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“Omar coming”

by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 4, 2021 | In the News | 0 |

Michael K. Williams’ death came years later, but was equally unglamorous. Unintentional, the result of a combination of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and p-fluorofentanyl, an analog most people have never heard of.

Sad Sacklers

by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 20, 2021 | In the News | 0 |
Overdose Madness

by C. Scott McMillin | Aug 30, 2021 | Public Health | 0 |
Overdose by Skin Contact?

by C. Scott McMillin | Aug 23, 2021 | Addictive Substances | 1 |
Cleaning Up the Mess

by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 22, 2021 | Public Policy | 0 |
An Update on Needle Exchange

by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 8, 2021 | Public Policy, Resources | 0 |

The Opioid Trials Continue

by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 7, 2021 | In the News | 0 |

Instead, they seem to rely on deep pockets, sophisticated lobbying, and battalions of attorneys to absorb the penalties and minimize the damage done to those profits.

Opioids in the News! …Again

by C. Scott McMillin | May 3, 2021 | Public Policy | 0 |

…politics is built on compromise, and addiction is a disease that, like coronavirus, makes its own rules and insists we observe them.

Prescription for Violence

by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 8, 2021 | In the News | 0 |

I heard one man exclaim in a packed hospital waiting room. “It’s her damn job. She took an oath.” I was struck by his sense of entitlement. And I could envision how, enhanced by withdrawal and desperation, it could turn violent.

Another Research Roundup

by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 4, 2021 | Addiction | 0 |

Wherever addiction is present, unintended overdose is the consequence, not the disease.

Settling Up: The Opioid Lawsuits

by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 15, 2021 | In the News | 0 |

Purdue hired them to show the company how to survive and even grow richer in the teeth of the worst drug epidemic in US history – one where the company’s products played a key role. They did their job all too well.