That racism and implicit bias have affected and infected the American medical communityâand the way patients are treatedâis not news. But thanks to a slew of recent studies, we know in greater detail how and where those impacts can be felt.
Much has been said of the government responses to the opioid epidemicâspecifically that it is leniently and sympathetically called an epidemic (I agree with that assessment), with sights set on healing and treatment. While necessary to combat the issue, the sympathy with which our nation views the current drugâŚ
Can someone tell me where the crack memorial is in Washington, D.C.? Seriously, where is the wall with the list of names of all the people gone too soon to the drug that ravaged the black community? Or, even more so, where can I find the heroin memorial in Baltimore? Baltimore has been pegged the heroin capital ofâŚ
The reanimated skeletal remains of Kellyanne Conway were seen at the White House.
The White House is proving that when it comes to drugs destroying white communities, there are no limits to what it is willing to do to stop the threat, including death: to the dealers, not the users.
One would like to think that the reason the company that makes the powerful painkiller OxyContin says it will stop marketing the opioid to doctors is that the county is in the midst of a serious opioid epidemicâa big part of which involves prescription painkillers. More likely, though, itâs because many cities, statesâŚ
Continuing his tradition of placing unqualified, mediocre white people in jobs for which they have no expertise, President Donald Trump has moved Kellyanne Conway from her Cabinet-level position in the Department of Lying Motherfuckers and put her in charge of the opioid crisis. Needless to say, it is not going well.
The opioid crisis has dominated headlines and political conversations as the number of overdose deaths and addicts has risen dramatically in recent years. But a new study finds that the opioid epidemic, which has affected mostly white Americans, is just one part of the growing U.S. drug crisis. The report reveals thatâŚ
A Democratic congressman from Oregon has gone on record (well, TMZ Sports) saying that he is all for professional athletes using marijuana and that the NBA and NFL are stripping them of their rights to toke upâmedically, that is.
In light of an investigative report from 60 Minutes and the Washington Post Sunday, President Donald Trumpâs drug-czar pick has withdrawn his name from consideration to head the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
