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The opioid epidemic with Art Levine.

Art Levine is an author and investigative journalist whose work has been featured in major
news outlets across the United States. He is the author of Mental Health Inc: How Corruption, Lax Oversight and Failed Reforms Endanger Our Most Vulnerable Citizens. (Available on Amazon, see link below) Recently, he has turned his talents and attention towards investigating the opioid epidemic in the United States. His shocking revelations and conclusions cast new light into a dark story about money, power, influence and corruption. His shocking conclusions are not only a cause for concern, but also a call to action and a major wake up call. His conclusions cast a bright new spotlight on the failings of our drug laws, policies, and regulations surrounding the drug and rehab industries in the United States. Art Levine's work is essential in understanding this crisis and how we may just may solve these major problems we have so far failed so miserably at. Art Levine's work on the opioid epidemic shows us that we have already lost the war on drugs. His work focuses our attention on what we should do next instead of continuing on this already failed mission. He also looks at the collateral damage to millions of chronic pain patients facing draconian cutbacks in legitimate opioid prescribing leading to increases in suicides and street use of drugs, while worsening their disabilities.

Art Levine is a contributing editor of The Washington Monthly, and author of the well-received book, Mental Health, Inc.: How Corruption, Lax Oversight and Failed Reforms Endanger Our Most Vulnerable Citizens [https://amzn.to/3zg7c01].

He's a past contributor to Newsweek on a range of topics [https://bit.ly/3z7oXP4], including one cover story on VA corruption and its role in the opioid crisis [https://bit.ly/3eE7lCq].An excerpt of my book was featured as cited above as the cover story [https://bit.ly/3eE7lCq] with the headline: "How the VA Fueled the National Opioid Crisis and Is Killing Thousands of Veterans."

In addition here's his LinkedIn overview of his articles, book and broadcast appearances: https://www.linkedin.com/in/art-levine-096b295/. Some of his articles, interviews and book information are also highlighted in this pinned tweet: bit.ly/3DkGcP2

He's also written on overdrugging of youth [bit.ly/3AdOVAA]; draconian prescribing crackdowns [bit.ly/3lj3bUw] on pain patients driving up suicides [bit.ly/3ake2Ha] and worsening their disabilities [bit.ly/3uMC3Al];and, indirectly related, law enforcement cover-ups of rape and assaults at a school for learning disabled youth [bit.ly/3BprTrO] who are too often over-medicated. They've been featured in Salon, Newsweek, The Huffington Post, Tarbell and Miami New Times, among other outlets.

https://www.newsweek.com/va-opiod-crisis-killing-veterans-mental-illness-683434 Up to 90% of drug treatment and mental health treatment programs ineffective for dual-diagnosis treatment -- emblematic of broader failures
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Best writer on #harmreduction is Maia Szalavitz, a must-follow on twitter, her articles and her latest book, Undoing Drugs:
https://twitter.com/maiasz

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-science-says-to-do-if-your-loved-one-has-an-opioid-addiction/

https://www.amazon.com/Undoing-Drugs-Untold-Reduction-Addiction-ebook/dp/B08HLQW66F/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3SUDVVNMEN96C&dchild=1&keywords=maia+szalavitz&qid=1634860110&s=books&sr=1-3

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/opioids-and-cigarettes-are-both-harmful-but-opioids-have-valid-medical-uses/

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Best single book on finding good treatment and avoiding terrible care is Anne Fletcher's Inside Rehab. Every family should have a copy:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008EKMAC4/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1