• The True Cause of the Opioid Epidemic https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/01/what-caused-opioid-epidemic/604330/ 10 comments 2/1/2020 politics
• Republicans Just Tried to Claim that Medicaid Caused the Opioid Epidemic. Surprise, Surprise—They’re Wrong. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/01/republicans-just-tried-to-claim-that-medicaid-caused-the-opioid-epidemic-surprise-surprise-theyre-wrong/ 9 comments 18/1/2018 politics
• We now have more proof that drug companies helped cause the opioid epidemic https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/1/25/18188542/opioid-epidemic-marketing-overdose-death-purdue 3 comments 27/1/2019 politics
• Before the epidemic, opioids caused 4% of deaths among Americans aged 24 to 35. In 2016, it was one in five. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/06/another-shocking-opioid-statistic/561671/ 16 comments 4/6/2018 politics
• America’s opioid epidemic is so bad it’s causing average life expectancy to drop - Vox https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/9/20/16338996/drug-overdoses-life-expectancy 34 comments 20/9/2017 politics
• Bernie Sanders is right: Drug companies did help cause the opioid epidemic http://www.vox.com/2016/1/17/10784428/democratic-debate-sanders-heroin-painkillers 1526 comments 18/1/2016 politics
• Jeff Sessions: marijuana helped cause the opioid epidemic. The research: no. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/8/16987126/jeff-sessions-opioid-epidemic-marijuana 652 comments 8/2/2018 politics
• Is Marijuana Addictive And A Gateway Drug? Obama's Attorney General Explains Cause Of Opioid, Heroin Epidemic http://www.ibtimes.com/marijuana-addictive-gateway-drug-obamas-attorney-general-explains-cause-opioid-heroin-2420049 11 comments 23/9/2016 politics
• For non-Hispanic whites in the U.S., life expectancy outlook has worsened, especially since 2010, finds new research, that shows, though trends vary regionally, mortality is increasing, particularly for women, 25- to 44-year-olds, and those in rural areas. The opioid epidemic is one plausible cause. https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/for-non-hispanic-whites-in-us-life-expectancy-outlook-worsens 368 comments 14/7/2019 science
• Purdue foreign arm caught up in opioid probe in Europe - What Italian police overheard on their wiretaps offers a look at how pharmaceutical executives still pushed opioids abroad even after the cause and consequence of the American epidemic had become apparent. https://apnews.com/d384c975e039474e8b93e11b9ace18e0 7 comments 2/6/2019 worldnews