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Lynn Webster, MD

Lynn Webster, MD

What Is the Truth About Opioid Deaths?

In its 2015 Report Overview, the Clinton Foundation calls prescription drug abuse (leading to overdose) an imminent public health threat…

Dec 9, 2016

Dec 9, 2016

Lynn Webster, MD

How Media Fuels the Opioid Crisis

Data reporting by the media about the opioid crisis can be confusing, but when it is repeatedly reported inaccurately, it creates a…

Nov 29, 2016

How Media Fuels the Opioid Crisis

Nov 29, 2016

Lynn Webster, MD

Will the Opioid Epidemic Ever End? A Closer Look

“Abuse of opioid painkillers and heroin has been spreading throughout the U.S. population, from inner-city youths, jobless rural residents…

Nov 29, 2016

Will the Opioid Epidemic Ever End? A Closer Look

Nov 29, 2016

Lynn Webster, MD

This is the Reason OIC Is No Joking Matter

According to a recent Washington Post story, six in ten American adults take prescription drugs, and this has created a “vast market for…

Nov 29, 2016

This is the Reason OIC Is No Joking Matter

Nov 29, 2016

Lynn Webster, MD

Solving the Opioid Crisis Won’t Be “Cheap, Quick, or Easy”

“Last Week Tonight” is a late-night television show that satirizes the news. Therefore, you probably wouldn’t expect the show’s host, John…

Nov 29, 2016

Solving the Opioid Crisis Won’t Be “Cheap, Quick, or Easy”

Nov 29, 2016

Lynn Webster, MD

This is Why DEA Action Continues Catch-22 of Marijuana Research

A 57-year-old firefighter with chronic neck and back pain left a comment on my blog to ask:

Nov 29, 2016

This is Why DEA Action Continues Catch-22 of Marijuana Research

Nov 29, 2016

Lynn Webster, MD

Pharmacies May be Blackballing Physicians Writing Opioid Prescriptions. What You Need to Know Now

A colleague, Dr. Bill Jones (not his real name), recently wrote me about a serious threat to his career.

Nov 29, 2016

Pharmacies May be Blackballing Physicians Writing Opioid Prescriptions. What You Need to Know Now

Nov 29, 2016

Lynn Webster, MD

Emotional Trauma Affects Boys and Girls Differently: What You Need To Know

More than a decade ago, I published an article proposing a tool that providers could use to help assess the risk of someone’s developing…

Nov 29, 2016

Emotional Trauma Affects Boys and Girls Differently: What You Need To Know

Nov 29, 2016

Lynn Webster, MD

This is How Food Manufacturers and Drug Developers Evaluate Products: What You Need To Know

A recent CNN article written by Lisa Drayer describes the techniques that food manufacturers use to develop foods that will be more…

Nov 29, 2016

This is How Food Manufacturers and Drug Developers Evaluate Products: What You Need To Know

Nov 29, 2016

Lynn Webster, MD

The United State of Grief

This is a follow up to a guest blog my friend, Steve D. Passik, posted here on September 21, 2016, called “The Painful Later Years of…

Oct 5, 2016

The United State of Grief

Oct 5, 2016

Lynn Webster, MD

Lynn Webster, MD

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