High Wire
Fentanyl Speedballs Are the Latest Disturbing Trend in America's Opioid Crisis
Deliberately mixing the powerful and deadly drug with stimulants like coke and meth is one (dangerous) way users are adjusting to a new market.
Big Pharma’s Millions Won’t Solve the Opioid Crisis
Money from the first big opioid addiction settlement is being spent in the wrong places.
How One Group Is Expanding Access to Overdose-Reversing Drugs Through the Mail
Since people can already order fentanyl and other harmful drugs via the darknet, NEXT wants to make obtaining items that reduce harm just as easy to get.
The Deadly Worst-Case Scenario for America's Xanax Obsession
Cracking down on the legal supply is not a solution. In fact, it could spell disaster.
Addictive Drugs Should Not be Marketed, Period
New findings about the pressure to sell OxyContin reveals a lot about the opioid crisis.
All the Things the New Anti-Weed Crusade Gets Horribly Wrong
It's Reefer Madness all over again, somehow.
An Influential Think Tank Suggested That Harm Reduction Doesn't Work
The Brookings Institution claimed that syringe exchange programs and overdose-reversing drugs will make the addiction crisis worse—ignoring decades of public health data. With record opioid overdose deaths, getting these recommendations right matters.
Insurance Is Supposed to Cover Addiction Treatment, But It's Still a Nightmare
The barriers insurance companies place in the way of treatment are killing people.
The Radical New Fentanyl Trend That Could Save Lives and Screw Dealers
One $5 or $10 fatal dose could become dozens or even hundreds of nonfatal highs.
Big Pharma's Opioid Greed Was Even Worse Than We Thought
"The Sackler family is just as shameless, and only marginally less ruthless, than the drug cartels."
These Drug Users Don't Want Their Dealer Prosecuted if They OD
"I love my friends and I love the people I hang out with and I don't want anybody going to jail because of my behavior."