Opioid epidemic in the USA

You’re aware America is under siege, fighting an opioid crisis that has exploded into a public-health emergency. You’ve heard of OxyContin, the pai... (2017)

Mexican cartels and criminals are the leading producers of illegal synthetic drugs. This shift is fuelling the latest phase in America’s opioid cri... (2022)

Yahoo, 2017: "The billionaire founder of Insys Therapeutics Inc was arrested on Thursday on U.S. charges he participated in a scheme to bribe do... (2017)

Amid the opioid crisis, the concept of “pain acceptance” is gaining credibility. (2018)

In November 2017, The Walrus started working with Chris Willie on a memoir about his fentanyl addiction. While writing the article, Willie died fro... (2018)

The opioid epidemic is costing West Virginia’s economy an estimated $8.8 billion a year, according to an analysis by a researcher at the American E... (2018)

Young people are particularly vulnerable to the effect of painkillers, but dentists may over-prescribe them after surgery. (2018)

Aaron Thier contemplates the connections between privilege, addiction, and recovery. (2018)

The US pharmaceutical giant must pay $572m for its part in fuelling Oklahoma's painkiller addiction crisis. (2019)

Stopping Overdose Deaths Isn’t Rocket Science. But It Is Expensive. Little Falls, Minnesota, didn’t do anything revolutionary. They just made a ... (2019)

Health-Records Company Pushed Opioids to Doctors in Secret Deal With Drugmaker Practice Fusion ensured that addictive drugs were on the menu ... (2020)

Why do Americans have a lower life expectancy than people in other rich countries, despite paying so much more for health care?  (2020)