While searching for current events to write about this month, I stumbled upon a great new resource for those in need. Handling addiction and navigating through recovery can be difficult or near impossible alone, so having resources, information, or places to reach out to can always help. According ... Read More
Veteran’s Day
Most days are the same with slight variations— As they should be in a small sleepy suburb. Customers come and go in a hurry, all with their lives as I stay in the store working until The clock allows me to leave. I have my own concerns, dreams, feelings, and moments, A passerby to them as they ... Read More
Billion Dollar Proposed Drug Settlement
In the middle of the month of October, four State Attorneys General proposed a $48 billion global settlement between states, cities, counties, and prominent drug companies accused of not only causing but maintaining and profiting from the opioid crisis in America. This announcement arrived after a ... Read More
The Changing Seasons
The leaves turn green to orange, yellow, red— and in the final fleeting moments as they wither they decay to brown until eventually dead. We lament the loss of beauty hither as the once vibrant trees stand naked and lost to time. We admire the trees in their final moments and claim them to be ... Read More
Cutting Ties to the Sackler Family
After Purdue Pharma’s announcement of Bankruptcy earlier this month, and the rising public awareness of the company’s hand in the opioid crisis, many institutions have begun severing ties with the Sackler Family—the family who owns Purdue. While to some it may seem like a slap on the wrist to the ... Read More
Purdue Pharma Files for Bankruptcy
Purdue Pharma filed for Bankruptcy this week on September 15th. The company announced that it’s decision to file for bankruptcy is part of an agreement to pay billions of dollars to state and local governments. Still, amongst the storm of litigations and lawsuits, the company still claims no ... Read More
Two Big Steps in the Opioid Crisis
On Monday, an Oklahoma judge ordered Johnson and Johnson to pay over $572 million in settlements for pushing doctors to prescribe opioids, while undermining the addictive risks. Oklahoma attorney general Mike Hunter accused Johnson and Johnson and their pharmaceutical subsidiary, Janssen, for ... Read More
Saving Today For Tomorrow
Another coffee cup filled for another tired morning. Has all that will be been willed? In all black for I am already mourning, The loss of today and saving it for Tomorrow. I’ll go for a run or to the gym, I’ll lift some weights and squat some squats, Rain or shine or even if the ... Read More
Largest Drug Settlement to Date
During the second week of July of this year, British big pharma company Indivior Inc. paid $1.4 billion to settle a U.S. federal investigation that involved fraud sales of the opioid medication, Suboxone. This is the largest settlement in the drug industry to date. Indivior, formally known as ... Read More
The Garden
I was in the garden when I heard Mama yell out that supper was ready. The summer evening had a pinkish tint as the shadows grew larger around me. I felt calm when I smelled the honeysuckle and lilac dance through the air. My older brother would be home from vacation in Atlantic city, his last summer ... Read More