News
ARPO In The News
- PROPS Petition: Why Opioid Labeling Changes are Needed, American News Report, Pete Jackson, Guest Columnist
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Northern Ontario deaths probed for links to discontinuing OxyContin
- Is this what America Needs?… Watchdog ARPO Challenges FDA, Salem News, Marianne Skolek, February 26, 2012
- Global News | New pill, new rules coming to combat OxyContin abuse
- ARPO Issues Warning to FDA on New Hydrocodone Approvals
- ARPO Statement on FDA Prescription Opioid Blueprint
- ARPO Issues Statement on DEA Production Quotas
- ARPO Challenges Univerisity of Wisconsin Pain and Policy Studies Group
- CBC News Video (ARPO segment begins at 10:17 and ends at 16:15)
- Dr. Petros Levounis, Member of ARPO’s Medical Advisory Board, on ABC News, April 20, 2011 (Link to video)
Prescription Opioids in the News
- Derek Boogaard’s death shows how easily patients can get addictive pain pills, StarTribune, MAURA LERNER and MIKE KASZUBA, June 17, 2013
- Full Moon OxyContin Funeral, Big Stone Gap, ASAMagazine, Art Van Zee, M.D., June 14, 2013
- ‘Overdose deaths are preventable:’ Narcan film, Oxy Watchdog, Erin Marie Daly, June 13, 2013
- Restoring the integrity of the clinical trial evidence base, BMJ Editorial, June 13, 2013
- Closing plenary video message from Stephen Lewis, Co-founder and co-director of AIDS Free World, at the 23rd International Harm Reduction Conference, 2013, June 13, 2013
- The Op-Ed: FDA Panels: Too Many Conflicts Or Too Little Expertise?, Pharmalot, Ed Silverman, June 12, 2013
- SERIOUS RISKS FROM EMERGING OPIOID: FENTANYL ANALOGUES, Peterborough Lakefield Community Police - Advisory, June 12, 2013
- Pain lecture for medical students downplayed harms, CBC News, Health, June 11, 2013
- Pike official: OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to pay $4 million to settle lawsuit over drug, The Republic, June 7, 2013
- The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Michel Perron: Canada’s Prescription Drug Crisis, TVO, June 6, 2013
- Abuse-Deterrent Opioids: Great Solution, Wrong Problem, Prium-evidencebased.blogspot.ca Michael Gavin, June 6, 2013
- The Sunshine Act — Effects on Physicians, May 30, 2013
- Putting Addictions in the Spot Light, The Guardian, Teresa Wright, May 29, 2013
- How OxyContin’s Pain Relief Built ‘A World Of Hurt’, Fresh Air's Terry Gross interviews New York Times Reporter Barry Meier, May 29, 2013
- New Drug Strategy Helps Users Help Themselves – Naloxone, CBC News - Thunder Bay, May 27, 2013
- Steven Nissen: The Hidden Agenda Behind The FDA’s New Avandia Hearings, Forbes, Matthew Herper, May 23, 2013
- NYC prescription painkillers deaths up sharply, WIVB.com, May 22, 2013
- Most overdose deaths in B.C. due to prescription drugs: study, Vancouver Sun, Gerry Bellett, May 22, 2013
- University of Kentucky pharmacy professor’s firm receives $3 million grant, Kentucky com, Linda B. Blackford, May 21, 2013
- U.S. House Bill Aims to Expand Release of Clinical Trials Data, in-Pharma Technologist.com Zachary Brennan, May 21, 2013
- Physicians advise on severing drug-industry ties, Fierce Practice Management, by Debra Beaulieu, May 21, 2013
- Provincial drug conference highlights concerns over prescription drug abuse, Prairie Post, Matthew Liebenberg, May 17, 2013
- Pills Tracked From Doctor to Patient to Aid Drug Marketing, The New York Times - Katie Thomas, May 15, 2013
- Attorney General Gansler Urges FDA to Put Black Box Warning on Opioids, May 14, 2013
- Five Myths about Addiction, Psychology Today, David Sack, MD, May 14, 2013
