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OPIOID CRISIS

overdose victim being loaded into an ambulance

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

November 28, 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

A small plane flying over a remote Alaskan area

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

November 14, 2025

Boxes of Narcan in a dispenser

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

November 7, 2025

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

October 31, 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

Vermont cityscape at night

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

October 17, 2025

Speeding ambulance

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

October 10, 2025

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

October 3, 2025

image of scanned brains

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

September 26, 2025

people walking to work in a city

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

September 19, 2025

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

September 12, 2025

IT’S HARD TO HIDE A WORSENING OPIOID CRISIS

March 6, 2026 No Comments

SAN FRANCISCO FENTANYL OVERDOSE DEATHS INCREASED LAST YEAR, PREDICTABLY

February 27, 2026 No Comments

OPIOID CRISIS DEATHS ARE RISING IN A RURAL WASHINGTON COUNTY – ANOTHER EXCEPTION PROVING THE LETHAL RULE

February 20, 2026 No Comments

IN BALTIMORE TOO – IT’S THE NARCAN

February 13, 2026 No Comments

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

February 6, 2026 No Comments

IN ALBERTA, CANADA TOO – DESPERATE LIFE-SAVING NALOXONE CAMPAIGNS REDUCE HARM FROM THE LETHAL FAILURE OF OPIOID CRISIS EXPERT TREATMENTS

January 30, 2026 No Comments

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