opiate epidemic

Health

Reminder: Pharmaceutical companies started the opiate epidemic, and thousands have died from it.

Dustin Dwyer

Pacific Standard magazine published a piece online yesterday tracing the history of OxyContin, and the rise of opiate addiction in the United States.…

Policy

What's the most deadly drug in Michigan? It's "unspecified."

Dustin Dwyer

There is an epidemic of drug use in Michigan, and in the rest of the country, involving a class of drugs called opiates – think Vicodin, Oxycontin or…

Health

A decade in, more than 3,000 dead. When will Michigan deal with its opiate drug epidemic?

Dustin Dwyer

This is the first part in our documentary, The Hidden Epidemic. You can hear the full documentary on Michigan Radio on Thursday, July 16th at 3 p.m. and…