A Critical Discourse

MEDIA

composit image of a doctor, Narcan unit, and psilocybin mushroom

ROUNDUP: EXPERT MEDICAL MISINFORMATION FOR A WORSENING OPIOID CRISIS; SIGNS OF EXPERT SOBRIETY IN BALTIMORE; SHUT UP ABOUT PSILOCYBIN

April 3, 2026

boxes of free Narcan in a vending machine

IT’S HARD TO HIDE A WORSENING OPIOID CRISIS

March 6, 2026

Group of drug users sitting together

DEVIANT MEDIA OPIOID CRISIS REPORTING: REAL, INSIGHTFUL, FROM THE STREET

February 6, 2026

A man and woman holding and comforting each other

FROM EXPERTS AND MEDIA YOU TRUST, MORE OPIOID CRISIS “GOOD NEWS” TO HIDE A WORSENING CRISIS

January 23, 2026

Young person in a cloud of smoke due to vaping

YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE HAS BEEN WORSENING WHILE EXPERTS AND MEDIA CELEBRATE FABRICATED GAINS AGAINST IT

December 26, 2025

Seattle, Washington, cityscape

OPIOID CRISIS SEATTLE – IT’S THE NALOXONE, AGAIN

December 12, 2025

Medical images of brains

MEET THE NEW OPIOID CRISIS, SAME AS THE OLD OPIOID CRISIS BUT MORE INTRACTABLY LETHAL

December 5, 2025

graphic of U.S. counties colored by degree of opioid deaths

OPIOID CRISIS TRENDS AND THEIR MEANING HELPFULLY OBSCURED IN “EXCLUSIVE” REPORT

November 21, 2025

Boxes of Narcan in a dispenser

MISINFORMATION SERVES LIES THAT PROTECT LETHAL HEALTHCARE PRACTICES: MICHIGAN OPIOID CRISIS OUTCOMES

November 7, 2025

YET ANOTHER VALID MEASURE OF A WORSENING OPIOID CRISIS: DIAGNOSED CASES SURGE, WHILE AMERICA’S MEDIA/MEDICAL COLLUSION CELEBRATES FABRICATED GAINS

October 24, 2025

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

October 3, 2025

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

September 12, 2025

IN MICHIGAN, A REALITY CHECK FOR OPIOID CRISIS EXPERT MISINFORMATION

October 2, 2026 No Comments

OREGON, NEAR THE BOTTOM NATIONALLY FOR SUBSTANCE USE OUTCOMES, PORTRAYED AS A MODEL FOR EFFECTIVE TREATMENT

September 25, 2026 No Comments

JUVENILE TYPE 2 DIABETES HAS SURGED 10-FOLD, LINKED TO VAPING, AMERICAN FAMILIES, AND FAILED PUBLIC HEALTH

September 18, 2026 No Comments

PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS ROUNDUP: SERIOUSLY? A NALOXONE PATCH? OD DEATH DROPS A MYSTERY? YOU’RE CALLING IT “TREATMENT”? SUBSTANCES CONTROL US?

September 11, 2026 No Comments

AN OREGON TELEHEALTH TURF WAR EXPOSES A FAILED MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM

September 4, 2026 No Comments

OPIOID CRISIS LEANING INTO LIES ROUNDUP: ELEVATED KNOW-NOTHINGS; HYPER-FUNDED INSTITUTIONAL MEDIA; MAINSTAY NPR REPORTING; AND MORE

August 28, 2026 No Comments

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