First Comprehensive Settlement Thousands Of Opioids: Purdue Pharma

Purdue Pharma Tentatively Settles Thousands Of Opioids Cases by Jan Hoffman.  The New York Times.  September 11, 2019. 

USPSTF: Doctors Are Recommended To Screen All Adult Patients For Illicit Drug Use

Screen All Adult Patients For Drug Abuse, National Panel Urges by Jan Hoffman.  The New York Times.  August 13, 2019, 

Drug Overdose Deaths Drop In U.S For First Time Since 1990

Drug Overdose Deaths Drop In U.S. For First Time Since 1990 by Abby Goodnough, Josh Katz and Margot Sanger-Katz.  The New York Times.  July 17, 2019. 

$270 Million Opioid Lawsuit Settlement Could Stimulate More Settlements

Purdue Pharma And Sacklers Reach $270 Million Settlement In Opioid Lawsuit by Jan Hoffman.  The New York Times.  March 26, 2019. 

Why Are More Americans Than Ever Dying From Drug Overdoses?

Why Are More Americans Than Ever Dying From Drug Overdoses?  By Niko Kommenda, Erin Durkin And Lydia Smears.  The Guardian.  November 29, 2018. 

For The Second Time In Three Years, U.S. Life Expectancy Has Ticked Downward

U.S. Life Expectancy Drops Amid 'Disturbing' Rise In Overdoses And Suicides by Colin Dwyer.  NPR.  November 29, 2018.

Trump Congressional Districts Highest For Opioid Prescriptions

These Congressional Districts Had The Highest Opioid Prescription Rates in 2016 by Katelyn Newman.  July 19, 2018. 

Study Of Ankle Sprains Shows Wide Variety In Prescribing Opioids

Opioid Pills For A Simple Sprained Ankle?  It's A Thing In Some State, Penn Researchers Find by Sarah Gantz.  The Inquirer.  July 24, 2018. 

Origins Of Opioid Epidemic

Origins Of An Epidemic:  Purdue Pharma Knew Its Opioids Were Widely Abused by Barry Meier.  The New York Times.  May 29, 2018. 

Insurance Authorizations And Treating Opiod Addiction

Insurers Are Making It Harder For Me To Treat My Opioid-Addicted Patients by Brian Barnett.  The Washington Post.  April 24, 2018. 

400 Opioid-Related Lawsuits Settled All At Once?

Can This Judge Solve The Opioid Crisis? by Jan Hoffman.  The New York Times.  March 5, 2018. 

Fetal Alcohol Disorders Affect 1.1 to 5 Percent Of Children

Far More U.S. Children Than Previously Thought May Have Fetal Alcohol Disorders by Pam Belluck.  The New York Times.  February 6, 2018. 

US Life Expectancy Declines For The Second Year In A Row

Life Expectancy Drops Again As Opioid Deaths Surge In U.S.  by Rob Stein.  NPR.  December 21, 2017.

Public Health Emergency, Not National Emergency, To Be Declared Over Opioids

Trump Will Declare A Public Health Emergency To Combat The Opioid Crisis by German Lopez.  Vox.  October 26, 2017. 

Veto Limits Scope Of Practice Of Georgia PAs

Governor's Action On PAs Is A Setback For Georgia Patients.  Georgia Health News.  August 28, 2017. 

Pain Drugs Other Than Opioids Can Also Be A Hazard

Opioids Aren't The Only Pain Drugs To Fear by Jane E. Brody.  New York Times.  September 4, 2017. 

Millennials More Likely To Use Lifestyle Changes Rather Than Opioids To Confront Pain

Millennials Prefer Healthy Habits, Less Likely To Choose Opioids To Manage Pain.  American Society Of Anesthesiologists/Science Daily.  August 30, 2017. 

Opioids Lead To Return Of Syphilis

Hunting A Killer:  Sex, Drugs And The Return Of Syphilis by Jan Hoffman.  The New York Times.  August 24, 2017. 

Even After Overdosing, Most Opioid Users Stay On Drugs

Most Opioid Users Stay On Drugs Even After Overdosing, Pa. Medicaid Study Finds by Dan Sapatkin.  Phillynews.com.  August 22, 2017. 

Source Of Abused Drugs: Veterinarian Offices

War On Opioids Moves To Veterinarians' Offices by Marsha Mercer.  Pew Charitable Trusts.  August 23, 2017.