Measures to curb growing rates of opioid use are also making it difficult for people with long-term, chronic pain to get ongoing prescriptions.
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People are dying from using a toxic drug supply. Safer supply and other approaches that listen to the needs of people who use drugs are critical to saving lives and addressing the opioid crisis.
Drug manufacturers often shun the use of placebos in clinical trials. But research suggests that placebos could play an important role in the treatment of depression, pain and other maladies.
The number of fatal drug overdoses in the US over a 12-month period has surpassed 100,000 for the first time. Fentanyl is the main driver of the spike in deaths.
False narratives about drug addiction and policies that are not supported by research are deepening the overdose epidemic in the US.
The multibillion-dollar settlement will trigger the release of troves of documents that may shine new light on what caused the opioid crisis.
Ending the opioid epidemic requires addressing not only treatment gaps in addiction and overdose, but also inadequate pain management.
Fentanyl adulteration led to the replacement of heroin in the unregulated drug supply of British Columbia. Now that benzodiazepines are present in many opioids, are we headed towards a ‘new normal?’
Decriminalization is an important step in addressing the overdose crisis, but it is crucial that other approaches — like regulation — are also in place.
The start of one new public health crisis didn’t mean the end of another.
Can college professors rap their way into academic publishing? One professor makes an album to prove they can.
The government has tried to harness profit-driven drugmaking to serve public health before. The results were underwhelming.
The 2020 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine goes to the discoverers of the hepatitis C virus. There’s an effective cure but homelessness and the opioid epidemic are driving a surge in infections.
It’s not enough anymore for journalists to be mere watchdogs. Journalism must address subconscious social biases to give readers a fuller picture of what they need to know.
COVID-19 plagues an overtaxed opioid addiction treatment system.
The U.S. suicide rate has been increasing for decades. According to a sociologist who studies suicide, depression is just one factor among many implicated social conditions.
The overdose crisis — coupled with a lack of accessible harm reduction services — represents a growing concern for young queer and trans men who use drugs.
The crisis has made recovery more difficult for those with substance use disorders. The inability to get to support group meetings, stress and illness are just some of the factors.
Pharmacists are well positioned to provide communities with a lifesaving drug.
Aggressive marketing of prescription opioids by pharmaceutical companies provided doctors with scant information about potential harmful effects.
Principales colaboradores
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Associate Professor and Deputy Director, Monash Addiction Research Centre, Monash University
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Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Management, York University, Canada
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Medical Director of Opioid Policy Research, Brandeis University
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Professor, Head of Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Ontario
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology, College of the Holy Cross
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Professor of Law, IUPUI
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Associate Professor of History, University at Buffalo
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Professor of Clinical Neurosciences and Foundation Chair in Physiotherapy, University of South Australia
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PhD Candidate, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor of Population Health, New York University
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Associate Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine; Weiner Hailey Family Professor, Tufts University
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Assistant Professor of Hip-Hop, University of Virginia
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Chancellor, Rutgers University - Newark
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Dean, Perimeter College & Professor, Social Work, Georgia State University
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Associate Dean and Chief Academic Officer for Nursing and Director, Project Healthy Grandparents, Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions, Georgia State University
