Morphinans

OxyContin

The family that helped start the opioid crisis

Medicine

The Sacklers have made billions of dollars off of opioids.

The World

US and Russia collaborate on drug raids in Afghanistan

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman’s tragic death is an ominous sign of heroin’s expanding reach

Conflict & Justice

Canada’s First Nations communities wrecked by OxyContin addiction

Health & Medicine
Palliative care patient in Pune, India.

Part V: Dispensing Comfort

Health & Medicine

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Modern cancer care involves more than the latest surgical techniques and chemotherapy drugs; it also offers freedom from pain. Yet basic palliative care, in the form of morphine, is almost nonexistent for many patients in developing countries. What is being done to bring them pain relief?

The World

How an Afghan Methadone Clinic is Fighting to Counter HIV

Conflict & Justice

HIV is spreading among Afghanistan’s injection drug users, and a methadone clinic was recently opened in Kabul to help the problem.

The World

When a solution becomes a problem: doctors and lawmakers on opiate painkillers

Conflict & Justice

Today an FDA advisory panel meets with lawmakers to hammer out voluntary best practices for doctors who prescribe opiates. But in loosening restrictions for such cases, the FDA opened a window for wider prescriptions — and for abuse.