- Medicare Drug Program Fails to Monitor Prescribers, Putting Seniors and Disabled at Risk, ProPublica, Tracy Weber, Charles Ornstein, Jennifer LaFleur, May 12, 2013
- Opioids Tied to Low T, Erectile Dysfunction?, MedPage Today - Cole Petrochko, May 11, 2013
- Prescription Painkiller Deaths up 261% in NYC, Associated Press, May 11, 2013
- Drug reporting may be mandatory for doctors, CMAJ - Catherine Cross, May 11, 2013
- FDA Rejects Endo Petition To Protect Its Opana Painkiller, Forbes.com, Ed Silverman, May 11, 2013
- Senators write letter to FDA Commissioner concerning highly addictive prescription drugs, The Exponent Telegram, May 11, 2013
- B.C. Liberals a favourite of big pharma, BY LORI CULBERT, VANCOUVER SUN, May 10, 2013
- McCrory signs 911 Good Samaritan/Naloxone Access Bill, The Pilot, May 9, 2013
- Mothers Who Lost Children to Overdose Find Hope, The Fix, Tessie Castillo, May 9, 2013
- Health Canada and the FDA: Two Peas from Different Pods, Healthy Debate, John Greiss, May 8, 2013
- CHMI WORKS WITH PARTNERS TO ADDRESS THE PREVALENCE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE, Clinton Foundation, May 6, 2013
- The waiting is the hardest part, Kitchener Post, May 2, 2013
- Addiction is a Family Disease, The Guardian - Opinion - Letter to editor By Rose Barbour, May 1, 2013
- The New Old Age – A Rising Tide of Substance Abuse, The New York Times, RICHARD A. FRIEDMAN, M.D., May 1, 2013
- First Do No Harm, maisonneuve, Ann Silversides, April 30, 2013
- Lawmakers seek to strip medical board of investigative powers, Los Angeles Times, By Scott Glover and Lisa Girion, April 26, 2013
- A Million Dollars A Week, The Global Mail, Debra Jopson, Clare Blumer, Mike Seccombe, April 26, 2013
- Canadians overmedicated because MDs unaware of drug risks, experts say, The Globe and Mail, Adriana Barton, April 25, 2013
- The sinister side-effects of drug marketing, ipolitics.ca Alan Cassels, April 22, 2013
- FDA’s Rejection Of Generic OxyContin May Have Side Effects, NANCY SHUTE and AUDREY CARLSEN, Health News npr, April 18, 2013
- CANADA WON’T ALTER OXY POLICY DESPITE U.S. DECISION TO BAR GENERICS FROM MARKET, KRISTY KIRKUP | QMI AGENCY, SUN NEWS, POLITICS, April 18, 2013
- Abuse-resistant OxyContin will be only version available: FDA, By Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, April 18, 2013
- A Disease, Not a Crime ‘Clean’ by David Sheff, New York Times, Mick Sussman, April 18, 2013
- Heroin is back. Is your neighborhood next?, by Donna Leinwand Leger, USA TODAY, April 15, 2013
- Opioids: “Addiction Is Not a Disease of Society’s Margins”, Dr. Hakique Virani and Dr. Ian Forster, HuffPost Canada, April 14, 2013
- ARPO and Advocate Partners Attend National Drug Abuse Summit, April 13, 2013
- Fentanyl dose, availability may be cut: expert, YourOttawaRegion.com by Nevil Hunt, April 3, 2013
- Deaths tied to painkillers rising in the U.S., By Scott Glover and Lisa Girion, Los Angeles Times, April 1, 2013
- Release of the Canadian National Strategy to Address the Harms Associated with Prescription Drugs, March 30, 2013
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, March 29, 2013
- Canada’s fix for prescription drug abuse, Heather Scoffield The Canadian Press, March 28, 2013
- Battling prescription drug abuse without restricting use, The Current, Anna Maria Tremonti, March 28, 2013
- New Drug Strategy Targets Doctor’s Prescription Pads, The Canadian Press, Adrian Wyld, March 27, 2013
- This is about Keeping People’s Feet to the Fire: Report tackles Prescription Drug Abuse, Global News, Toronto, Rebecca Lindell & Anna Mehler Paperny, March 27, 2013
