opioid crisis
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Snowfall Star Remembers John Singleton and Nipsey Hussle Ahead of Season 3 Premiere
Season 3 of Snowfall premieres tonight, Wednesday, July 10 and The Root spoke with the lead actor Damson Idris, aka “Franklin Saint.” He reflects on his close friendship with John Singleton, the show’s co-creator, director and executive producer, who passed away this April. Idris also critiques the double standards of the crack epidemic versus the…
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Black Patients on Pain Medication Are More Likely to Be Tested for Illicit Drugs, New Study Finds
That racism and implicit bias have affected and infected the American medical community—and the way patients are treated—is not news. But thanks to a slew of recent studies, we know in greater detail how and where those impacts can be felt. A new study led by Yale researchers adds to this growing body of evidence;…
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This Is America: Save a White Drug Addict, Jail a Black One
Much has been said of the government responses to the opioid epidemic—specifically 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 drug scourge is, frankly, frustrating. Why frustrating?…
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The White House Is Building an Opioid Memorial to Memorialize Fallen Whiteness
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…
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Trump’s ‘Opioid Czar’ Kellyanne Conway Has Found the Solution to the Opioid Crisis: Ice Cream!
The reanimated skeletal remains of Kellyanne Conway were seen at the White House. Stephen, Kellyanne Conway didn’t die. But I clearly saw a skeleton speaking, which is what this story was going to be about. That was Kellyanne Conway. What? The broom with the 1980s weightlifter wig IS Kellyanne Conway … Kellyanne Conway, aka Skellyanne,…
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White House Opioid-Crisis Plan to Include Death Penalty for Drug Dealers: Report
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. Because the White House is completely invested in solving the opioid epidemic, which disproportionately affects white people, it…
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Makers of OxyContin Say They Will No Longer Market to Doctors in Stunning Reversal
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 epidemic—a big part of which involves prescription painkillers. More likely, though, it’s because many cities, states and municipalities…
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Why Is Kellyanne Conway in Charge of the Opioid Crisis? Then Again, She Does Lie Like a Crackhead
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. Politico reports that Trump’s…
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Number of Fatal Cocaine Overdoses Among Black People on Par With Opioid-Related Deaths Among Whites, Study Shows
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 that deaths from cocaine overdoses…
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Ore. Congressman Says Pro Athletes Should Have Their Weed in Lieu of Dangerous Pain Pills
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 up—medically, that is. In a recent video, Rep. Earl Blumenauer notes that pros endure “terrible pain” and that marijuana has…