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NPR (Brian Mann) - How deep-rooted medical bias creates deadly consequences for addiction patients

Addiction treatments are safe, effective — and rarely offered to patients. That's because many doctors and nurses still view people with alcohol or drug addiction with suspicion and hostility.

THENATIONALPULSE (The National Pulse) - China’s Fentanyl Suppliers Eye Their Next American Market.

Next week, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee will decide whether seven still-unapproved peptides should be added to the list of substances America's compounding pharmacies can legally use.

Next week, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee will decide whether seven still-unapproved peptides should be added to the list of substances America’s compounding pharmacies can legally use. The FDA’s own career scientists have already reviewed the evidence and recommended against it . The committee weighing that recommendation, however, is stacked with people who make money selling these peptides. The broader gray market this vote would help legitimize already includes Chinese chemical manufacturers who, until recently, were supplying the precursor chemicals behind America’s fentanyl epidemic. CHINA’S EXPLOITATION. Fentanyl remains the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18 to 45, involved in roughly…Open

NPR (Rob Stein) - U.S. life expectancy hits a new high, as deaths from overdoses and COVID fall

An American born in 2024 can expect to live to be 79, on average. But people in other wealthy countries can expect to live longer.