- Opioid Prescription Problem Dr. David Juurlink says Canada has a serious prescription drug problem, Metro Morning with Matt Galloway, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 27, 2013
- Health Strategy Associates principal comments on impact of opioid use on workers’ compensation, www.ManagedCareMatters.com (CWCI), March 27, 2013
- Canada second highest in world for prescribed opiate drug use, Toronto Star, Life/Health & Wellness by Valerie Hauch, March 26, 2013
- OxyContin’s gone, but Canada’s pill-popping problem is worse than ever, Global News, Anna Mehler Paperny, March 24, 2013
- Congress moves to put protections on painkiller, The Hill's RegWatch, Megan R. Wilson, March 20, 2013
- Opioid issues discussed in free online video series, The Record.com, March 19, 2013
- Pfizer Kingpin Gunned Down In Ongoing Prescription Drug Cartel Turf War, The Onion, March 15, 2013
- Parents of Rx Overdose Victims Plead for Change, the fix, addiction & recovery straight up, March 12, 2013
- The Painful Truth About Prescriptions, Bloomberg, March 3, 2013
- Painkiller-abuse proposal divides healthcare community, even in same hospitals, By Stephen Koff, Plain Dealer Washington Bureau Chief, March 3, 2013
- Why Long Term Use of Opioids is Not the Answer, Kevin MD Blog, (RICHARD JUMAN, PSYD | MEDS), March 2, 2013
- Doctors must be conscious of their biases, BY STEPHEN HWANG, OTTAWA CITIZEN, February 27, 2013
- Fix Event Spreads New Hope on Opioids – Presenters from PROP & CASAColumbia engage doctors on the drug epidemic of our time, The Fix, Addiction and Recovery straight up, Ben Feuerherd, February 26, 2013
- FDA: Impact of Approved Drug Labeling on Chronic Opioid Therapy Part 15 Public Hearing, February 24, 2013
- Canada’s Opioid Use Noteworthy (Canada surpasses U.S. in per capita opioid consumption), The StarPheonix, Mark Lemstra, February 24, 2013
- Ben Goldacre and big pharma’s big betrayal, Special to The Globe and Mail, Alan Cassels, February 24, 2013
- OIG Report Calls Into Question Effectiveness of FDA’s REMS Program, FDA - Law Blog, The Official Blog of Hymen, Phelps and McNamara, P.C. (Alexander J. Varond), February 18, 2013
- The Fine Line Between Profit and Pain, Marianne Skolek Salem-News.com, February 18, 2013
- Congress Tells FDA To Reclassify Painkillers Now, Pharmalot, Ed Silverman, February 18, 2013
- Deaths Trigger DEA Probe of Pain Specialist, MedPage Today/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, John Fauber, February 18, 2013
- “Less Than One Percent of Pain Sufferers Become Addicted”, By Brad Flansbaum, The Hospitalist Leader, February 16, 2013
- CANADA Critics accuse health minister of ‘deliberate inaction’ on important issues, National Post, Tom Blackwell, February 15, 2013
- Congressmen tell FDA to speed reclassification of popular painkiller, JS Online, By Ellen Gabler of the Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, February 14, 2013
- Merck Settles Suits Over Cholesterol Drug, The New York Times, Katie Thomas, February 14, 2013
- Prescription Drug Abuse, The New York Times, The Opinion Pages, February 12, 2013
- Gil Kerlikowske on the perils of pot legalization, and how Canada creates drug problems for the U.S., Macleans.ca -- Luiza Ch. Savage’, February 11, 2013
- Is there a cure for corporate crime in the drug industry?, BMJ 2013; 346 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f755 (Published 6 February 2013) Cite this as: BMJ 2013;346:f755, February 6, 2013
- CMS Issues Sunshine Rule, By Joyce Frieden, News Editor, MedPage Today, February 1, 2013
- The Surprising Origins of Our National Opiate Epidemic, YOUTH RESEARCH HUB -- January 24, 2013 by Janet L. Brody, Ph.D., January 24, 2013
- Newborn Opiate Addiction & Withdrawal, OxyNeo Drug Rehab, January 19, 2013
