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7:01am Jan 03, 2021

National National Health & Safety

Former Walmart Pharmacists Say Company Ignored Red Flags As Opioid Sales Boomed

by Brian Mann

The giant retailer shipped billions of opioid pills to pharmacies nationwide. An NPR investigation found employees warned company executives their stores were being used by "pill mill" doctors.
Sue Ogrocki / AP

3:06pm Dec 23, 2020

National National Health & Safety

Walmart Is Latest Big-Name Company Embroiled In Opioid Crisis

by Brian Mann

The Justice Department says the retailer ignored red flags for years, filling suspicious prescriptions for opioids and contributing to America's deadly addiction crisis. Walmart denies wrongdoing.

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Kim Ryu for NPR

5:03pm Nov 17, 2020

World News World News Health & Safety

'We Are Shipping To The U.S.': Inside China's Online Synthetic Drug Networks

by Emily Feng

China banned fentanyl last year, but an NPR investigation reveals how Chinese vendors continue to market the chemicals used to make the drug on e-commerce and social media sites.

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Jessica McGowan / Getty Images

5:01am Oct 29, 2020

National National Health & Safety

Opioid Crisis: Critics Say Trump Fumbled Response To Another Deadly Epidemic

by Brian Mann

President Trump promised to end America's opioid crisis. On his watch overdose deaths flattened in 2018 then surged again to record levels.
Tracy Lee for NPR

8:58am Jul 17, 2020

National National

Doctors And Dentists Still Flooding U.S. With Opioid Prescriptions

by Brian Mann

Forty Americans die every day from overdoses linked to prescription opioids, but researchers say many doctors and dentists still have a "prescribe and forget" attitude toward the medications.
Ted S. Warren / AP

2:23pm May 18, 2020

Health & Safety Health & Safety

Changes In Opioid Supply Create New Risks As Stay-At-Home Rules Ease

by Yuki Noguchi

The disruption in the illegal opioid trade had varying impacts around the country. As stay-at-home orders lift, that creates different risks of overdose that public health is trying to manage.
Jesse Costa / WBUR

7:19pm Feb 20, 2020

Science Science Health & Safety

The Case For Sending Drug Users Home From The Hospital With Open IV Lines

by Martha Bebinger

When patients need long-term treatment with IV antibiotics, hospitals usually let them do it at home — but not if they have a history of injection drug use. A Boston program wants to change that.
8:51am Feb 11, 2020

Health & Safety Health & Safety

Surry County Church Network Holds Community Opioid Forum

by Bethany Chafin

A network of churches in Surry County is focusing on opioids; the dialogue begins Tuesday night at a community forum in Mt. Airy.
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12:35pm Feb 05, 2020

Books Books Arts Health & Safety

A Widow, Not A Wife: 'Smacked' Explores An Ex-Husband's Secret Addiction

by Terry Gross

Eilene Zimmerman didn't learn of her ex-husband's addiction to cocaine and opioids until after his death. "This had happened in front of us, and we hadn't recognized it," she says.

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6:00am Jan 24, 2020

Politics & Government Politics & Government Crime

Forsyth County Sheriff Reflects On First Year In Office, Lays Out Plans

by Keri Brown

It’s been a year since Forsyth County Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough was sworn into office. He’s the first black person to hold the position in the county’s 170-year history.

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Catie Dull / NPR

5:26pm Jan 13, 2020

Health & Safety Health & Safety

The Kratom Debate: Helpful Herb Or Dangerous Drug?

by Lesley McClurg

Some people struggling with opioid addiction who switched to kratom swear the herb salvaged their lives. But federal agencies and the brother of a man who died from his kratom use warn of its risks.

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4:39pm Jan 13, 2020

Health & Safety Health & Safety

Congressional Hearing Includes What NC Is Doing To Combat Opioid Crisis

by Bethany Chafin

This story has been updated from a previous version.

A congressional hearing Tuesday morning highlighted what North Carolina is doing to combat the opioid crisis.

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