Drugs

Preventing overdoses or enabling addiction?

November 5, 2019 Anna Johansen Drugs
MARY REICHARD, HOST: Coming up next on The World and Everything in It: supervised injection sites. Opioid addiction has gripped the United States to the point that the government declared a public health emergency two years ago. 

Crossing the border for cheap drugs

March 26, 2019 Sarah Schweinsberg Drugs
NICK EICHER, HOST: Coming up next on The World and Everything in It: healthcare tourism.

Drug pricing problems

March 5, 2019 Sarah Schweinsberg Drugs
MARY REICHARD, HOST: Coming up next on The World and Everything in It: Big pharma on Capitol Hill.

Fighting the flood of fentanyl

February 28, 2019 Kristen Flavin Drugs
MARY REICHARD, HOST: It’s Thursday, February 28th, 2019. Glad to have you along for today’s edition of The World and Everything in It. Good morning, I’m Mary Reichard. MEGAN BASHAM, HOST: And I’m Megan Basham. First up on The World and Everything in It: fighting fentanyl.

Problems with OxyContin

January 31, 2019 Nick Eicher Drugs
MARY REICHARD, HOST: It’s Thursday, the 31st of January, 2019. Glad to have you along for today’s edition of The World and Everything in It. Good morning, I’m Mary Reichard. NICK EICHER, HOST: And I’m Nick Eicher. First up: fighting the opioid crisis with an aggressive new tactic.

Life expectancy: Overdoses

January 31, 2019 Sarah Schweinsberg Drugs, Life
NICK EICHER, HOST: Coming up next on The World and Everything in It: part two of our series on life expectancy.

A new flu drug

November 8, 2018 Mary Reichard Drugs
NICK EICHER, HOST: It’s Thursday the 8th of November, 2018. Glad to have you along for today’s edition of The World and Everything in It. Good morning, I’m Nick Eicher. MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard. Well, flu season is near. For the first time in 20 years, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a new...

Drug pricing policy proposal

October 25, 2018 Sarah Schweinsberg Drugs
MARY REICHARD, HOST: Coming up next on The World and Everything in It: the Trump administration’s strategy for lowering drug prices.

Green Rush: Part 4

October 9, 2018 Mary Reichard Drugs
MARY REICHARD, HOST: It’s Tuesday, the 9th day of October, 2018. Glad to have you along for today’s edition of The World and Everything in It. Good morning, I’m Mary Reichard. NICK EICHER, HOST: And I’m Nick Eicher. First up on The World and Everything in It, the last in our series on the “green rush,” that...

Green rush part 3

September 13, 2018 Mary Reichard Drugs
NICK EICHER, HOST: It’s Thursday, the 13th of September, 2018. Glad to have you along for today’s edition of The World and Everything in It. Good morning, I’m Nick Eicher. MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard. You’ve heard of the Gold Rush, and now we have the Green Rush. That’s the push to legalize marijuana. Canada’s...