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War on Legal Drugs: Opioids

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1 paragraph research The article is a single paragraph long, five sentences and 100 words, the bylines and pair of footnotes taking up almost as much space as the paper itself. But there is new evidence that the curt research 'letter' (.pdf) published in 1980 in one of the world's most prominent medical journals has played a remarkable role in stoking North America's deadly prescription-opioid crisis. The blurb in the New England Journal of Medicine stated unambiguously that patients hardly ever become addicted to narcotic painkillers. (PostMedia)	2017 overdose deaths in BC at 488 Tainted drugs kill 16-year-old Ohio overdoses Coroners likely undercounting 2016 Ohio population 11.6M

Suing CHEROKEE NATION - The suit names the 3 largest drug distributors in the US: McKesson, Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen, which together control roughly 85% of prescription drug distribution in the country. Also named in the suit are some of the biggest names in the retail drug business: CVS, Walgreens and Walmart. In 2015, the lawsuit says, nearly 845M milligrams of opioids were distributed in the 14 counties that make up the Cherokee Nation. That is enough to provide every adult and child with 955 5mg pills. (Washington Post) Drug company lawsuits Conflict of interest lapse Review of guidelines ordered Drug industry conflict 2017 Canadian guidelines for Opioids New guidelines Legal action considered Attempt to settle Purdue Pharma OxyContin	Fentanyl W-18 U-47700 Carfentanil Patent sparked Canada's opioid crisis Where the tax money is going Canada's crisis part 1 Part 2 Fentanyl booming Drug Analysis Service Opioids prescriptions Not charged with murder? Courts too lenient Fentanyl overdose deaths Jan 2012-Feb 2017 .pdf Latest trends in ON opioid related deaths .pdf Overdoses Single day overdoses How heroin capital solved its overdose crisis From opium to fentanyl Fentanyl in most drugs Fentanyl used as OxyContin replacement 113 dead from overdoses in AB FN bans outsiders
Provinces clamp down on OxyContin Year of overdoses Dying from fentanyl DTES cheque day Aim to control chemicals Health Canada regulates chemicals Opioid meeting Too toxic to touch Fentanyl tested as chemical weapons for decades Ordering from China is easy Chinese companies willing to export carfentanil Customs refusing to screen some packages Shipment from China seized BC spending guesses Fentanyl scourge up close	Pharmacy finds fentanyl in 90% of street drugs More babies born with opioid addiction Treatment to get patients off opioids Carfentanil in Van Dealer gets 14 years China listing opioids as controlled substances Fake pill ring Euthanasia in Canada Trafficking charges decline Spaces for drug users BC overdoses Drug overdose deaths in BC .pdf BC medical premiums skyrocket to pay All opioids, not just fentanyl Huge profit margins
Hodgepodge RCMP reaches agreement with China Agreement with China How reliable is China as a partner Chronic pain sufferers struggle Police move to treat OD's as homicides 3 bodies found Coroner trying to catch up BC's fentanyl crisis BC death toll Opioids abuse spending Overdosing at remand centre Corrections trying to stop overdoses Latest plan Inmate access to clean needles draws debate	Prevention kits Naloxone Stronger than fentanyl Carfentanil in AB Carfentanil found in Vancouver Doctors flagged Police find liquid fentanyl Killer high Spike in OD's Addiction over pain relief New super drug warning Drug threat assessment 488 for 2016 .pdf Drug Threat Assessment 2015 .pdf Fentanyl deaths bulletin .pdf
Invented over 30 years ago Public health emergency Surge in fatal OD's W-18 questions W-18 seized in Edmonton Synthetic opiates ahead of drug laws Inside an epidemic Rise in fatalities BC drug overdoses Mounties need more cash Overdose deaths Addicts on reserve Vancouver OD's Record number of OD's Painkiller politics	MB task force Easier access to OD drug 4 deaths in NL this year Fentanyl kingpins Suspected fentanyl overdose Death of 31-year-old North Van man 2 SK deaths Sudden death 75 deaths in BC Growing danger Fentanyl lab bust AB spike in fentanyl deaths Little heroin Death linked to W-18 Fentanyl response is simple
Little known replacement Pharmacists to get fentanyl off the streets 1+in 10 experience chronic pain Prescriptions for alternatives to OxyContin Fentanyl used as OxyContin replacement Fentanyl substitute for OxyContin which is a substitute for heroin When the prescription becomes the problem Perverse incentive Deaths climb New rules give drug maker a monopoly Opioids tied to deaths Opioids Drug abuse strategy Opiate overdose deaths rising	Call for 'antidote' Deadly problem 100+ deaths in AB in 2014 Burden of opioid-related mortality New opioid standards to tackle abuse Rave drugs 'Killer heroin' in Montreal Overdose rate 4 times average Dark side of remittance money FDA bans generic OxyContin OxyContin drug replacement OxyContin removed from market Marketing blamed Oxy warning Ontario creates Oxy withdrawal plan
Getting to tomorrow CCSA Drug maker turned to Giuliani Rudolph W. Giuliani No withdrawal strategy Cocktail of medications connected Fentanyl OxyContin Where's the outrage? Oxy ban a mixed blessing Study published Drugstore robbed of Oxycontin New restrictions is not enough Withdrawal warning National prescription abuse strategy Tide of opioid addiction	Painkiller use rising Chronic pain sufferers face stigma OxyContin addiction on the rise Purdue Pharma Purdue Phamaceuticals Health plan funds killer drug Prescription drug abuse inquest Provinces clamp down on OxyContin Addictive meds smuggled in Selling of OxyContin Painkiller abuse reaches 'epidemic' level OxyContin maker sends phase-out notice Painkiller abuse Black market for meds difficult to stop Withdrawal warning President's Commission on the opioid crisis


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