Opioids
New Report Shows Major Increase in Overdose Deaths, and That Most Drug Users Are Dying Alone
The report on Ontario overdose deaths also suggests a disproportionate number of racialized drug users are dying during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Purdue Pharma, the Maker of OxyContin, Will Plead Guilty for Fueling the Opioid Crisis
The company will admit that it “knowingly and intentionally conspired and agreed with others to aid and abet” the use of its drugs.
Welcome to the Australian Island That Fueled America's Opioid Crisis
How a genetically modified super poppy from Tasmania provided enough opiods to flood America.
Why Is Amazon Tracking Opioid Use All Over the United States?
Experts say Amazon could be tracking opioid usage to determine where to open warehouses, monitor for package theft, or simply because it loves data.
How a Pharma Giant Flooded the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation With Opioids
Exclusive data shows drug distributor McKesson supplied the vast majority of painkillers to Native American communities across the U.S. during the opioid epidemic.
Confessions of a Chinese Fentanyl Trafficker: ‘I’m Really Afraid of Hurting People’
We arranged a meeting in Shanghai with a synthetic-drug merchant for our podcast “Painkiller: America’s Fentanyl Crisis.”
Inside the Sinaloa Cartel’s Fentanyl Smuggling Operations
We shadowed cartel members in Mexico along every step of the fentanyl supply chain.
Brain Implants to Treat Addiction Are Dangerous and Promising
The U.S. is conducting clinical trials of deep brain stimulation for opioid addiction, but ethical questions abound.
Deadly Overdoses Are Rocking Canada's Poorest Neighbourhood Under Lockdown
In the Downtown Eastside, ground zero for Canada’s opioid crisis, a new wave of fatal overdoses has Vancouver's top doctor worried.
BC Will Prescribe Heroin Alternatives to Slow Overdoses and COVID-19 Exposure
An emergency harm reduction strategy allows dependent drug users to take home medical replacements for fentanyl, meth, and other street drugs.
People Who Take Opioid Painkillers Are Getting Screwed Thanks to Coronavirus
Quarantined people have to go out to get their prescriptions and can't get a backup supply.
Supervised Drug Use Will Move Online Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Some Vancouver harm reduction advocates are taking a DIY approach to B.C.’s intersecting health emergencies.