Tag: opioid crisis
Are federal guidelines for prescribing opioids hurting patients with chronic pain?
This month, more than 300 doctors and medical researchers sent an open letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning patients have been harmed by a lack of clarity in guidelines for prescribing opioids.
The Big Pharma family that brought us the opioid crisis
Purdue Pharma, the drug pushers, have caused hundreds of thousands of deaths, enough fatalities to decrease overall U.S. life expectancy at birth for the last two years running.
FDA’s war on kratom could worsen opioid crisis
Some scientists and advocates of kratom believe the drug is safer than opioid drugs sold in pharmacies and can help fight the pains and symptoms of opioid withdrawal.
Drug wars, missing money, and a phantom $500 million
More effective use of spreadsheets won’t solve the underlying problems of America’s wars or cure an addiction to policies that continue to fail.
Neuroscientist Dr. Carl Hart: People are dying in opioid crisis because...
Columbia University psychology and psychiatry professor Carl Hart argues that people are dying because of ignorance, not because of opioids.
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ProPublica’s embrace of large language models echoes what I’ve been saying all along
This distinction between “AI” as a vague, catch-all term and the specific type of advanced pattern-finding model actually at play here matters immensely.
Senate Democrats face reckoning over GOP spending bill that hands Trump and Musk unchecked...
Progressives warn that the Republican spending bill would give Trump and Musk sweeping control over federal funds, gut social programs, and set a dangerous precedent—while Senate Democrats waver on whether to fight or fold.
Musk-linked operatives gain access to Social Security Administration, raising fears of data breaches and...
A new investigation reveals that Musk-linked operatives with little government experience have gained access to sensitive Social Security data, raising alarms over potential benefit disruptions, privacy risks, and a broader push to privatize the agency.
Global consumer boycott of US goods expands as Trump’s trade war escalates
International consumers reject U.S. goods in response to Trump’s trade policies, escalating tariffs, and growing dissatisfaction with American corporate and political influence.
Tesla paid zero federal income tax in 2024 while GOP pushes more corporate tax...
Musk’s trillion-dollar company paid nothing in federal taxes while working Americans foot the bill.