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How the drug industry worked to hobble the DEA; understanding the rise of painkillers; how death notices can help us understand addiction; and a system of elder exploitation, exposed. (episode)
How the drug industry tricked Congress into dismantling oversight in the midst of the opioid crisis. And how nobody noticed.
Our current opioid crisis is rooted partially in narratives about pain and pain management that have been shaped by pharmaceutical companies and aided by unquestioning journalists.
In the absence of local reporting, obituaries and death notices offer a sense of the human toll of the opioid epidemic.
When the court rules that someone else is in charge of your finances — and your life.