To Address the Overdose Epidemic, Tackle Pharma Industry Influence
To combat the opioid epidemic, we have to understand how regulators failed to protect the public health as the market for prescription opioids grew.

To combat the opioid epidemic, we have to understand how regulators failed to protect the public health as the market for prescription opioids grew.
Instead of fueling the long-failed War on Drugs by repressing kratom, the FDA should strengthen consumer confidence by creating uniform regulations.
In January 2020, two FDA committees met to consider approval of three opioid-related new drug applications.
By Mason Marks Last year more than 64,000 Americans died of drug overdose, which is “now the leading cause of death” in people under 50. Opioids kill an estimated 91 Americans each day and are responsible for most drug-related deaths in the US. This public health crisis requires solutions that are supported by science and…
By Scott Burris There’s so much we still don’t know about the prescription opioid problem. The partial remedies advanced so far reflect this: Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs, which in essence define the problem as doctor-shopping patients; treatment guidelines, which define the problem as doctors without expertise; and crackdowns on “pill-mills,” which see the issue as…