Oxycodone
How doctors and big pharma helped create North America's fentanyl crisis
Fentanyl has been responsible for hundreds of deaths in recent years, and it shows no sign of abating. Some doctors have been warning about this for years.
Canadian Prisoners Win Battle to Access Methadone
The change in policy comes just as British Columbia announced a public health emergency due to drug overdose deaths.
The CDC Just Told American Doctors to Rethink Pain Treatment and Opioid Addiction
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published the first federal guidelines for doctors prescribing addictive painkillers such as OxyContin.
The Feds Busted a Massive Oxy Ring in New York This Month
A couple allegedly used their small pharmacies in Ridgewood, Queens and Greenpoint, Brooklyn, to dish out the drug on an historic scale.
Hitler and the Nazis Were Seriously into Their Amphetamines and Opiates
We had a chat with Norman Ohler, whose latest book, 'Der Totale Rausch,' explains the story behind the Nazis' "performance enhancing" drug habits.
What Fracking and Oxycodone Taught Me About Life Choices
What are the small transgressions that turn nice people into criminals? To find out, we asked a fracker turned convicted drug dealer.
The Truth About Britain's Looming 'Middle-Class Heroin Crisis'
All the talk about rising oxycodone prescriptions in the UK causing a middle-class heroin crisis is gold-plated baloney.
Missouri Is a Pill Lover's Paradise
Missouri is now the only state without a prescription drug monitoring program, meaning it's the best place to get hooked on oxycodone, or start your own pill trafficking operation.
Battle Over Heroin Overdose Antidote Hits Maine
After a governor veto and a year of discussion, a bill to give families access to Naxolone is finally approved by the state's legislators.
Enduring the Aftershock of OxyContin in Canada
Purdue Pharma had successfully engineered a slanted, disingenuous marketing campaign clearly designed to sell more OxyContin, and passed it off as a mandatory educational lecture at a major university. Nearly seven thousand students received this...