A Critical Discourse

HEALTHCARE

teenagers smoking cigarettes

YOUTH CIGARETTE SMOKING TRENDING BACK UP IN LARGE U.S. SURVEY, TIED TO KNOWN GATEWAY – VAPING

October 19, 2021

group holding hands

THE LETHAL LIE OF “PEER SUPPORT” FOR PROBLEM SUBSTANCE USE (“ADDICTION”)

October 12, 2021

hand holding cigarette

KIDS ARE SMOKING CIGARETTES MORE AFTER DECADES OF DECLINE

September 28, 2021

peer supports

CONSISTENT EVIDENCE AFFIRMING THE PREDICTED HARM OF “PEER SUPPORT” FOR SUBSTANCE USE

September 22, 2021

cigarette smoker

INCREASE IN ADULT CIGARETTE USE AFTER DECADES OF DECLINE – LINKED TO YOUNG ADULTS NEWLY NICOTINE DEPENDENT BY VAPING

September 15, 2021

flavored vape liquids on display

MORE EVIDENCE THAT YOUTH VAPING IS A GATEWAY TO CIGARETTES

August 13, 2021

first responder holding naloxone

IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, NALOXONE TELLS THE “OVERLOOKED” STORY

July 23, 2021

opioid pills outside of bottle

AMERICAN MEDICINE DOUBLES DOWN ON ITS OPIOID CRISIS

July 2, 2021

members of Oregon Recovers

AHEAD OF GROUNDBREAKING CITIZEN DECRIMINALIZATION INITIATIVE TO REFORM AND FUND EFFECTIVE TREATMENT, OREGON COMMITS TO LONGSTANDING FAILED ADDICTION TREATMENT SYSTEMS PERPETUATING EPIDEMICS

May 28, 2021

OREGON PUBLIC MEDICAID FUNDS MISSPENT FOR HEALTHCARE THAT HARMS

May 14, 2021

Woman vaping

NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO SAYS PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATORS WERE “SNUCK UP ON” BY VAPING THEY HAD EVALUATED AND PROMOTED AS HARM REDUCTION

August 19, 2020

inside Philadelphia ER

IN HARD-HIT PHILADELPHIA, THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, ER DOCTORS, AND RECOVERY COACHES TEAM UP TO SEND HUGH-RISK OPOIOD USERS INTO FAILED, HARMFUL “TREATMENT” SCAMS

April 8, 2020

UPDATE, VERMONT: CLEAR MEASURE OF A WORSENING OPIOID CRISIS AS EXPERT APPROACHES FUEL HIGH-RISK OPIOID USE AND OVERDOSE

October 17, 2025 No Comments

NEW RESEARCH: OPIOID CRISIS “MIRACLE MOLECULE” METHADONE PREDICTABLY TIED TO MORE OVERDOSE DEATHS

October 10, 2025 No Comments

NEW RESEARCH, CONSISTENT OUTCOMES OF NO BENEFIT: MEDICAL OPIOID CRISIS TREATMENT EFFECTS POST JAIL RELEASE

October 3, 2025 No Comments

DEAD END FOR FAILED EXPERT OPIOID CRISIS FIXES: IMPAIRING BRAIN INJURY BY UNRELENTING OVERDOSE WITH SERIAL EMERGENCY NARCAN REVERSALS

September 26, 2025 No Comments

VALID MEASURE OF A WORSENING OPIOID CRISIS FROM U.S. WORKPLACE RANDOM DRUG SCREENS – SURGING HIGH-RISK OPIOID USE

September 19, 2025 No Comments

VALID MEASURE OF A WORSENING OPIOID CRISIS IN TREATMENT “MODEL” STATE MAINE: SURGE IN INJECTION-RELATED HIV CASES

September 12, 2025 No Comments

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