Opioid Epidemic
America's largest pharmacies fuelled opioid crisis, jury finds
24 Nov 2021
The retailers have been found guilty of helping create an oversupply of addictive opioid pills in two Ohio counties, in a landmark case.
Patrick Radden Keefe: the Sackler family's opioid 'Empire of Pain'
1 May 2021
In the last 20 years, nearly 500,000 Americans have died from an opioid overdose making them the leading cause of accidental death in the country. Patrick Radden Keefe tells the story of how the… Audio
Opioid crisis devastating small town America
26 Sep 2018
The opioid crisis is having a devastating effect on small town America, with drug addiction way above the national average. Over prescribing of painkillers by doctors in depressed towns, wooed by big… Audio