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With opioid deaths soaring, Biden administration will widen access to methadone
by Brian Mann February 2, 2024Enlarge this image A liquid dose of methadone at the clinic in Rossville, Ga. The medication is only available at designated opioid…
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Opioid settlement payouts are now public — and we know how much local governments got
by Aneri Pattani June 16, 2023Enlarge this image Public art in Altoona, Penn., one of many cities hit hard by the opioid epidemic. Marianne Sinisi organized the…
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New book chronicles how America’s opioid industry operated like a drug cartel
by Terry Gross August 2, 2022Enlarge this image A bag of assorted pills and prescription drugs is dropped off for disposal during the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National…
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Fentanyl-Linked Deaths: The U.S. Opioid Epidemic’s Third Wave Begins
by Martha Bebinger March 21, 2019Enlarge this image Authorities intercepted a woman using this drug kit in preparation for shooting up a mix of heroin and fentanyl…
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After An Overdose, Patients Aren’t Getting Treatments That Could Prevent The Next One
by Martha Bebinger June 18, 2018Enlarge this image Yvette and Scott, both recovering heroin users, now take methadone daily from a clinic in the Southend of Boston.…