Addiction and the overdose crisisOur ongoing coverage of addiction, opioids and the broader overdose crisis in Massachusetts.Online Treatment, Virtual Check-Ins: Dealing With Addiction In A PandemicWe look at addiction and substance abuse during the coronavirus pandemic and the resources available to those who are suffering.Resume47:03Aug 12, 2020Online Treatment, Virtual Check-Ins: Dealing With Addiction In A PandemicWe look at addiction and substance abuse during the coronavirus pandemic and the resources available to those who are suffering. Resume46:42May 29, 2020'Rehab Racket': High Costs Of Addiction Treatment And Questions Over EfficacyThe high cost of addiction care. Is it a rehab racket? We ask the Vox reporter who investigated.Resume47:35Oct 28, 2019Medical Schools Look To Educate The Next Generation Of Doctors On PainBecause addiction can begin in the doctor’s office, many medical schools are rethinking the way they train the next generation of doctors. We spoke to four paving the way on...May 28, 2019Medical Schools Are Changing The Way They Teach Treatment For Pain, Opioid AddictionWe visit a med school that's teaching a new generation of doctors to start with empathy as they rethink their entire approach to treating patients with opioid addiction disorders.Resume47:03May 28, 2019Advertisement'Somebody's Going To Listen': Opioid Watchdogs Fight Epidemic With Letter Drops, Grassroots ActionThe Opioid Watchdogs pick a day, pick a media outlet and fill that outlet’s mailbox with letters telling the stories of loved ones. It's part of a greater grassroots effort...Apr 17, 2019'I Don't Hear A Denial': Mass. AG Healey Responds To Purdue Pharma Statement On LawsuitIn its statement, the company claims "Massachusetts seeks to publicly vilify Purdue" with the lawsuit. But Healey says the allegations of aggressive opioid marketing stem from Purdue Pharma's own documents.Feb 6, 2019Purdue Pharma, Sackler Family Face Lawsuits For Fueling Opioid CrisisMassachusetts is suing Purdue Pharma, the maker of the painkiller OxyContin, and the family who profited from it for fueling the opioid crisis.Resume47:13Feb 6, 2019Viral Opioid Obituary — And Police Chief's Response — Show Journey Of Addiction, ResilienceA sister's obituary for a young Vermont mother's opioid addiction went viral. So did the response from the Burlington, Vermont, police chief. Also, we hear from Beth Macy, author of...Resume46:23Oct 26, 2018'I Do Believe It Was Laced With Fentanyl': One Caller Describes Son's Drug Use"Suddenly there was this huge attraction to the cocaine that just went on and on and became devastatingly dangerous," one caller, Gail, says. "And now I understand the attraction."Resume03:41Apr 25, 2018Fentanyl's Growing ReachFentanyl has destroyed lives in the opioid addiction crisis. Now it’s ravaging new victims who aren’t using heroin.Resume47:46Apr 25, 2018America’s Ongoing Opioid CrisisAmerica’s opioid crisis was the talk of the campaign trail. It’s still growing. What now? Resume47:53Feb 8, 2017U.S. Surgeon General: 'Addiction Is A Public Health Crisis'The U.S. Surgeon General has declared the nation's addiction crisis a matter of public health concern. Hear his ideas on ways to move forward.Resume11:04Nov 21, 2016How To Spot — And Treat — Addiction In Your FamilyAddiction in the family. How to spot it, how to respond and help. The U.S. Surgeon General joins us.Resume46:36Nov 21, 2016New Reports Reveal Aggressive Pharmaceutical Push For OpioidsA new investigation into the role the pharmaceutical industry played in launching our current opioid crisis. We’ll look at the industry’s aggressive OxyContin push. Resume46:31Sep 26, 2016
Online Treatment, Virtual Check-Ins: Dealing With Addiction In A PandemicWe look at addiction and substance abuse during the coronavirus pandemic and the resources available to those who are suffering.Resume47:03Aug 12, 2020
Online Treatment, Virtual Check-Ins: Dealing With Addiction In A PandemicWe look at addiction and substance abuse during the coronavirus pandemic and the resources available to those who are suffering. Resume46:42May 29, 2020
'Rehab Racket': High Costs Of Addiction Treatment And Questions Over EfficacyThe high cost of addiction care. Is it a rehab racket? We ask the Vox reporter who investigated.Resume47:35Oct 28, 2019
Medical Schools Look To Educate The Next Generation Of Doctors On PainBecause addiction can begin in the doctor’s office, many medical schools are rethinking the way they train the next generation of doctors. We spoke to four paving the way on...May 28, 2019
Medical Schools Are Changing The Way They Teach Treatment For Pain, Opioid AddictionWe visit a med school that's teaching a new generation of doctors to start with empathy as they rethink their entire approach to treating patients with opioid addiction disorders.Resume47:03May 28, 2019
'Somebody's Going To Listen': Opioid Watchdogs Fight Epidemic With Letter Drops, Grassroots ActionThe Opioid Watchdogs pick a day, pick a media outlet and fill that outlet’s mailbox with letters telling the stories of loved ones. It's part of a greater grassroots effort...Apr 17, 2019
'I Don't Hear A Denial': Mass. AG Healey Responds To Purdue Pharma Statement On LawsuitIn its statement, the company claims "Massachusetts seeks to publicly vilify Purdue" with the lawsuit. But Healey says the allegations of aggressive opioid marketing stem from Purdue Pharma's own documents.Feb 6, 2019
Purdue Pharma, Sackler Family Face Lawsuits For Fueling Opioid CrisisMassachusetts is suing Purdue Pharma, the maker of the painkiller OxyContin, and the family who profited from it for fueling the opioid crisis.Resume47:13Feb 6, 2019
Viral Opioid Obituary — And Police Chief's Response — Show Journey Of Addiction, ResilienceA sister's obituary for a young Vermont mother's opioid addiction went viral. So did the response from the Burlington, Vermont, police chief. Also, we hear from Beth Macy, author of...Resume46:23Oct 26, 2018
'I Do Believe It Was Laced With Fentanyl': One Caller Describes Son's Drug Use"Suddenly there was this huge attraction to the cocaine that just went on and on and became devastatingly dangerous," one caller, Gail, says. "And now I understand the attraction."Resume03:41Apr 25, 2018
Fentanyl's Growing ReachFentanyl has destroyed lives in the opioid addiction crisis. Now it’s ravaging new victims who aren’t using heroin.Resume47:46Apr 25, 2018
America’s Ongoing Opioid CrisisAmerica’s opioid crisis was the talk of the campaign trail. It’s still growing. What now? Resume47:53Feb 8, 2017
U.S. Surgeon General: 'Addiction Is A Public Health Crisis'The U.S. Surgeon General has declared the nation's addiction crisis a matter of public health concern. Hear his ideas on ways to move forward.Resume11:04Nov 21, 2016
How To Spot — And Treat — Addiction In Your FamilyAddiction in the family. How to spot it, how to respond and help. The U.S. Surgeon General joins us.Resume46:36Nov 21, 2016
New Reports Reveal Aggressive Pharmaceutical Push For OpioidsA new investigation into the role the pharmaceutical industry played in launching our current opioid crisis. We’ll look at the industry’s aggressive OxyContin push. Resume46:31Sep 26, 2016