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The D.E.A. Needs to Stay Out of Medicine

Even when her pancreatic cancer began to invade her spine in the summer of 2021, my mother-in-law maintained an image…

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We’re Thinking About Pain All Wrong

For many years I’ve written about people suffering intractable pain, and how their agony and increased risk of suicide and…

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‘A Monster’: Super Meth and Other Drugs Push Crisis Beyond Opioids

Dr. Nic Helmstetter crab-walked down a steep, rain-slicked trail into a grove of maple and cottonwood trees to his destination:…

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Some Key Facts About Fentanyl

It’s lowering American life expectancy and influencing the nation’s politics.

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An Appeals Court Gave the Sacklers Legal Immunity. Here’s What the Ruling Means.

In return for the shield, the billionaire owners of Purdue Pharma are committed to paying up to $6 billion to…

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Tranq Dope: Animal Sedative Mixed With Fentanyl Brings Fresh Horror to U.S. Drug Zones

PHILADELPHIA — Over a matter of weeks, Tracey McCann watched in horror as the bruises she was accustomed to getting…

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How to Stop Chronic Pain Suicides

Anne Fuqua keeps a list of suicide deaths. She’s chronicled hundreds of cases of chronic pain sufferers who have killed…

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