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Source: The making of an opioid epidemic|The Guardian When high doses of painkillers led to widespread addiction, it was called one of the biggest mistakes in modern medicine. But this was no accident. By Chris McGreal Jane Ballantyne was, at one time, a true believer. The British-born doctor, who trained as an ...

Source: When a Company Is Making Money From the Opioid Crisis|The Atlantic Originally published September 6, 2017 Some shareholders of a major drug distributor are arguing that the company’s goals should be more in line with society’s. A pile of oxycodone pills JOHN MOORE / GETTY In a year of big stories, ...

Source: How France Cut Heroin Overdoses by 79 Percent in 4 Years|The Atlantic Originally published April 16th 2018 And the United States could, too Slips of suboxone, a medication that contains buprenorphine CHARLES KRUPA / AP In the 1980s, France went through a heroin epidemic in which hundreds of thousands became addicted. ...

Source: Beyond naloxone: use drugs for drug users, Edmonton city committee hears|CBC.ca Edmonton needs a safe drug supply, advocate argues Alberta Health Services says more than 100,000 take-home naloxone kits have been distributed in the province in less than a year. (CBC News) The city and province could help address the current ...

Source: Could New Drug Approved by FDA Make the Opioid Epidemic Worse?|Rolling Stone.com Dsuvia is 10 times more powerful than fentanyl, and the FDA just approved it for use. Some are worried it could fall into the wrong hands By AMELIA MCDONELL- Dsuvia single dose applicator AcelRx The Food and Drug Administration has ...

Source: It’s Too Soon to Celebrate the End of the Opioid Epidemic|the Atlantic Drug-overdose deaths have been down for six months, but it’s too early to know whether the good news will continue. The good news is that deaths from drug overdoses in America have been falling slightly for the past six months, ...