# opioid crisis (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover opioid crisis. Page: Feed: --- ## [How the Bay Area is fighting the opioid crisis through education and action](https://www.pleasantonweekly.com/alameda-county/2026/08/20/how-the-bay-area-is-fighting-the-opioid-crisis-through-education-and-action/) _2026-08-20 · By Kary Deng · Pleasanton Weekly_ By Kary Deng Across the Bay Area, the opioid crisis has become increasingly prevalent, and legislators and advocates have united, encouraging action. More and more local organizations have started educating residents to attempt to prevent opioid abuse. Three of the most important efforts in the Bay Area are awareness walks, overdose remembrance events, and Narcan \[…\] The post How the Bay Area is… ## [When a Risk Score Begins to Govern Patient Care](https://lynnwebstermd.substack.com/p/when-a-risk-score-begins-to-govern) _2026-08-19 · Lynn R Webster, MD · Pain, Addiction, and Public Health_ My FDA comment calls for transparency, validation, and safeguards when algorithms influence opioid prescribing and access to treatment. ## [Socialism on the Rise?](https://lynnwebstermd.substack.com/p/socialism-on-the-rise) _2026-08-12 · Lynn R Webster, MD · Pain, Addiction, and Public Health_ Sorting Panic from Meaning in the Healthcare Debate ## [Why Opioid Policy Still Misses the Drivers of Overdose](https://lynnwebstermd.substack.com/p/why-opioid-policy-still-misses-the) _2026-08-05 · Lynn R Webster, MD · Pain, Addiction, and Public Health_ Cutting prescriptions changed the drug supply—but it did not address the trauma, isolation, economic distress, and untreated illness that sustain demand. ## [The Fauci Hearing Produced Theater, Not Answers](https://lynnwebstermd.substack.com/p/the-fauci-hearing-produced-theater) _2026-08-03 · Lynn R Webster, MD · Pain, Addiction, and Public Health_ When Suspicion Replaces Evidence ## [Five Hard Questions About the Stories We Tell About the Opioid Crisis](https://lynnwebstermd.substack.com/p/five-hard-questions-about-the-stories) _2026-07-28 · Lynn R Webster, MD · Pain, Addiction, and Public Health_ Q&A about evidence, ideology, uncertainty, and the argument behind Deconstructing Toxic Narratives ## [America’s Drug Decriminalization Experiment](https://lynnwebstermd.substack.com/p/americas-drug-decriminalization-experiment) _2026-07-22 · Lynn R Webster, MD · Pain, Addiction, and Public Health_ Oregon’s decriminalization policy did not fail, its implementation did. ## [Demand Still Matters](https://lynnwebstermd.substack.com/p/demand-still-matters) _2026-07-15 · Lynn R Webster, MD · Pain, Addiction, and Public Health_ Pain and despair sustain demand. ## [We Cut Opioid Prescriptions. The Overdose Crisis Moved](https://lynnwebstermd.substack.com/p/we-cut-opioid-prescriptions-the-overdose) _2026-06-23 · Lynn R Webster, MD · Pain, Addiction, and Public Health_ Supply mattered. But treating the crisis as a prescribing problem was never enough. ## [When Supply Falls, Demand Moves](https://lynnwebstermd.substack.com/p/when-supply-falls-demand-moves) _2026-06-18 · Lynn R Webster, MD · Pain, Addiction, and Public Health_ Heroin, fentanyl, and the limits of prescription-focused policy ## [Save with community-voted codes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2e2FIxp4VulC) _2026-06-18 · **Sponsored**_ Search thousands of community-verified coupon codes — 100% free, no account needed. ## [WA advocates urge Gov. Ferguson to do more on fentanyl deaths](https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/wa-advocates-gov-ferguson-fentanyl-deaths) _2026-06-13 · Alejandra.Guzman@fox.com (Alejandra Guzman) · Latest News | Q13 FOX_ Outreach and recovery advocates are calling on Gov. Bob Ferguson to take stronger action against the state's fentanyl crisis following a series of deadly overdoses. ## [WA groups call on Gov. Ferguson to address drug crisis](https://www.fox13seattle.com/video/fmc-a54ft67pim1b4com) _2026-06-12 · Latest News | Q13 FOX_ Outreach and recovery advocates are calling on Governor Bob Ferguson to do more to address fentanyl death happening across Washington state. ## [13 arrested in federal drug bust at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles](https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/live-narcotic-operation-underway-las-macarthur-park) _2026-06-04 · FOX.11.Digital.Team@fox.com (FOX 11 Digital Team) · Latest News | Q13 FOX_ Local and federal agents, some in tactical gear, have made their way to Los Angeles for an active narcotic operation. ## [Oregon's Drug Decriminalization](https://lynnwebstermd.substack.com/p/oregons-drug-decriminalization) _2026-06-04 · Lynn R Webster, MD · Pain, Addiction, and Public Health_ Did Measure 110 Really Fail" Data Says... ## [Oxycontin maker gets no jail time; ordered to dissolve, pay fine](https://www.fox13seattle.com/video/fmc-1gc7xj6u5st51x10) _2026-04-29 · Latest News | Q13 FOX_ Purdue Pharma will not exist this time next week. A federal judge ordered that the makers of oxycontin be dissolved as part of a criminal sentencing. ## [$5.5B judgment against Purdue Pharma paves way for opioid deal](https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/purdue-pharma-judgement-opioid-deal) _2026-04-29 · Daniel.Miller@fox.com (Daniel Miller) · Latest News | Q13 FOX_ Purdue Pharma must pay $5.5 billion in penalties after a sentencing tied to its role in fueling the opioid crisis through doctor payoffs and misleading federal regulators. ## [A chemical 100 times stronger than fentanyl is fueling US overdoses](https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/carfentanil-resurgence-us-overdoses-fentanyl-crackdown) _2026-04-18 · Heather.Miller@fox.com (Heather Miller) · Latest News | Q13 FOX_ A Chinese crackdown on fentanyl-making ingredients could be fueling the resurgence of carfentanil, a chemical so powerful, a dose smaller than a poppy seed can kill a human. ## [Albertsons opioids settlement: Grocer to pay $774M for role in epidemic](https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/albertsons-opioids-settlement-grocer-pay-774m-role-epidemic) _2026-04-15 · Heather.Miller@fox.com (Heather Miller) · Latest News | Q13 FOX_ Albertsons is the latest company to settle a series of lawsuits claiming its pharmacies helped fuel the nation’s opioid crisis. ## [King County Exec signs executive order on homelessness, addiction](https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/king-county-executive-order-homelessness-addiction) _2026-03-31 · Connor.Sarles@fox.com (Connor Sarles) · Latest News | Q13 FOX_ King County Executive Girmay Zahilay on Tuesday signed an executive order taking aim at the connected crises of homelessness, addiction and incarceration. ## [HIV epidemic explodes in popular honeymoon destination as crystal meth use surges](https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/hiv-epidemic-explodes-popular-honeymoon-destination-crystal-meth-use-surges) _2026-02-05 · Latest News | Q13 FOX_ A popular honeymoon destination is the site of the Pacific’s fastest-growing HIV epidemic, with officials pointing to rising meth use as a key driver. ## [One OS for your AI workforce (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/K4os3xNXQH5U) _2026-02-05 · **Sponsored**_ Build, direct, and supervise an AI workforce from a single operating workspace. ## [Trump designates fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction in new executive order](https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/trump-fentanyl-weapon-of-mass-destruction-executive-order) _2025-12-15 · Chris.Williams@fox.com (Chris Williams) · Latest News | Q13 FOX_ President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday designating fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.