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Using an opioid for a pain relief drug has a long history in New York City, where they were introduced as unregulated medicine: doctors began prescribing morphine pills to housewives in the 1880s. Journalist Christopher Booker uncovers New York’s history with opioids – from plant-based morphine, opium and heroin to…
Fentanyl, Harm Reduction, Heroin, Methadone, Morphine, Opioid Crisis, Opioid Use Disorder, Oxycodone, Pharmaceuticals, Public Health
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In this story, we’ll peel back the layers, speaking to people from Harvard doctors to people selling crack, and from the addicts fighting for survival to those who have escaped their addiction and now work to help others. Furthermore, we aim to uncover the deeper question of how methodone mile…
Harm Reduction, Homelessness, Medication-Assisted Treatment, Methadone, Opioid Crisis, Personal Stories, Poverty, Public Health, Recovery, Sublocade, Suboxone, Vivitrol
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This story is about a seething, simmering anger that is now boiling over into outrage. It is about people who have felt compassion, yes, but who no longer feel safe, no longer feel like they are heard, no longer feel protected. It is about lost souls who wander our streets…
Crime, Homelessness, Law Enforcement, Medication-Assisted Treatment, Methadone, Poverty, Public Health, Suboxone, Vivitrol
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An on-the-ground, gritty exploration of the drug overdose crisis in North America and the role harm reduction efforts, like safe injection sites, could play in finding a solution. ABC7 News reporter Tara Campbell takes viewers onto the streets of Vancouver, Canada’s Downtown Eastside for an intimate look at how the…
Harm Reduction, Medication-Assisted Treatment, Methadone, Naloxone, Non-Profits, Opioid Crisis, Opioid Use Disorder, Overdose, Personal Stories, Public Health, Recovery, Stigma, Suboxone
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“Fentanyl is the defining drug of the overdose epidemic in St. Louis. It has no taste or smell, even a handful of it could kill thousands of people. It reaches into every corner of society, suburbs and cities, rich and poor, black and white. Many who become addicted have no…
Buprenorphine, Fentanyl, Harm Reduction, Medication-Assisted Treatment, Methadone, Naloxone, Naltrexone, Opioid Crisis, Opioid Use Disorder, Overdose, Personal Stories, Public Health
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“Bryan, I’d like to think, was just like any other boy growing up, active, happy, healthy. It wasn’t until he starting taking prescription Vicodin that he morphed into somebody that I didn’t know.” Everyone in this documentary has something unique to offer – their own personal insight into the opioid…
Heroin, Lost Loved Ones, Medication-Assisted Treatment, Methadone, Non-Profits, Opioid Crisis, Opioid Use Disorder, Personal Stories, Pharmaceuticals, Suboxone