- Almost 2 million Americans are addicted to prescription opiates; addiction is not rare, Involuntary Transformation Blog, January 2, 2013
- Rising painkiller addiction shows damage from drugmakers’ role in shaping medical opinion, The Washington Post, Peter Whoriskey, December 31, 2012
- Prescription Drug Return Initiatives in Canada, Public Safety Canada, 2012, December 30, 2012
- The Military’s Billion-Dollar Pill Problem, Men's Journal, Paul John Scott, December 20, 2012
- National Summit on Opioid Safety: “a hair on fire” Situation, nwrpca.org/health-center-news, December 3, 2012
- Opioids: the real opium of the masses, Doctor Skeptic, November 26, 2012
- Minister Aglukkaq: Prescription Narcotics are Not Safe as Prescribed & Medical Use Leads to Misuse, Wire Service, Canadian Media Release, November 23, 2012
- Prescription Drug Deaths – Two Stories, November 19, 2012
- FDA Protest Postponed – Join Us!, November 19, 2012
- Undoing the damage of OxyContin: The whole regulatory and legal framework around prescription opioids needs to change, Ottawa Citizen, Op Ed. Drs Irfan Dhalla, David Juurlink, November 18, 2012
- A National Embarrassment – Safety and regulation of prescription drugs in Canada, Anne Kingston, Maclean's, November 18, 2012
- M.D.’s Are the New Pain-Pill Crime Wave, Dr. Dealer, The Village Voice, November 14, 2012
- Dying for Relief: Legal Drugs, Deadly Outcomes, LA Times, Scott Glover, Lisa Girion, Video & Photos by Liz O. Baylen, November 11, 2012
- National Summit on Opioid Safety: Strategies and Tools for More Cautious Use of Chronic Opioid Therapy, Group Health Cooperative; Slides, Videos, Materials, November 3, 2012
- Opioids: the real opium of the masses, Doctor Skeptic Blog, November 3, 2012
- The Mess Left by OxyContin, Elizabeth Payne, Ottawa Citizen, November 1, 2012
- The Dangers of Pain Pills, October 31, 2012
- Managing Pain with and without Opioids in the Primary Care Setting, Jane C. Ballantyne, MD, FRCA, CDC's Primary Care & Public Health Initiative, October 24, 2012
- Call to Action! Prescription Opioid Protest at FDA October 29, 2012, October 18, 2012
- Prescription Opioids have Wreaked Havoc on the Bay, The Phoenix, Boston News,, October 17, 2012
- Helping Ontarians Overcome Prescription Narcotic Addiction, Ontario News, Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, October 16, 2012
- Feds Must Step Up and Restrict Generic Oxycodone, Ontario Says, CMAJ, Adam Miller, October 16, 2012
- Prescription for Addiction, The Wall Street Journal, WSJ.com, October 5, 2012
- Podcast – Opioid Labeling: Conversation with Andrew Kolodny, MD, Podcast, Pain Medicine News, September 28, 2012
- Prescription Drug Addiction What You Need to Know, Vancouver Observer, September 13, 2012
- PROP’s Petition – Why Opioid Labeling Changes are Needed, American News Report, September 10, 2012
- ARPO Sponsors Video on OxyContin “Poster Children”, September 9, 2012
- Health Canada should delay approval of generic OxyContin, health ministers say, The Vancouver Sun, September 9, 2012
- Fighting the WRONG War on Drugs – Huffington Post, September 3, 2012
- International Overdose Awareness Day: People’s Lives Matter, Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, August 27, 2012
- Oxy Ban Means Heroin Boom, Simcoe.com, August 25, 2012
- NEJM – Ethical Considerations in Studying Drug Safety, The Institute of Medicine Report, NEJM - Ethical Considerations in Studying Drug Safety, The Institute of Medicine Report, August 22, 2012
- Doctor Under Senate Investigation Lashes Out at Journalist, Marianne Skolek Salem-News.com Investigative Reporter, August 13, 2012
