Zachary Siegel

Zachary Siegel is a master’s degree candidate at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Follow him on Twitter.

BAD SIDE EFFECT

Doctors Are Hoarding Trump-Hyped Drug—for Themselves

Pharmacies report medical providers writing prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine for family and friends.

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HARSH

Trump DOJ Goes After Anti-Overdose Sites as ‘Crack Houses’

Federal prosecutors dust off an ’80s war on drug law to go after Seattle and Philly for trying to save lives.

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COLD BLOOD

‘Warm and Well Liked’ Doctor Gunned Down at Chicago Hospital

Police say Dr. Tamara O’Neal was killed in a domestic dispute that became a rampage, killing a hospital assistant and a police officer.

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SUICIDE WATCH

Inside Athens’s Heroin Cafés

At a little café in the Greek capital, there’s much to be learned about the opioid epidemic eating away at America.

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UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

Experts: ‘Safer’ Oxy Killed Thousands

A new pill that can't be snorted seemed like the way to curb opioid abuse. Instead, the RAND Corporation and Wharton School say it pushed people to use heroin.

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Doctors Are Hoarding Trump-Hyped Drug—for Themselves

Trump DOJ Goes After Anti-Overdose Sites as ‘Crack Houses’

‘Warm and Well Liked’ Doctor Gunned Down at Chicago Hospital

Inside Athens’s Heroin Cafés

Experts: ‘Safer’ Oxy Killed Thousands

The Felon Running a Deadly ‘Sober House’

Can a DNA Test Predict Addiction?

Can an App Detect an Overdose?

Prince Treated as Poorly As All Addicts

Could this Drug Have Saved Prince?