- Drug Overdose Data from the CDC in 2015 saw an increase in opioid-related overdose deaths to 33,000, with nearly half involving a prescription opioid, yet it's a silent issue with the Government https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/statedeaths.html 16 comments politics
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- U.S. Alcohol-Related Deaths Rise, Especially Among Women, Study Says : NPR https://www.npr.org/2020/01/08/794772148/alcohol-related-deaths-have-doubled-study-says 695 comments
- Alcoholics Anonymous vs. Other Approaches: The Evidence Is Now In - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/upshot/alcoholics-anonymous-new-evidence.html 454 comments
- How a Reddit forum has become a lifeline to opioid addicts in the US | Drugs | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jul/19/opioid-addiction-reddit-fentanyl-appalachia 368 comments
- Trump declares public health emergency over opioids, adds no new funding – ThinkProgress https://thinkprogress.org/trump-opioids-public-health-emergency-07869bc1c380/ 240 comments
- The US Is Opening Its First "Safe Injection Facility" For Heroin Addicts https://www.buzzfeed.com/azeenghorayshi/safe-injection-space-heroin 180 comments
- Comparing COVID-19 Deaths to Flu Deaths Is like Comparing Apples to Oranges - Scientific American Blog Network https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/comparing-covid-19-deaths-to-flu-deaths-is-like-comparing-apples-to-oranges/ 179 comments
- Richard Sackler — OxyContin billionaire — has patented a drug to wean addicts from opioids - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/09/08/the-man-who-made-billions-of-dollars-from-oxycontin-is-pushing-a-drug-to-wean-addicts-off-opioids 148 comments
- Trump Repeats Unfounded Arguments in New Appeal for a Border Wall - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/us/politics/trump-shutdown-border-wall-fact-check.html 138 comments
- Judge Promises Reduced Jail Time If Tennessee Inmates Get Vasectomies : The Two-Way : NPR http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/21/538598008/judge-promises-reduced-jail-time-if-tennessee-inmates-get-vasectomies 98 comments
- Drugs are killing so many people in West Virginia that the state can’t keep up with the funerals - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/03/07/drugs-are-killing-so-many-people-in-west-virginia-the-state-cant-keep-up-with-the-funerals/ 88 comments
- Trump holds off on declaring opioid crisis a national emergency - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-to-hold-major-briefing-on-opiod-crisis/2017/08/08/8b7cd146-7c2f-11e7-9d08-b79f191668ed_story.html 76 comments
- Drug companies submerged WV in opioids: One town of 3,000 got 21 million pills | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/01/drug-companies-submerged-wv-in-opioids-one-town-of-3000-got-21-million-pills/ 64 comments
- Opinion | I lost my son to heroin. How many more will we lose before Trump cares? - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-lost-my-son-to-heroin-how-many-more-will-we-lose-before-trump-cares/2017/06/23/c181247e-5211-11e7-be25-3a519335381c_story.html 51 comments
- 'There'll be more death': Trump says it's time to reopen country despite fears of coronavirus rebound https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/there-ll-be-more-death-trump-says-it-s-time-n1200831 42 comments
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- How Germany averted an opioid crisis https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/how-germany-averted-opioid-crisis-n1068286 40 comments
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- Opinion | How could any senator justify a vote for a bill this bad? - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/06/26/how-could-any-senator-justify-a-vote-for-a-bill-this-bad/?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-f%3Ahomepage%2Fstory 23 comments
- Drugs are killing so many people in Ohio that cold-storage trailers are being used as morgues - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/03/16/drugs-are-killing-so-many-in-this-county-that-cold-storage-trailers-are-being-used-as-morgues/ 22 comments
- The Trump economy worked for the ‘forgotten man,’ until it didn’t - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/10/30/trump-economy-west-virginia-forgotten-man/ 19 comments