A Critical Discourse

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Opioid overdose victims on the sidewalk

MALPRACTICE IS LETHAL, PAYS WELL

September 18, 2019

Naloxone administered to an opioid overdose victim by a police officer

UPDATE – EMERGENCY NALOXONE REVERSALS DIRECTLY ACCOUNT FOR ANY DROP IN US OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2018, POINTING TO A WORSENING EPIDEMIC

September 13, 2019

Line of people waiting outside a methadone clinic

ADDICTION MEDICINE: PATHOLOGICAL RECKLESSNESS, INCOMPETENCE, AND MALFEASANCE DRIVING AMERICA’S LETHAL EPIDEMICS

September 4, 2019

UPDATE: NEW EVIDENCE FROM HIGH-RISK OPIOID USE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE INCIDENCE – OPIOID SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT (OST) IS WORSENING, NOT TREATING AMERICA’S LETHAL EPIDEMICS – PHILADELPHIA

August 29, 2019

Image of syringes

UPDATE: EVIDENCE FROM HIGH-RISK OPIOID USE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE INCIDENCE – HEPATITIS A

August 15, 2019

Doctor discussing prescribed medications with patients

THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE: MEDICAL VISITS AND ADVICE FOR SUBSTANCE USE, COMMON CHRONIC PAIN, AND DEPRESSION CAUSE HARM AND DRIVE LETHAL EPIDEMICS

August 6, 2019

Vaping products on store shelves

MORE EVIDENCE OF NO BENEFIT FROM USE OF ADDICTIVE DRUGS AS MEDICAL HARM REDUCTION: ADULT VAPING FOR SMOKING CESSATION

July 31, 2019

Police officer holding Narcan

NEW 2018 CDC DATA POINTING TO DECREASED OVERDOSE DEATHS AFFIRMS WORSENING OPIOID EPIDEMIC

July 24, 2019

Dr. Nora Volkow holding model of human brain

FACT CHECK NO-BRAINER: THE LETHAL FALSE ADVERTISING FUELING AMERICA’S SUBSTANCE USE EPIDEMICS

July 17, 2019

teenaged girls smoking cigarette

RESEARCH UPDATE: BOOMING VAPE (E-CIGARETTE) USE AMONG YOUTH ASSOCIATED WITH HARM NOT BENEFIT INCLUDING REVERSAL OF LONGSTANDING DECLINES IN TOBACCO CIGARETTE SMOKING

July 10, 2019

Medical imaging of infective endocarditis

RESEARCH UPDATE: NEW EVIDENCE FROM HIGH-RISK OPIOID USE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE INCIDENCE – OPIOID SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT (OST) IS WORSENING, NOT TREATING AMERICA’S LETHAL EPIDEMICS

July 3, 2019

Homeless area on city street

RESEARCH UPDATE – FENTANYL IS THE NEW PURDUE PHARMA: USEFULLY DISTRACTING ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE UNCHECKED FORCES DRIVING LETHAL EPIDEMICS

June 19, 2019

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

A DANGEROUS TURN IN THE OPIOID CRISIS – TRUTH TELLING IN LOCAL MEDIA REPORTS

September 5, 2025 No Comments

NPR UNABLE TO STOP DUMBING DOWN A WORSENING OPIOID CRISIS WITH LETHAL MISINFORMATION

August 29, 2025 No Comments

UPDATE OPIOID CRISIS MICHIGAN: MORE LIES TO HIDE LETHAL GOLD STANDARD TREATMENT FAILURE

August 22, 2025 No Comments

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