The FDA Approves a Controversial New Opioid Painkiller
The Food and Drug Administration is approving a powerful new opioid painkiller, the agency announced Friday.
Addiction
One Year After Trump Declared Opioid Addiction a Public-Health Emergency, What's Changed?
The declaration was met with a lot of fanfare, but officials did little with the legal powers it gave them, experts say.
Are Insurers Doing Their Part to End America's Opioid Epidemic?
A new study asks if insurance policies discourage the overprescribing of opioids and encourage proven alternative pain treatments.
Dispatches: Five Essential Reads From the Past Week
A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from a feature on California's progressive history to a photo essay capturing the lifelong effects of trauma.
The Lede, Issue #34: The Making of Our Current Cover, California's Progressive History, World War I Photography, and More
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The Opioid Crisis Is Also a Crisis of Speech
Under the opioid panic, patients suffering from chronic pain can find themselves unable to speak openly with their doctors.
The House Passes Bipartisan Opioid Legislation
The legislative package consists of more than 50 bills, with provisions including increased access to treatment and a push for the development of non-addictive painkillers.
Some Officials Worry a Cocaine Epidemic Is About to Hit the U.S.
Farmers in Colombia have been ramping up their coca planting and now seem ready to produce cocaine in unprecedented amounts, according to the DEA.
How Facebook Is Throwing Our Brains Into Overdrive
Has Facebook fundamentally transformed human behavior—and is such damage irreparable?
PS Picks: Leslie Jamison's Memoir of Addiction
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The Lede, Issue #10: A Trip to the Amazon, the History of Body Snatching, Leslie Jamison's Memoir of Addiction, and More
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PS Picks: Steve Francis Takes Control
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The Research Behind Trump's Anti-Drug Proposals
Is condemning drug dealers to death really a wise strategy?
Is the Secret to Solving the Opioid Crisis More Opioids?
Medication-assisted treatment in Rhode Island's prisons is preventing overdose deaths among the recently incarcerated.
Teaching the Art of Reading in the Digital Era
As the art of close reading has declined, a cohort of experts has emerged to reverse the trend and encourage stronger reading habits.
Even Apple Investors Are Worried About Smartphone Addiction
Two of Apple's largest investors called on the tech giant to take smartphone addiction more seriously. Research shows they're right to be concerned.
In Heroin's Heartland
As the opioid epidemic spins out of control, a grassroots network of activists is fighting it at the source.
The Caregivers of the Opioid Epidemic Are Going It Alone
Across the country, people are becoming unexpected caregivers of children whose parents have become addicted to opioids. In most states, they're doing it with little to no help at all.
Letter From Las Vegas, Nevada: Expelling Demons on the Strip
To much of the outside world, gambling is a vice not worthy of mercy: It is a symptom of recklessness, of compulsiveness, of greed. But compulsive gambling is also an addiction—one that affects some three to four million people in the United States alone.
Trump's Drug Commission Comes Out With 50-Plus Recommendations to Reduce Addiction in America
The question now is whether the White House will implement them.
Trump Is Declaring Opioid Addiction a National Emergency After All
The announcement comes 10 days after a commission he created strongly recommended the classification.
Three Generations of Opioid Addiction
Inside one family's decades-long struggle with opioids in Jamestown, New York.
The FDA Needs to Come Down Harder on Opioids, an FDA-Commissioned Panel Says
An independent panel of scientists make a case for "opioid exceptionalism."
America's Doctors Are Prescribing Fewer Opioids, but Still Three Times as Many as 18 Years Ago
Progress against overprescribing is real, but spotty.