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Bioethicist Travis Rieder explored the opioid crisis and shared his own experience with opioid dependency. Mr. Rieder is the author of In Pain: A Bioethicist’s Personal Struggle with…

Author Travis Rieder talked about his book, In Pain: A Bioethicist’s Personal Struggle with Opioids.

Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), talked about why he thinks the agency should take more action on cannabidiol, or CBD.

Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams talked about federal efforts to stem opioid use and abuse at an event hosted by the Pew Charitable Trusts. He talked about different approaches to curbing…

President Trump received a briefing on his administration’s efforts to lower deaths in the United States from imported fentanyl.

Travel writer and public radio and television host Rick Steves talked about cannabis policy and his role as a member of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws Advisory…

As the House considered a nearly $1 trillion spending package, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) offered an amendment that would allow marijuana and other drugs under the…

The president and first lady met with federal officials to discuss the government’s response to the opioid epidemic. Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie…

Smart Approaches to Marijuana’s Luke Niforatos discussed his group’s efforts to oppose the “commercialization and normalization of marijuana.”

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing to examine the deadly effects of fentanyl knockoffs and efforts to place the powerful synthetic opioid into the same class of addictive drugs…

Author and journalist Beth Macy took viewer phone calls about the opioid epidemic, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America. This event took place at the 2019…

Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter (R) was among those discussing the role of litigation against drug makers in fighting the opioid crisis in a discussion hosted by the Bipartisan Policy…

Journalist Alex Berenson reported on research linking marijuana use to mental illness and violence.

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump delivered remarks at the Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit in Atlanta. The president talked about his administration’s opioid and heroin…

Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) talked about efforts to expand the legalization of marijuana.

The American Conservative Union hosted its annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) near Washington, DC. This session included remarks from conservative political commentator…

The Washington Post hosted a series of discussions about opioid addiction and treatment policy. This panel featured two substance abuse policy research experts who debated various treatment…

Guardian journalist Chris McGreal reported on the opioid epidemic in America.

The Washington Post hosted a series of discussions about opioid addiction and treatment policy. This panel featured medical professionals and first responders who discussed their…

Chris McGreal talked about, American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts, his book on the opioid crisis in the U.S. and why the problem has not been addressed in nearly two decades. This program…