- Doctors Petition for Limits on Painkillers, New York Times, Barry Meier, July 27, 2012
- Opioids for Chronic Pain: The Status Quo is Not an Option, Northwest Regional Primary Care Association, Michael Von Korff ScD, Senior Investigator, Group Health Research Institute; Roger A. Rosenblatt MD, MPH, MFR, Professor & Vice Chair, Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, July 21, 2012
- Opioid Redux, Northwest Regional Primary Care Association, Malcolm Butler, MD, Medical Director, Columbia Valley Community Health Services, July 21, 2012
- Big Pharma’s Influence on Nova Scotia & Canada’s National Strategy on Rx Drug Abuse, Get Prescription Drugs off the Street - Amy Graves, Interview on Jordi Morgan, July 12, 2012
- Opioids for Chronic Pain: First Do No Harm, Annals of Family Medicine, Roger A. Rosenblatt, July 12, 2012
- FDA Closes Door on Unapproved Pain Meds, MedPage Today, Kristina Fiore, July 5, 2012
- Corporations Behave Badly – And We Pay, Globe and Mail, Margaret Wente, July 5, 2012
- The New Drugging of America, Huffingtonpost Health News, Healthy Living, Canada by Dr. Susana Duncan, June 25, 2012
- Regimen Lowers Opioid Use After Bariatric Surgery, MedPage Today by Charles Bankhead, June 24, 2012
- It All Starts with Physician Education: Opioids and the Current State of Pain Management, Pain Live, June 20, 2012
- Pan-Canadian Strategy to Address Prescription Drug Misuse, CCSA, June 11, 2012
- FDA Right to Take a Look at Prescription Opioids, Journal Sentinel, June 5, 2012
- Do Opium and Opioids Increase Mortality Risk?, Stanford School of Medicine, Keith Humphreys, June 5, 2012
- Higgins organizes meeting with ‘Save the Michaels of the World’, The OBSERVER, June 3, 2012
- Groups call for halt to marketing of opioids for long-term pain, Journal Sentinel by Ellen Gabler & John Fauber, June 1, 2012
- More Babies Being Born Hooked on Prescription Painkillers, Canada.com By Sharon Kirkey, Postmedia News, June 1, 2012
- Letter to the Minister of Education from a Concerned Teacher – RX Drug Abuse, Get Prescription Drugs off the Street, Amy Graves, June 1, 2012
- Understanding, compassion key to helping those with addictions, Lethbridge Herald, Caroline Zentner, June 1, 2012
- Narcotic Panikiller Use Booming Among Elderly, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/Medpage Today, John Fauber/Ellen Gabler, May 30, 2012
- Senate Investigation – No Obstacle for ‘Psuedo Addiction’ Doctor at FDA Chronic Pain Workshop, Salem-News.com by Marianne Skolek, May 29, 2012
- American Pain Foundation Shuts Down as Senators Launch Investigation of Prescription Narcotics, ProPublica, May 8, 2012
- Senate Inquiry into Narcotic Drug Makers’ Ties, New York Times, May 8, 2012
- ARPO Issues Call for Help on New Hydrocodone Approvals, May 5, 2012
- Is Anybody Normal Any More?, Globe & Mail; Margaret Wente, May 4, 2012
- Tens of Thousands Deal with Death & Addiction as American Pain Foundation Pushes Opioid Use, Salem News; Marianne Skolek, May 4, 2012
- Purdue Pharma’s ‘Painful’ Excuse for Mainstream American Drug Addiction, Marianne Skolek, Salem-News.com, April 28, 2012
- Painkiller sales soar around US, fuel addiction by Chris Hawley, AP, April 13, 2012
- Tightening the Lid on Pain Prescriptions by Barry Meier, New York Times, April 13, 2012
- An Open Letter to Victims and their Families Dealing with the Legal Drug, Oxycontin, Salem News, Marianne Skolek, March 18, 2012
- Time Bomb, The Fifth Estate, March 18, 2012
- Police Chief Targets Prescription Drug Abuse, Herald News, Nova Scotia, March 17, 2012
- Painkiller prescriptions after minor surgery can lead to chronic use, Toronto Study says, March 12, 2012
