Against the tide in an ocean of opioids

• Autores: Wendy Glauser
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3160, 2018, págs. 35-38
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Glauser features how Andrew Kolodny became a hero and a hate figure in the drug industry. Kolodny first noticed something was amiss in 2004, when his job as a medical director at New York City's health department was to reduce drug overdose deaths. An expert in addiction treatment, he opened an evening and weekend clinic with the expectation that his patients would come from New York's rougher neighborhoods, where overdose deaths had been concentrated for decades. But many of those who turned up came from wealthy areas like Long Island and Westchester. About a third were elderly; the rest mostly in their 20s and 30S. All were using prescription opioids, whether prescribed by their doctor or bought on the black market. He has arguably fought harder than anyone to reduce the country's opioid prescriptions, a campaign that has made him a hero to many. Others have dubbed him "Killer Kolodny" and even "the devil"