U.S. drug epidemic

U.S. Surgeon General Writes to Every Doctor in the Country about Opium Epidemic

August 29, 2016 Alex Kozovski

Dr. Vivek Murthy, the United States’ surgeon general, has sent out a letter to every doctor in the country as a call to arms against the opioid addiction fight that plagues the U.S. Asking for his peers’ assistance, he highlights…

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FDA Will Label Opioid Painkillers With Stronger Warnings

March 24, 2016 Alex Kozovski

With America in a ‘quiet’ state of crisis in their waning battle against drug abuse – thanks to over the counter opiates like fentanyl – sterner warnings will be added to opioid painkillers. Oxycodone, hydrocodone and morphine will have more…

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Death by Fentanyl – A U.S. drug epidemic

February 5, 2016 Alex Kozovski

Yesterday, we brought you part one of the Naked Truth’s mini-documentary series on fentanyl, an opiate causing a drug pandemic in America. Mixed with other high powered street substances like cocaine and heroin, it’s easily accessible to both drug lords…