- Contemplating the Effects of OxyContin Suicide, Salem News.com by Marianne Skolek, February 29, 2012
- Is this what America Needs?… Watchdog ARPO Challenges FDA, Salem News, Marianne Skolek, February 26, 2012
- Opioids Are Rarely the Answer, The New York Times, February 15, 2012
- Deadly Conflict of Interest in Nova Scotia Over Prescription Drug Monitoring?, Salem-News.com Marianne Skolek, February 14, 2012
- How a scrap of paper is at the root of all ills when it comes to prescription drug abuse, CBC, Nova Scotia, Canada, February 3, 2012
- N.S. Minister of Education Looks at Drug Awareness Documentary for Local Schools, Get Prescription Drugs Off the Street, Amy Graves, January 22, 2012
- Prescription Drug Abuse Battle in Nassau County Turns Deadly, Reaches Epidemic Proportions, Salem News, by Marianne Skolek, January 19, 2012
- Understanding Drug Abuse and Addiction, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), January 14, 2012
- Addiction News Daily – Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, (CCSA), January 4, 2012
- Christmas in Heaven, Salem News, Marianne Skolek, December 25, 2011
- The Champion of Painkillers, ProPublica, Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber, December 23, 2011
- Reflexive Relationship Between Opioids, Mood Disorders, Medpage Today, Kristina Fiore, December 22, 2011
- ARPO Issues Call for Help on FDA Opioid Proposal – Comments are Due December 7th!, December 6, 2011
- Deflecting the Real Drug Problem — The Loss of Human Life, Salem News, Marianne Skolek, December 5, 2011
- Generation Rx – The Role of Doctors in Opioid Abuse, CBC White Coat Black Art Blog 2011/11/30, December 4, 2011
- Blood Money and Purdue Pharma, Marianne Skolek Salem-News.com, November 27, 2011
- The Marketing of OxyContin, National Post, November 13, 2011
- Protecting Americans, FDA Style, November 13, 2011
- DA: Murray verdict a warning to corrupt doctors, Associated Press, November 7, 2011
- Help ARPO Petition DEA to Restrict Opioid Production !, November 5, 2011
- Annapolis Valley Pop. Seeks Help For Prescription Drugs More Than Alcohol And Nicotine COMBINED!, Get Prescription Drugs off the Street, October 25, 2011
- Rescheduling Hydrocodone, MedPage Today, Kristina Fiore, MedPage Today, Kristina Fiore, October 19, 2011
- Click here: Nation’s Overdose by Tracy Smith 10-16-11 CBS Sunday Morning – YouTube, October 18, 2011
- Summary Report – Illicit Use of Pharmaceuticals Workshop, Public Safety Canada, October 6, 2011
- ASAM Releases New Definition of Addiction, August 15, 2011, September 18, 2011
- Drug Deaths Now Outnumber Traffic Fatalities, 9/17/11 L.A. Times, September 18, 2011
- Facing Up to the Prescription Opioid Crisis, August 25, 2011
- Governments urged to better control painkiller availability, Toronto Star, August 23, 2011, August 24, 2011
- Screening addicts the bane of the suburban doctor, Baltimore Sun, August 17, 2011
- Database will allow Ontario to discipline over-prescribing doctors, The Globe and Mail, August 11, 2011, August 17, 2011
- Time for action on prescription drug abuse, Kings County News - The Register/Advertiser, Annapolis Valley, Maryland, August 17, 2011, August 17, 2011
- Ontario slow to act on prescription drug reforms, doctors charge, The Globe and Mail, July 12, 2011
- Prescription drug deaths soar in Michigan, Detroit Free Press, July 11, 2011
- Addiction and death: The mounting toll from prescription narcotics, Rabble.ca, June 30, 2011
- Drug deaths skyrocketing, inquest told, The Recorder & Times, June 24, 2011
- Painkillers are a gateway to heroin, CNN, June 23, 2011
