Articles About opioid crisis

• ‘Stigma kills’ — Efforts target ongoing opioid, drug use

  By Megan BachmanAugust 15, 2019

  

  Those struggling with opioid addiction aren’t treated like other patients. Instead of being offered ongoing treatment from multiple medical professionals, patients with a substance use disorder were often left on their own.

• HHS Secretary: “There really is no such thing as medical marijuana”

  By Megan BachmanMarch 3, 2018

  

  U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, visiting the Dayton area to learn about responses to the opioid crisis, said he sees no role for medical marijuana as a pain relief alternative to prescription opioids.