-a-california-universitys-medical-school-was-a-pill-popping-prostitute-banging-meth-head-surgeon-perfect-portrait-of-modern-medicine.html

07/25/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

An opioid that is 50 times stronger than pure heroin (and 100 times more potent than morphine) is being over-prescribed

http://www.addiction.news/2017-07-25-doctors-are-prescribing-deadly-fentanyl-for-cash-and-lavish-dinners-reveals-report.html

07/24/2017 / By Jayson Veley

In the midst of the ongoing and seemingly never ending healthcare debate, Senator Mike Lee of Utah and Senator Ted

http://www.addiction.news/2017-07-24-new-healthcare-bill-uses-45-billion-in-taxpayer-money-to-fight-the-opioid-epidemic-caused-by-wealthy-pharmaceutical-corporations.html

07/09/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Fentanyl is the most powerful opioid that has ever been mass-marketed. Quick to kick in and powerful enough to conquer

http://www.addiction.news/2017-07-09-how-doctors-got-rich-pushing-big-pharmas-addictive-opioids.html

07/06/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

In the latest bit of evidence that people will never run out of creative ways to jeopardize their health, Pennsylvania

http://www.addiction.news/2017-07-06-vampire-addicts-are-now-injecting-themselves-with-human-blood-mixed-with-morphine.html

06/22/2017 / By Bridgette Wilcox

The late actress Carrie Fisher may have taken a cocktail of hard drugs only a few days before her death. A

http://www.addiction.news/2017-06-22-carrie-fisher-was-on-cocaine-and-heroin-at-the-time-of-her-death-autopsy-finds.html

06/15/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

If you want to see just how quickly drugs can plunge a beautiful and thriving city into desolation, look no

http://www.addiction.news/2017-06-15-horrifying-video-shows-how-opioid-addiction-has-transformed-the-city-of-baltimore-into-a-third-world-city.html

06/09/2017 / By Vicki Batts

The drug epidemic plaguing the United States seems to only get worse as time trudges on. Deputy Attorney General Rod

http://www.addiction.news/2017-06-09-drug-overdose-is-now-the-leading-cause-of-death-for-americans-under-50-big-pharmas-opioid-death-machine-marches-on.html