- Fractured health-care system sets scene for drug deaths, Rabble.ca, June 21, 2011
- States cut drug penalties as Canada toughens them, CBC News, June 17, 2011
- Making money from misery in Surrey, Surrey Now, June 17, 2011
- Richard Sinnott: Simple solution for Oxycontin abuse: Ban it, TC Palm, June 14, 2011
- Painkiller plague: Valuable lessons from Down Under, The Star, June 12, 2011
- Are Oxycontin Doctors Overmedicating Kids to Death?, Salem-News, June 5, 2011
- Bringing addiction into the realm of health, CCSA Action News, June 1, 2011
- Generic Vicodin Easiest Opioid to Prescribe, MedPage Today, April 24, 2011
- Critics Wary of FDA’s REMS for Long-Acting Opioids, MedPage Today, April 20, 2011
- Bono Mack urges action on prescription drug abuse at hearing, Desert Sun, April 13, 2011
- High doses of opioids tied to risk of death – study adds to growing evidence that painkillers are being overprescribed and misused, Globe and Mail, April 11, 2011
- Academics Profit by Making the Case for Opioid Painkillers, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/MedPage Today, April 3, 2011
- Head of Canada’s National Addictions Agency is Reporting on Global Achievements to the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, CCSA Media Advisory, March 23, 2011
- Canada – First Walk for Drug Awareness in the World, March 21, 2011
- Study casts doubts over Tory strategy on illicit drug use, Winnipeg Free Press, March 20, 2011
- Treatment: Education program needed, Sarnia doctor says, London Free Press, March 18, 2011
- Government of Canada Works with Nunavut to Help Prevent Young People from Taking Illicit Drugs, Health Canada Website, March 16, 2011
- Prisons alone won’t win war on drugs, Boston Herald, March 16, 2011
- OxyContin prescriptions by Ontario MDs vary greatly, study finds, Montreal Gazette, March 16, 2011
- Teens-in-detox figures soar, Telegraph-Journal, March 16, 2011
- Opioid prescribing varies widely among Ontario doctors, Toronto Star, March 14, 2011
- Province happy with progress of family treatment centre, Prince Albert Daily Herald, March 11, 2011
- Stiff drug penalties are tough on youth, students tell MPs, Globe and Mail, March 10, 2011
- Mental illness, addiction prevalent among high school students: speaker, Inside Halton, March 9, 2011
- Edmonton inquiry urges funding for war on prison drugs, Edmonton Journal, March 9, 2011
- Oxy addicts drive surge in demand for methadone., Winnepeg Sun, March 7, 2011
- Why has Ontario introduced a new narcotics strategy?, Irfan Dhalla & Karen Born, February 22, 2011
- High doses, frequency of opioid prescribing are troubling, Ontario Study, January 25, 2011
- U of T pain class bars drug-maker influence, The Canadian Press, December 23, 2010
- Ontario tightens controls on Prescription Drugs, November 29, 2010
- Lack of training for Canadian doctors contributing to narcotics crisis, September 9, 2010
- HIDDEN in PLAIN SIGHT: Marketing Prescription Drugs to Consumers in the Twentieth Century, May 2010, Vol 100, No. 5 | American Journal of Public Health | Jeremy A. Greene, MD, PhD, and David Herzberg, PhD, May 19, 2010
- What is Harm Reduction?, A Position Statement, International Harm Reduction Association, England, U.K. May 2010, May 8, 2010
- Prescription drug deaths, a hidden crisis, Cottage Country Now; Huntsville Forester by Ada Giudice-Tompson, March 31, 2010
- The relative abuse liability of oral oxycodone, hydrocodone and hydromorphone assessed in prescription opioid abusers, Drug Alcohol Depend, December 1, 2008
- Abuse liability of prescription opioids compared to heroin in morphine-maintained heroin abusers, Neuropsychopharmacology, April 1, 2008
