Inside Baltimore’s Worst-in-the-Nation Overdose Crisis
Investigative reporters walk readers through what they found after a year of digging. Troubled 988 centers can look to Missouri for guidance. And more.
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You say your Adderall isn’t Adderalling?
A chorus of Adderall users say their ADHD meds no longer work. In Florida, 100 children a day are being detained for psychiatric evaluations. And beware of genetic tests that are supposed to identify the best antidepressant for you.
Opioid treatment by telehealth
Public libraries use social workers to help homeless patrons. Telehealth prescribing of meds for opioid use disorder works. And "temporal disintegration" – it's a real thing, and really confusing.
Overdose Deaths Now Top 100,000 a Year. Why Do So Few People Addicted to Opioids Get Treatment that Could Save Them?
The opioid crisis that killed a record 108,000 Americans last year is by now a well-known tragedy. Yet many of these deaths are preventable with the use of medications like buprenorphine. Trouble is only a small fraction of the people in the U.S. addicted to opioids have access to these medications.
Sam Quinones on How Fentanyl and Meth Hijacked Our Country
Sam Quinones offers a powerful journalistic account of how fentanyl and P2P meth came to ravage our country and users' psyches – and how people addicted can recover.
You say your Adderall isn’t Adderalling?
A chorus of Adderall users say their ADHD meds no longer work. In Florida, 100 children a day are being detained for psychiatric evaluations. And beware of genetic tests that are supposed to identify the best antidepressant for you.
Opioid treatment by telehealth
Public libraries use social workers to help homeless patrons. Telehealth prescribing of meds for opioid use disorder works. And "temporal disintegration" – it's a real thing, and really confusing.
Overdose Deaths Now Top 100,000 a Year. Why Do So Few People Addicted to Opioids Get Treatment that Could Save Them?
The opioid crisis that killed a record 108,000 Americans last year is by now a well-known tragedy. Yet many of these deaths are preventable with the use of medications like buprenorphine. Trouble is only a small fraction of the people in the U.S. addicted to opioids have access to these medications.
Sam Quinones on How Fentanyl and Meth Hijacked Our Country
Sam Quinones offers a powerful journalistic account of how fentanyl and P2P meth came to ravage our country and users' psyches – and how people addicted can recover.
