Why Pain Patients Became the Villains of the Opioid Crisis – Episode 58
The Dismantling of Pain Care by Addiction Medicine, And the Patients Sacrificed. A Decade of Harm. – Episode 59
ACEs & the Opioid Risk Tool Explained | How Trauma History Is Used to Flag Patients and Deny Pain Care Episode 60
This episode breaks down ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) and the Opioid Risk Tool (ORT) — what these tools were actually designed for, and how they’re often misapplied in pain care to flag patients as “high risk” and deny treatment. We walk through: • what ACEs really measure • how the Opioid Risk Tool was created […]
How Litigation Wins Become Pt Losses – When Grief Becomes a Weapon and Patients Become Collateral – Episode 61
After years of hearing the same opioid presentation from Andrew Kolodny, something changed — kratom suddenly became the “next crisis.” That wasn’t random.In this video, I break down: •How mass-tort litigation narratives are built • How experts, media, and parent groups align • How settlement money shapes policy messaging • Why kratom is being […]