A Critical Discourse

OPIOID CRISIS

needle and spoon for illicit drug injection

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

May 14, 2019

street scene with first responders to an overdose

OPIOID CRISIS: MORE EVIDENCE THAT BUPRENORPHINE AND METHADONE OPIOID SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT (OST) IS WORSENING LETHAL EPIDEMICS – VICTORIA B.C. CANADA

May 8, 2019

hand holding Naloxone inhaler

UPDATE OPIOID CRISIS: MORE EVIDENCE POINTING TO OVERDOSE-REVERSING NALOXONE, NOT SUBSTITUTE OPIOIDS, REDUCING OD DEATHS – BETHLEHEM, PA

May 1, 2019

graphic for increasing injection related infectious disease

UPDATE OPIOID CRISIS: MEDICAL FIX FAILURE EVIDENCED BY INCREASING HIGH-RISK USE DRIVING INJECTION-RELATED INFECTIOUS DISEASE DESPITE INCREASING PROVISION OF MAT NATIONALLY

April 24, 2019

Vox headline about doctors treating opioid misuse

DECONSTRUCTED – MEDIA FAILURE DRIVES AMERICA’S WORSENING SUBSTANCE USE EPIDEMICS

April 22, 2019

suboxone pills

THE EVIDENCE: NO BENEFIT, INSTEAD HARM FROM MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT)

April 19, 2019

male administrator of a drug treatment facility

UPDATE OPIOID CRISIS: MORE EVIDENCE THAT BUPRENORPHINE AND METHADONE OPIOID SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT (OST) IS WORSENING LETHAL EPIDEMICS – ARIZONA, U.S.

April 17, 2019

medical professional holding naloxone

UPDATE OPIOID CRISIS: MORE EVIDENCE POINTING TO OVERDOSE-REVERSING NALOXONE, NOT SUBSTITUTE OPIOIDS, REDUCING OD DEATHS – ROWAN COUNTY, NC

April 12, 2019

opioid pills

UPDATE OPIOID CRISIS: MORE EVIDENCE THAT BUPRENORPHINE AND METHADONE OPIOID SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT (OST) IS WORSENING LETHAL EPIDEMICS – CANADA

April 3, 2019

Bottle with suboxone on pharmacy shelf

UPDATE OPIOID CRISIS: MORE EVIDENCE THAT BUPRENORPHINE AND METHADONE OPIOID SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT (OST) IS WORSENING AMERICA’S LETHAL EPIDEMICS – COLUMBUS, OHIO

March 27, 2019

drugs and syringe

MORE EVIDENCE THAT BUPRENORPHINE AND METHADONE OPIOID SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT (OST) IS WORSENING AMERICA’S LETHAL EPIDEMICS – ONTARIO, CANADA

March 13, 2019

man taking a pill

GAME OVER FOR BAD MEDICINE

March 7, 2019

NEW RESEARCH – VALID MEASURE OF A WORSENING OPIOID CRISIS: INJECTION RELATED DISEASE

September 20, 2024 No Comments

OPIOID MEDICAL CURE BUPRENORPHINE RESEARCH IS SMOKESCREEN FOR DIVERSION AND MISUSE FUELING EPIDEMIC

September 6, 2024 No Comments

VERMONT OPIOID TRENDS HERALDED AS IMPROVEMENT FOLLOW LETHAL PATTERN: NARCAN SAVES HIDE A WORSENING EPIDEMIC

August 15, 2024 No Comments

AS OPIOID DEATHS MOUNT, OREGON EXPERTS AND LEADERS STAY THE LETHAL COURSE

August 1, 2024 No Comments

NIH LARGEST EVER STUDY AFFIRMS: EXPERT PROVEN GOLD STANDARD OPIOID TREATMENT IS LETHAL

July 25, 2024 No Comments

MASSACHUSETTS – MEDIA SPIN SIGNS OF WORSENING OPIOID CRISIS AS GAINS WHILE NARCAN’S DAYS ARE NUMBERED

July 19, 2024 No Comments

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