John Oliver discusses the extent and root of the nation’s epidemic of opioid addiction. Published on Oct 23, 2016 . 12,032,611 views
NPR Opioids Reporting
White America Hooked on Heroin Documentary
Snapshots of an Epidemic: A Look at
the Opioid Crisis Across the Country
The opioid epidemic killed more than 33,000 people
in 2015. What follows are stories of a national affliction
that has swept the country, from cities on the West
Coast to bedroom communities in the Northeast.
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Short Answers to Hard . Questions About the Opioid Crisis
The Media in The Pain and Opioid Epidemic Google Docs:
Media and social media
Examining the role of the media in the Pain Opioid Epidemic Ecosystem
Media outlet's coverage of the opioid epidemic illustrate the challenges and opportunities for the media in reporting and covering complex social issues. As the shapers of public opinion, the media plays a crucial role within the pain opioid ecosystem.
When complete this sectoin will include the latest articles, social media, lectures and related information relevant to the Pain Opioid Epidemic Case.
America On Opioids: The Many Faces Of The Country’s Addiction Crisis
During HuffPost’s Listen to America tour at the end of 2017, reporters encountered stories ― some heartbreaking, some triumphant ― of opioids and their effects. The fearsome impact of this public health crisis weighed heavily on people’s minds in every town HuffPost’s bus visited. It is a truth so universally acknowledged as to seem cliche: Overdoses are sweeping the country.
NBC10’s Digital Team spent five months investigating the issue of opioid addiction in the Philadelphia region and beyond. They discovered a generation of addicted people and a public health and law enforcement system ill-equipped to save them.
When covering painkiller crisis, don’t blame the victims
Short Answers to Hard Questions About the Opioid Crisis
Welcome to Herointown, New Jersey's 4th-largest city, Stephen Stirling NJ.com December 15th, 2015
At least 128,000 people are enslaved today by heroin's grip. More than 5,200 have died since 2004, a figure that's grown exponentially with each passing year. Hundreds of thousands more feel the effects of heroin second-hand, and our ever-growing "living wall" documents hundreds of stories about the fallout the drug can cause beyond the user.
Series: New Hampshire's Opioid Crisis
Over the next year, NHPR will explore New Hampshire’s opioid crisis from several angles. A team of reporters will explain how people become addicted, how prescription drugs like Vicodin and Oxycodone contribute to the rise in heroin use, and how state officials, from the governor to local police, are struggling with an epidemic that now kills more Granite Staters each year than traffic accidents.
HuffPost’s “Dying To Be Free,” a 21,000 word multimedia story on the opioid epidemic.
Conversations with journalists who covering the opioid epidemic
Vietnam, heroin and the lesson of disrupting any addiction CNN
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent
Meet the people inside a house at the center of an HIV outbreak in Indiana. Find Kelly McEvers on Twitter @kellymcevers. Email us at embedded@npr.org.
Drug policy reporter German Lopez joins Matt for a close look at the biggest drug overdose crisis in American history.
Release date:
7 July 2017