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Topic: Opioids

OxyContin pill bottles scattered in front of protestors of the opioid crisis. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

The overdose crisis is turning around

Libby Jones
Fentanyl test strip with bottle of life saving Naloxone. (Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Trump will make overdoses soar again

Charles LeBaron
Bottles of the generic prescription pain medication Buprenorphine are seen in a pharmacy (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Pregnant, in jail and denied treatment

Elizabeth Hlavinka
LEWISVILLE, NC - March 11: Susan Stevens shows off a prescription for Suboxone her daughter Toria filled the day before she died at her home in Lewisville, NC, Monday, March 11, 2019. Stevens lost her 22-year-old daughter Toria to an opioid overdose last year after years of her daughter struggling with addiction following a violent sexual assault. (Photo by Eamon Queeney/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Medicaid cuts may worsen overdose deaths

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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Close-up of an elderly man pouring out a pill from a medicine bottle. (Getty Images/Jacob Wackerhausen)

Is a new painkiller too good to be true?

Carlyn Zwarenstein
The contents of a Narcan first aid kit are shown. (Michelle Mengsu Chang/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

A gentler drug overdose reversal

Claire Zagorski
Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Will Trump go after harm reduction?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Therapy appointment with a teenage patient (Getty Images/fotostorm)

The link between trauma and addiction

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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Green kratom powder, capsule and beverage (Getty Images/Betka82)

Kratom is a "blessing and a curse"

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Ozempic is medicine for adults with type 2 diabetes that along with diet and exercise may improve blood sugar. (Steve Christo - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

Can Ozempic help us fight addiction?

Zoe Adams
Tests strips, used to detect the presence of fentanyl and xylazine in different kinds of drugs, such as cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin, lay next to a bag of heroin at St. Ann's Corner of Harm Reduction in New York City on May 25, 2023. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Overdose deaths continue to decline: CDC

Elizabeth Hlavinka
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN - APRIL 06: Afghan workers work at poppy field in Kandahar, Afghanistan on April 06, 2022. Farmers demand an alternative for plantations after Taliban's ban on poppy cultivation. (Photo by Sayed Khodaiberdi Sadat/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Europe's looming overdose crisis

Niko Vorobyov
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A staff member packs overdose prevention kits, including Narcan nasal spray used to treat narcotic overdoses in an emergency situation, at St. Ann's Corner of Harm Reduction in New York City on April 24, 2023. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Overdoses decline but not for everyone

Elizabeth Hlavinka
LEWISVILLE, NC - March 11: Susan Stevens shows off a prescription for Suboxone her daughter Toria filled the day before she died at her home in Lewisville, NC, Monday, March 11, 2019. Stevens lost her 22-year-old daughter Toria to an opioid overdose last year after years of her daughter struggling with addiction following a violent sexual assault. (Photo by Eamon Queeney/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

We must remove drug treatment barriers

Jennifer Carroll
Octopus with diver's hand underwater (Getty Images/Martin Steinthaler)

Plumbing the depths of animal minds

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Governor-elect of Arizona, Katie Hobbs (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

AZ AG and gov. feud over opioid funds

Griffin Eckstein
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Manager of overdose prevention secures covers on returned full sharps containers at the 6th Street Harm Reduction Center operated by the SF AIDS Foundation in San Francisco, Calif. on Friday, June 2, 2017. (Paul Chinn/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Overdose crisis takes toll on responders

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Carrie Hankins, of Jefferson County Public Health, holds a Fentanyl test strip during an event held at Lakewood Library on August 25, 2022 in Lakewood, Colorado. (RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Lawmakers buy into fentanyl touch myth

Claire Zagorski, Ryan Marino
U. S. Senator Charles Schumer speaks while holding photo of bottle with drug Xylazine during the briefing at 875 3rd Avenue lobby in Manhattan on drug Xylazine linked to overdose deaths. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Why banning this drug could backfire

Elizabeth Hlavinka
The young woman holds onto the prescription bottle while she listens to the doctor (Getty Images/SDI Productions)

FDA calls for new meds for stimulant use

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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Paramedics taking patient on stretcher from ambulance to hospital (Getty Images/JazzIRT)

Climate fueling booze hospitalizations

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
Paramedics carrying patient in ambulance at night (Getty Images/Cavan Images)

How Oregon's drug policy impact overdose

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Bottles of the generic prescription pain medication Buprenorphine are seen in a pharmacy (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Why aren't we using addiction meds?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Rushing ambulance at night, US (Getty Images/Marco_Piunti)

Study maps overdose crisis' fourth wave

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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