Florida Governor Rick Scott tries to scare voters by claiming that Democrats are going to undertake socialist experiments with Medicare, which is in itself a socialized medicine program. Also, a surprising entrant into the opioid...

Part 3 of our opioid series supported by the NIHCM Foundation looks at the potential for marijuana to improve outcomes in opioid addiction therapy. Some studies have shown that prescribing marijuana can ease the path to shaking an opioid...

Three years ago, and without notice, data about patients with substance use disorders began to disappear from Medicare and Medicaid files widely used in health services research. Because researchers had been afforded access to those data...

At a time when women were expected to know their place, activist and businessperson Victoria Woodhull blazed a trail as a fierce advocate for women's suffrage and empowerment.

Healthcare Triage often notes that lots of health metrics are improving in the US. But that is not the case with life expectancy. Life span is decreasing, and the losses are not equally distributed. The lives of the poor are getting...

This program begins with a discussion about how our instincts drive us to avoid pain or remove pain from our lives. From this perspective, the video explains the difference between healthy and unhealthy approaches to getting rid...

In many surveys, the vast majority of teenagers report that when they do something their parents wouldn’t approve of, they’re just pursuing their freedom. This program begins the discussion of addiction and dependency from the...

Greg Mankiw says there should be a market for kidneys, but not for paying drug addicts to get sterilized.
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In this full-length interview from What Money Can’t Buy, political philosopher Michael Sandel and Harvard economist...

The Trump Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are making funds available to fight the "crisis next door," in response to the opioid epidemic in rural America.

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This video tells the story of Jace, a sex addict who struggled with addiction and trauma from a young age. Through seeking help and working towards recovery, Jace is now living a life of enthusiasm and helping others overcome adversity...

Last week we covered CBD and mental health, finding that data to backup health claims are scarce and consumer CBD products are often sketchy. In this week’s episode on CBD and other health ailments, we find that many of the same caveats...

In 2016, Healthcare Triage presented a special series of videos looking at the opioid crises in the United States. Now, we're taking another look at the crisis and seeing where we've improved, where we've failed, and what we can do...

This video provides practical tips for breaking digital addiction and achieving digital wellness. It emphasizes the importance of taking time off from screens and suggests specific actions like switching off devices during certain...

This video provides a comprehensive overview of the historical, societal, and health implications of smoking cigarettes. It outlines the evolution of attitudes towards smoking, the addictive nature of nicotine, the harmful chemicals in...

This presentation covers the signs and symptoms of substance abuse in the workplace including the emotional, behavioral, physical signs as well as how to recognize them.

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Easy Greek is a project to help you learn Greek in an authentic and fun way. We interview people in the streets of Athens and other places in Greece. All our videos have subtitles in...

Whiteclay, Nebraska is a tiny unincorporated town that sits on the border with South Dakota. Until its closure by state officials, its four liquor stores sold more than 4m cans of beer a year, almost entirely to members of Lakota Sioux...

When my friend Emma said she was addicted to Pepsi Max, the first thing I did was laugh. But then I looked into it and realised that Western societies in Europe and America may well have a fizzy drink addiction problem! So what is...

In this live-action program viewers will learn that smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable death. Students will come to understand that when a person smokes, hundreds of toxic chemicals are inhaled with every puff and many...

Pop star Demi Lovato is in a Los Angeles hospital after reports indicate she overdosed on an undisclosed drug.

Thanks, in part, to the generous support of the NIHCM, this month we are releasing four special episodes on Opioids. We hope you enjoy them. This week's episode:

The History of Opioids - We will give a historical overview of people and opioids. We will look at when people first started using opioids, how they've changed over the years, and ways that they've been both amazingly positive as really...

The opioid epidemic is certainly terrible. Even as we're plumbing the depths of it, we should remember that there are other terrible drugs out there killing people and making lives worse. Cocaine is a big problem as well, and it kills a...