1: Pain and anxiety in America -- War on prescription drugs: what if you depend on opioids to live a decent life? / Taking on the scourge of opioids / S.E. Smith. How prescription-drug abuse unleashed a heroin epidemic / Kevin D. Williamson -- The truth about prescription pills: one writer's story of anxiety and addiction / Kelley McMillan -- Almost half of all opioid misuse starts with a friend of family member's prescription / Roni Dengler -- Yes, benzos are bad for you / Allen Frances -- Casualties of the VA / David French -- War on prescription drugs: what if you depend on opioids to live a decent life? / S.E. Smith. 2: Drugs for young and old -- Risky alone, deadly together / Prescription drug abuse among older adults is harder to detect / Kimperly Kindy and Dan Keating. Old and overmedicated: the real drug problem in nursing homes / Ina Jaffe and Robert Benincasa -- Fatal friendships: what happens when women share drugs on Facebook / Jill DiDonato -- College students aren't the only ones abusing Adderall / Emma Pierson -- Smack epidemic / L. Jon Wertheim -- US child opioid overdoses increased over past two decades, research finds / Jessica Glenza -- The hefty price of "sturdy drug" misuse on college campuses / Linda Begdache -- Risky alone, deadly together / Kimperly Kindy and Dan Keating. 3: Doctors, big pharma and the gateway to abuse -- Opioid Rx abuse probe sees a record 31 doctors hit with sanctions in New Jersey / The selling of Attention Deficit Disorder / Elizabeth Llorente. When the mailman unwittingly becomes a drug dealer / Arian Campo-Flores and Jon Kamp -- Alison's story: how $750,000 in drug "treatment" destroyed her life / Warren Richey -- Drug-company payments mirror doctors' brand-name prescribing / Charles Ornstein, Ryann Grochowski Jones, and Mike Tigas -- Opioid Rx abuse probe sees a record 31 doctors hit with sanctions in New Jersey / Elizabeth Llorente. 4: A search for solutions - treatment -- After medical marijuana legalized, Medicare prescriptions drop for many drugs / A primary care doctor delves into the opioid epidemic / Shefali Luthra. The doctors who started the opioid epidemic / Paul A. Offit -- Can we curb the opioid abuse epidemic by rethinking chronic pain? / Richard Gunderman -- The painkillers that could end the opioid crisis / Adam Piore -- How medical marijuana could help end the opioid epidemic / Eric Killelea -- What's really causing the prescription drug crisis? / Johann Hari -- After medical marijuana legalized, Medicare prescriptions drop for many drugs / Shefali Luthra. Index. States require opioid prescribers to check for "doctor shopping" / Researchers use black-market drug website to guage public health / Christine Vestal -- Are pharmeceutical companies to blame for the opioid epidemic? / Alana Semuels -- Ohio sues five drugmakers, saying they fueled opioid crisis / Jeanne Whalen -- Congress probes West Virginia opioid shipments / Eric Eyre -- States require opioid prescribers to check for "doctor shopping" / Christine Vestal -- Bibliography -- Websites -- Index.
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