A Critical Discourse

SUBSTANCE USE

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UN-MOTIVATED: MEDICAL INDUSTRY FIX FOR THE OPIOID CRISIS DISPLACES EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT BY DISPENSING DIVERTED, ABUSED OPIOIDS, MEDIA IGNORE PREDICTABLE OUTCOME FAILURES

May 7, 2021

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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

Line of people waiting outside a methadone clinic

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

September 4, 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

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

July 31, 2019

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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

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OBAMA-BIDEN SURGEON GENERAL SLIPS IN INTERVIEW, EXPOSES “CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE” MODEL OF ADDICTION AS FICTION

April 26, 2019

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

April 22, 2019

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OPIOID CRISIS V2: AMERICA’S TOP MEDIA AND MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS SPIN LETHAL PUBLIC HEALTH DISINFORMATION

April 10, 2019

teenaged girls smoking cigarette

FROM JAMA-ENDORSED MEDICAL HARM REDUCTION TO CHILD SUBSTANCE USE EPIDEMIC

April 5, 2019

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

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

January 23, 2026 No Comments

IN ONTARIO CANADA TOO: A WORSENING OPIOID CRISIS HIDDEN BY EMERGENCY NALOXONE SAVES

January 16, 2026 No Comments

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