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Opioid epidemic

What tiny Estonia can teach the U.S. about opioids

by Victoria Craig and Szu Ping Chan
May 31, 2019
The Baltic nation has reduced opioid-related death rates. But how?
A heroin user reads an alert on fentanyl in New York City.
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How big data can identify doctors who overprescribe opioids and avoid potential costs

by Blake Farmer
Oct 19, 2018
The opioid crisis is estimated to cost $500 billion a year.
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How big data can identify doctors who overprescribe opioids and avoid potential costs

by Blake Farmer
Oct 19, 2018
The opioid crisis is estimated to cost $500 billion a year.
Oxycodone pain pills.
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Lawmakers to grill drug wholesalers over opioid epidemic

by Dan Gorenstein
May 8, 2018
Prescription drug wholesalers, who sit between pharmaceutical manufacturers and health care providers, are expected to get an earful about their role in the opioid epidemic Tuesday. Executives from five companies will testify in front of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Click the above audio player to hear the full story.
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The Uncertain Hour

How one sentence helped set off the opioid crisis

by Caitlin Esch
Dec 13, 2017
Recently unsealed documents shed light on how the maker of OxyContin seems to have relied more on focus groups than on scientific studies to create an aggressive and misleading marketing campaign that helped fuel the national opioid epidemic.
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