Tag: opioid epidemic

Beth Macy’s bestselling Dopesick is now Danny Strong’s Peak TV series and it couldn’t be better played — or more perfectly-timed.

America’s longest war didnt take place in Afghanistan; it took place right here. It’s still taking place too. It’s called the War on Drugs.

Did the American Medical Association downplay the risk of opioid addiction? Its Purdue-backed teaching tool says Yes — and worse.

Patrick Radden Keefe’s Empire of Pain adroitly chronicles the rise and (relative) fall of the prescription drug-pushing Sackler Family.

Akron has a drug problem. A big drug problem. In fact, the city has seen a 140% increase in drug overdose deaths so far this year. Blame Covid. Blame fentanyl. Or blame the still lingering opioid epidemic. Better yet, blame all three. Because it’s undoubtedly all three that are combining to make Akron #1 in the drug death charts.