opioids

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• SOURCE: Grand Forks Herald
  12/4/2021
  

  New Book Questions Value of Established Treatment Methods in Age of Fentanyl

  Amy C. Sullivan tells the history of the "Minnesota Model" of inpatient treatment followed by sponsorship and 12-step recovery, but says the model isn't working for the opioid epidemic and a pragmatic "harm reduction" approach is needed. 

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• SOURCE: Newsday
  7/7/2021
  

  Prof. David Courtwright Recounts History of Opioid Epidemics in Trial against Makers, Distributors

  A historian of past drug epidemics and narcotics regulation is an expert witness for New York State in a case against opioid manufacturers, who relaxed the regulatory standards put up in response to opioid addiction in the 19th century. 

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• SOURCE: Stat News
  9/12/19
  

  Historians push to create public archive of documents from massive opioid litigation

  Featuring historians Antoine Lentacker and Rachel Taketa.