Walgreens agrees to pay US up to $350m for illegally filling opioid prescriptions https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/22/walgreens-opioid-lawsuit-settlement #Pharmaceuticalsindustry #Opioidscrisis #Business #Opioids #Law(US) #USnews
https://www.europesays.com/uk/40834/ Walgreens to pay $300 million to settle claims it illegally filled invalid opioids prescriptions #Health #Medication #OpioidEpidemic #opioids #PurduePharma #UK #UnitedKingdom #Walgreens
https://www.europesays.com/uk/39949/ Walgreens to pay $300 million in U.S. opioid settlement #Business #BusinessNews #Health #HealthCareIndustry #JusticeDepartment #Medication #opioids #PharmacyOperators #UK #UnitedKingdom #WalgreensBootsAllianceInc
Opioid use among kids in grades 7-12 doubled in 2 years: OPH
'There's just no help,' says father whose daughter battled addiction
Ten per cent reported using the highly addictive drugs without a prescription in 2021. In 2023, the most recent year data was available, that number jumped to 20 per cent.
#Ottawa #Parenting #OttawaParents #OPH #OttawaPublicHealth #Opioids
Dominic Lawson is a pratt, more inconsequential one than his father. However broken clocks etc..
In this case opioids. It was an epidemic homegrown, supported by US companies and at least in the beginning aided and abetted by the medical ‘industry’ and the judiciary. Capitalism on the rampage and hang the consequences.
Incidentally the obscenely rich family who owned the drug pushers are still obscenely rich.
Adjunctive ketamine vs. buprenorphine in co-occurring major depressive disorder and opioid use disorder: a randomized, double-blind clinical trial assessing anxiety symptom severity and craving intensity (Mansoori, et al, 2025) #ketamine #addiction #recovery #opioids #depression #anxiety #ketaminetherapy #buprenorphine #psychedelic #psychedelics #psychedelicresearch #mentalhealth https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40247293/
Favorite music triggers opioid releases in the brain.
Summary: https://neurosciencenews.com/music-chills-opioids-neuroscience-28657/
Original paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00259-025-07232-z
Music therapy can be effective for treatment of pain and mental health issue.
Summary: https://neurosciencenews.com/alzheimers-anxiety-music-28655/
Original paper (not open access): https://www.npjournal.org/article/S1555-4155(25)00032-7/abstract
Apropos: https://acousticguitar.com/watch-mason-williams-play-classical-gas/
This new feature is months in the making, and it's just the beginning of our reporting on how these opioid settlement funds are flowing through cities and towns ...
Poilievre shows a shocking level of ignorance regarding the opioid epidemic, which was started by the Sackler family and Purdue, and aided by 100s of unethical doctors. How are Liberals responsible for an American family's unbridled greed? “They want me to stop talking about the overdose crisis Liberals caused that has taken the lives of 50,000 people. I will not stop talking about that” Poilievre said as he peddled very obvious disinformation. #opioids #purdue #sacklers https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/doug-fords-campaign-manager-accuses-poilievre-camp-of-campaign-malpractice/
https://www.europesays.com/uk/7278/ A Non-Opioid Pain Medicine Exists. Will The FDA Act? #DrugApproval #EMS #ERTreatment #FDA #fentanyl #Health #Medication #MilitaryHealth #Morphine #opioids #overdose #Regulation #UK #UnitedKingdom
Animal tranquilizers found in 1/3 of illegal #opioids in the US may render naloxone ineffective, potentially leading to more overdose deaths. A pharmacy practice professor explains: https://buff.ly/JYcV8Bd
Painkillers without the addiction? The new wave of non-opioid pain relief https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/05/painkillers-without-the-addiction-the-new-wave-of-non-opioid-pain-relief #Pharmaceuticalsindustry #Science #Opioids #Drugs
(02 Apr) Hit Hard by Opioid Crisis, Black Patients Further Hurt by Barriers to Care
https://s.faithcollapsing.com/ki1yc
Archive: ais: https://archive.md/wip/sTewA ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/hhtln
#disparities #north-carolina #opioids #pharmaceuticals #public-health #race-and-health #states #substance-misuse #systemic-sickness
Like many, I have to limit my intake of news but this morning I learn about cuts at #HHS and Kennedy saying that Americans aren't healthy so things need to change in the government. Are Americans not healthy because of statisticians at HHS? What about food policy and food deserts? What about poverty and inequitable access to #healthcare? What about #opioids and the Sacklers? It's easy to blame #bureaucrats but is that where the problem lies?
Nine Ontario supervised consumption sites will close today, despite a recent court injunction allowing them to remain open temporarily.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/consumption-sites-ontario-1.7498128?cmp=rss
Reluctant opium farmers toil for survival in war-ravaged Myanmar
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/11/asia-pacific/crime-legal/opium-farming-myanmar-war/
An article I've written about the unfortunate occurrence of drug exceptionalism in some harm reduction circles, where drugs like marijuana or psychedelics are elevated while drugs like methamphetamine or crack cocaine are looked down upon.
#HarmReduction #DrugPolicy #Health #Drugs #Opioids #Politics
https://medium.com/@thomas.embree/drug-exceptionalism-in-harm-reduction-10116bfdacae
Homalco First Nation dealing with 4th funeral in 6 months due to drug crisis
