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TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What causes opioid addiction, and why is it so tough to combat?
In the 1980s and 90s, pharmaceutical companies began to market opioid painkillers aggressively, while actively downplaying their addictive potential. The number of prescriptions skyrocketed, and so did cases of addiction, beginning a...
Healthcare Triage
The Opioid Crisis and the Way Forward
This is part 4 in our series on the opioid crisis, presented with support from the NIHCM Foundation. We've talked about the state of the opioid crisis, deaths of despair, and the disappointing evidence about marijuana as a treatment for...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Pbs News Hour: What Are the Effects of Opioid Addiction on Young People?
PBS NewsHour Facebook Live recorded on Wed., October 11th on how schools are teaching students about opioid addiction. Starting in the 1990s, chronic pain patients were given high levels of synthetic opiates to relieve pain. Some...