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Opioid Crisis
Sanders Unveils Plan to “Fundamentally Transform” Criminal Legal System
The platform condemns America's “overly-punitive approach to public safety.”
The Movement to Expand Medicaid in Southern States Is Growing
Republican legislatures and governors have refused to extend health care access to more low-income people under the ACA.
In Opioid Trial, Oklahoma Accuses Johnson & Johnson of Being Drug “Kingpin”
For the first time, a pharmaceutical company is on trial for its role in the opioid crisis.
Want to Combat the Opioid Crisis? Pass Single-Payer Health Care.
A for-profit health care system that has generated billions for Big Pharma won't combat the opioid crisis.
Trump’s Attacks on the ACA Could Worsen the Opioid Crisis
Health care austerity and border militarization are undermining public health responses to the opioid crisis.
The Opioid Crisis Isn’t White
A look at how the lethal opioid epidemic is affecting communities of color.
OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma to Pay $270 Million Legal Settlement
More than $100 million from the settlement will fund a new addiction treatment and research center in Oklahoma.
More States Say Doctors Must Offer Overdose Reversal Drug Along With Opioids
Co-prescribing mandates are emerging as the latest tactic to combat the opioid crisis
Stripping Social Programs Leads to Lower Life Expectancy
The rise in drug overdose and suicide deaths is threatening an entire generation of Americans.
There Is a Real National Emergency in the US, It’s Just Not the Wall
The opioid emergency requires a multifaceted and sustained solution.