Warriors Dream
She has the eyes of a soldier gazing with weathered shock and exhaustion in a war governments could draw to a close. Tess is overworked, underpaid, and sometimes shamed as…
Opioid Epidemic
“Solving” a Mental Health Crisis in America
by Mattea Kramer and Dr. Sean Fogler Amid ongoing emergencies, including a would-be autocrat on his way to possibly regaining the American presidency and Israel’s war on Gaza (not to…
Today’s Most Dangerous Drug – Loneliness, Donald Trump, and You
by Mattea Kramer and Sean Fogler Consider two phenomena that might seem unrelated. This fall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new data showing a marked increase in…
Ending Opioid Addiction and Deaths through Creative Strategies
Citing horrific statistics that “An estimated 221 Americans die every day (80,564 in the past 12 months) from an opioid overdose, and an estimated 5.6 million experience an opioid use…
“Lost Voices of Fentanyl” Rally at the White House
An all-day “Lost Voices of Fentanyl” rally was held here September 23 to bring attention to the ongoing and escalating Fentanyl crisis that according to government statistics is the leading…
The Drugging of America
Back in the 60s and 70s the drugs of choice were marijuana, LSD and heroin. Though the Beatles may have actually never wrote in I am the Walrus, but the…
Drugs, Substance Abuse and Mental Issues in the USA
In general and on average, people in the USA are supposedly the biggest drug users in the world. They are taught from practically birth that if something is wrong, there…
Isolation and Opioids During the Pandemic
In our new era of nearly unparalleled upheaval, as a pandemic ravages the bodies of some and the minds of nearly everyone, as the associated economic damage disposes of the livelihoods of…
Comfortably Numb
Just a little pinprick There'll be no more, ah But you may feel a little sick Can you stand up? I do believe it's working, good That'll keep you going…
There Is a Real National Emergency in America, It’s Just Not the Wall
President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to declare a national emergency if Congress refuses to pony up $5.7 billion to build the “great, great wall” he promised his base during…
Drug Abuse: A Growing Menace
Us Quom Ko Shamsheer Ki Hajat Nahein Rehti Ho Jis Kay Jawanun ki Khudi Surat’e Fawlaad. (A nation whose youth are endowed with self as strong and hard as steel;…
Festooned With Broad Flat Blades of All Kinds
"Toddlers drugged with psychiatric medication?" -- Martha Rosenberg in a very good article Pfizer, Merck, Celgene, and GlaxoSmithKline are major league drug dealers responsible for lots of citizens descending…
Drugs, Money And Political Prostitution
Since the year 2000 at least 22 pharmaceutical companies have settled criminal and civil suits for over $10 billion in fines. Companies have been found guilty of fraud, kickbacks,…
Responsibility For The “Opioid Epidemic”–Corruption, Collusion And Criminal Negligence
The American Medical Association (A.M.A.) has an electronic news bulletin, “AMA Morning Rounds”-- It reads, “The AMA promotes the art and science of medicine and the betterment of Public…
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