How the Drug War Blob Took Over The Washington Post
The paper's otherwise stellar investigative journalism accidentally exposes the failed Beltway consensus.
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We Didn’t Stand a Chance Against Opioids
Alaska’s health clinics were founded to help indigenous people like my family. Thanks to the FDA and Big Pharma, the clinics unwittingly enabled a crisis instead.
The Case for a Public Option for the Drug Industry
The controversial proposed deal with Purdue Pharma hints at better alternatives to for-profit pharmaceutical companies.
The Opioid Crisis Is About More Than Corporate Greed
New documents show that Big Pharma isn’t the only culprit when it comes to getting people hooked on addictive drugs.
Oligarch of the Month: Laurence Doud III
Meet the first—and only—corporate executive to be charged in the opioid crisis.
Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan to Fight the Opioid Crisis. Why Don’t Other Democrats?
The 2020 hopeful connected the dots between drug addiction and corporate greed, and "Trump country" took notice.
Ben Is Back, Beautiful Boy, and Hollywood’s New Obsession With Drug Abuse
Two new movies reveal the strengths and weaknesses of the film industry's attempts to tackle America's addiction crisis.
Overdose and Punishment
When Chad Baker died from a lethal combination of cocaine and heroin, prosecutors charged Tommy Kosto, his friend and fellow drug user, with killing him—a tactic from the Reagan-era war on drugs that is gaining popularity around the country and making today's opioid crisis even worse.
Rejected by A.A.
How the 12 Step program and its decades-old philosophy are exacerbating the opioid crisis
America’s Shadow Criminal Justice System
How the “supervised release” program pulls tens of thousands of former inmates back into prison without a fair trial
The Grandparenting Generation
Why are so many children being raised by their grandparents?
Making the Opioid Epidemic Visible
A new Netflix documentary offers a ground-level look at the crisis engulfing one West Virginia town—through the eyes of the women working to save it.
