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Sep 29

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Opioid addiction is the biggest drug epidemic in U.S. history. How’d we get here?

By PBS NewsHour

Every day brings another story about the depth of the country’s opioid crisis. A rise of pain killer prescriptions from doctors and a pharmaceutical industry eager to boost sales in the 1990s sparked a wave of addiction that shot up…

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Sep 28

Twitter chat: America’s unhealthy relationship with opioids

By Lora Strum

As a part of the PBS NewsHour series "American Addicted," NewsHour will host a Twitter chat at 1 p.m. ET Friday, Sept. 29 to talk about opioid use and substance abuse.

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Sep 13

5 important stories you may have missed

By Erica R. Hendry, Larisa Epatko, Jenny Marder

There are more drug overdose deaths than we thought, China is phasing out the production of gas-powered vehicles and other news you might have missed.

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Sep 12

Opioid education is now a college requirement in this state

By Nick Roll, Inside Higher Ed

Can prevention and education programs be effective measures for stemming the opioid crisis? A new Maryland law raises the question.

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Sep 11

Watch 11:38
Christie: After Sandy, Congress learned its lesson for Harvey aid

By PBS NewsHour

Superstorm Sandy devastated New Jersey in 2012 and killed more than 150 people. As Florida copes with Tropical Storm Irma and Texas rebuilds in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the…

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Sep 06

WATCH: McCaskill announces findings of opioid report

By Laura Santhanam

Sen. Claire McCaskill is expected to speak around 2:30 p.m. ET. Watch live here.

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Aug 10

WATCH: Trump says he’ll make opioid crisis a ‘national emergency’

By Associated Press

He tells reporters the drug crisis afflicting the nation is a "serious problem the likes of which we have never had" and says he's drawing up documents "to so attest."…

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Aug 08

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Nashville’s mayor lost her son to opioids. Here’s what she thinks will save families from that pain

By PBS NewsHour

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Aug 08

Column: How Big Pharma is hindering the fight against the opioid epidemic

By Robin Feldman, The Conversation

While opioids have become easier to obtain through illicit markets, a drug that could save countless lives has become increasingly out of reach.

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Aug 03

Why this West Virginia mayor says Trump should set aside party politics

By Laura Santhanam

Huntington Mayor Steve Williams, the leader of the city where Trump held his rally, said “labels don’t matter.” What does matter is working together on issues like the opioid crisis, which has ravaged his city.

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