The Washington Post and The Trump Commission on Addiction have lost the plot. #opioids #trump

Just over 100 days in office: That's approximately 9,100 people who have died from drug overdoses, especially opioid pain pills, heroin and fentanyl. #trump #opioids #prescriptiondrugs #heroin

In this beautiful and sorrowful HBO documentary, directed by Perri Peltz (a journalist and documentary filmmaker) and produced by Sascha Weiss, we crisscross this country to meet families who represent today’s victims of the opioid epidemic... #prescriptiondrugs #opioids #documentary

In a recent article, I made the case against "Trumpcare" for our general health care system. As a psychiatrist, I now focus on the impact that President Donald Trump's health policies could have on individuals, families and communities affected by use and abuse of drugs, especially opioids (including prescription pills like OxyContin and Vicodin as well as heroin and the new, really deadly killer fentanyl). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have already declared

On Nov. 17, Dr. Vivek Murthy, a vice admiral of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and U.S. surgeon general, issued a timely and much-needed report on what has become a public health crisis and menace in this country – namely, misuse and addiction to legal and illegal psychoactive drugs. In the report preface, Murthy remarks that before starting his current job he stopped by the hospital where he had practiced. It was the nurses who said to him... Continue Read

I will miss President Barack Obama. Not only has he brought intelligence and integrity to the White House, but he has done a lot to address one of the country's worst epidemics. Obama declared this week "Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week" and explained why in in the opening lines of his proclamation... Continue Reading The opinions expressed herein are solely my own as a psychiatrist and public health advocate. I receive no support from any pharmaceutical