“My pain-management doctor said they cannot give me the medication because they could lose their license … I’m between a rock and a hard place.” USA Today: Pain patients left in anguish by doctors ‘terrified’ of opioid addiction. (The problem is bad. For some, the fix is worse. Aside from the companies and cartels making billions, everyone loses in the opioid crisis…)

+ “For years, they sealed evidence about the risks as the body count mounted. And as a Reuters analysis found, it’s only one of many big product-liability cases in which judges have countenanced a lethal and often unlawful secrecy.” How judges added to the grim toll of opioids.