Opioid crisis

Overdose Awareness Day: Mourning those lostOverdose Awareness Day: Mourning those lost

Overdose Awareness Day: Mourning those lost

August 31 may seem like a normal day to people, but to those who have been touched by the opioid…

August 20, 2021
Plant closings, poverty and overdose deathsPlant closings, poverty and overdose deaths

Plant closings, poverty and overdose deaths

The Journal of the American Medical Association published a study on Dec. 30 on the correlation between automobile plant closings…

January 6, 2020
Big pharma + big money = no blameBig pharma + big money = no blame

Big pharma + big money = no blame

This commentary was originally posted on prisonradio.org on Sept. 15.  In recent days, we’ve heard of proposed settlements in civil…

September 29, 2019
In struggle over Safehouse, opioid users’ lives at stakeIn struggle over Safehouse, opioid users’ lives at stake

In struggle over Safehouse, opioid users’ lives at stake

For decades, Philadelphia has been known as a heroin haven, with heroin of such high quality that people moved there…

September 19, 2019
States launch lawsuits over opioid epidemicStates launch lawsuits over opioid epidemic

States launch lawsuits over opioid epidemic

If you ask people with substance use disorders -- more colloquially, addictions -- what caused their disorders, you’ll most likely…

September 12, 2019
Eastern Kentucky trans people support locked out Harlan County coal minersEastern Kentucky trans people support locked out Harlan County coal miners

Eastern Kentucky trans people support locked out Harlan County coal miners

Lill is a resident of Harlan County, Ky., and a member of a transgender anarchist support group (blackjewelminersblockade on Instagram)…

August 29, 2019
Legislators attack treatment for opioid use disorderLegislators attack treatment for opioid use disorder

Legislators attack treatment for opioid use disorder

Buprenorphine, the main active ingredient in the products Suboxone, Subutex, Sublocade, Zubsolv and Bunavail, is considered one of the gold-standard…

July 4, 2019
Lessons for the class struggle in the era of TrumpismLessons for the class struggle in the era of Trumpism

Lessons for the class struggle in the era of Trumpism

Excerpted from a talk by Larry Holmes, First Secretary of Workers World Party, at a forum on March 28 in…

April 8, 2019
Grandes beneficios farmacéuticos para el dolorGrandes beneficios farmacéuticos para el dolor

Grandes beneficios farmacéuticos para el dolor

Dsuvia. Ese es el nombre comercial del último opioide de alta potencia que pronto aparecerá en el mercado. Su nombre…

December 26, 2018
Big pharma profits off painBig pharma profits off pain

Big pharma profits off pain

Dsuvia. That is the trade name of the latest high-powered opioid that may soon appear on the market. Its scientific…

December 3, 2018