‘We can’t fix the opioid crisis if we don’t know what’s killing people’

Medical examiners are “unable to detect many of the compounds fueling the next phase of the overdose crisis. But simple changes could be transformational,” says Shravani Durbhakula. The U.S. “still relies on toxicology panels built for yesterday’s drug supply.” This “gap means that policymakers and public health professionals chase outdated trends.” Policymakers could “use opioid abatement funds to help,” and “comprehensive toxicology would let us anticipate the next crisis instead of chasing the last.”

‘The Nazis on trial: The enduring lessons of Nuremberg, 80 years on’

Nuremberg was a “mixture of moral courage and political convenience,” yet this “audacious attempt to hold individuals to account remains one of the

See Full Page