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WHAT OPIOID CRISIS?

July 9, 2021

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AS OPIOID DEATHS MOUNT, GROUP THINK AND SCAPEGOATING PROTECT THE REAL SUPPLIERS GENERATING CRISES

June 18, 2021

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

August 19, 2020

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AMERICAN MEDIA REPORT: WHITE HOUSE TAKES CREDIT FOR LINKING VULNERABLE AMERICANS MORE EFFECTIVELY TO ESTABLISHED TREATMENT PROGRAMS FOR LIFE-THREATENING SUBSTANCE USE PROBLEMS

March 7, 2020

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AS NICOTINE VAPING EPIDEMIC WORSENS, AMERICA’S LETHAL MEDIA-PUBLIC HEALTH COLLUSION PROMOTES ANOTHER NICOTINE DELIVERY DEVICE

February 20, 2020

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AMERICA’S LETHAL MEDICAL-MEDIA COLLUSION IS HARMING KIDS STUCK IN THE MEDICAL-MEDIA GENERATED VAPING EPIDEMIC

February 8, 2020

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VAPING WAS CALLED SAFER THAN SMOKING WHAT HAPPENED?

January 23, 2020

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SCAPEGOATING BIG PHARMA: NECESSARY DISTRACTION FROM MEDICAL-MEDIA COLLUSION DRIVING THE LETHAL OPIOID EPIDEMIC

January 1, 2020

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“IT LITERALLY IS MIRACULOUS” AMERICA’S TRIUMPHANT, INCREASINGLY LETHAL MEDICAL-MEDIA COLLUSION

September 27, 2019

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

September 4, 2019

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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

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

July 17, 2019

UPDATE OPIOID CRISIS CONNECTICUT: CRACKS VISIBLE IN THE NARCAN LEVEE AS HIGH-RISK USE AND OVERDOSE SURGE

November 28, 2025 No Comments

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

November 21, 2025 No Comments

ALASKA’S DELAYED NALOXONE RESPONSE ANOTHER REVELATORY LETHAL EXCEPTION TO WIDESPREAD DROPS IN OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATHS

November 14, 2025 No Comments

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

November 7, 2025 No Comments

OPIOID CRISIS, NEW MEXICO: OVERDOSE DEATHS DROP … THEN WITH MEDICAL TREATMENT EXPANSION PREDICTABLY SURGE

October 31, 2025 No Comments

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

October 24, 2025 No Comments

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