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What Is “Delta 8,” What Does It Do, and Who Is Using It?
This article explores the sudden emergence of an industry devoted to the manufacture and sales of Delta-8, a psychoactive substance derived from hemp. It’s sold even in states where marijuana is not legal, due to a legal loophole in the 2018 Farm Bill. The article examines the effects of this new drug and why its regulation has fallen between the cracks in state after state. Even more cannabis products are on the verge of release, without research or legislation that could keep consumers safe.
Pharmacies Ordered to Pay $650 Million for Role in Opioid Epidemic
A legal battle that has been ongoing for years concluded recently. Two Ohio counties that were inundated with far more opioid pills than residents needed will now receive $650 million from pharmacy corporations actively involved in doling out addictive opioid painkillers to community members.
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Halting the Runaway Train That is Our Opioid Crisis: Can We Do it?
It may seem like an impossible task to halt the runaway train of our opioid crisis. But Oklahoma has prepared a plan to do just that which can serve as a model for other states and let us estimate the price tag to eliminate this catastrophe.
The True Cost of Addiction—Sex, Money and Corruption
60 medical experts are currently under federal charges for doling out highly addictive and potentially lethal opioid pharmaceuticals for money or sexual favors from addicts, or for cash incentives from crooked pharmacies.
What We Can Learn from the Overdose Capital of the U.S.
I saw a headline yesterday that read “City with the Most Per Capita Overdose Deaths in the Nation Begins to Recover.” It caught my eye.
One Federal Judge from Ohio Takes on Big Pharma
All across the nation, our country has experienced increasing drug problems and addiction issues. But even though the entire nation as a whole has experienced growing drug problems and issues, the entire nation has not experienced this crisis equally.
Drug Abuse and Geography—Why Some Areas are Affected More Than Others Are
Why are some communities in the U.S. devastated by drug abuse, particularly opioids, while others see less impact? Explore the geographical factors and socioeconomic characteristics that contribute to the uneven spread of this national crisis.
The Ten States with the Biggest Problems—What Makes Them Unique and How We Can Help Them
Just like with most things, there is a geographic influence in the drug problem. Some states and some areas are more harshly affected than others are. In this article, we’ll explore some of the more harshly affected areas that have been severely influenced by substance abuse.
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2017’s Overdose Numbers Reveal Catastrophic Levels of Loss
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have provided preliminary numbers for deaths from drug overdose in 2017. Rather than showing improvement, they reveal that we have not yet capped our losses from overdose deaths.
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How Your Tax Dollars Finance the Opioid Epidemic
The average American would be horrified to think of his hard-earned money, his tax dollars supporting anything as insidious and destructive as the current epidemic of opioid use and overdose.
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