painkillers
Today Is Your Last Day to Buy Codeine Without a Prescription
From Thursday, you’ll no longer be able to purchase drugs like Nurofen Plus and Panadeine over the counter.
Going After Weed in the Middle of a Deadly Opioid Crisis Is Insane
Jeff Sessions just unleashed federal prosecutors despite a massive amount of evidence that weed is associated with fewer fatal overdoses.
One Million Australians Are Abusing Prescription Drugs
New data shows our addiction to opioids is following the same trajectory as North America's.
It Doesn't Take a Genius to Solve the Opioid Crisis
Solutions to this deadly disaster are clear, and America needs a new coalition to address it—maybe even one that includes Kellyanne "Alternative Facts" Conway.
Opioid Overdose Deaths Fell After Colorado Legalized Weed
It could be just a coincidence, but more research is definitely needed.
What Trump's National Opioid Emergency Should Look Like
The president should strip away the red tape preventing people from getting methadone or buprenorphine, which are proven to reduce opioid overdose.
No, High Workers Aren't What's Wrong with America's Economy
Bosses keep complaining that they can't find middle-class workers with clean urine—as if that's a real reason why inequality is so high in this country.
Prescription Painkillers Are Killing More Australians Than Ice or Heroin
Our addiction to pharmaceutical opioids is worse than the heroin crisis of the 1990s.
3,500 People Go to the Hospital Every Day Because of Opioids
And women and young people are seeing some of the biggest increases.
Prescribed Painkillers Didn’t Cause the Opioid Crisis
People who need pain meds aren't usually the ones who get addicted.