Dr. Lloyd
Where Is Trump on the Opioid Epidemic?
Just over 100 days in office: That's approximately 9,100 people who have died from drug overdoses, especially opioid pain pills, heroin...
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Dr. Lloyd
Mar 6, 20171 min read
Beware the Trumpcare Con
America today feels to me a bit like Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy as those catastrophic storms approached. President Donald Trump, his...
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Dr. Lloyd
Feb 14, 20171 min read
Trump's Recipe for More Addiction
In a recent article, I made the case against "Trumpcare" for our general health care system. As a psychiatrist, I now focus on the impact...
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Dr. Lloyd
Feb 2, 20171 min read
The Case Against 'Trumpcare'
We don't know yet what Trump and his team will specifically introduce to replace the Affordable Care Act (or if they'll replace it at...
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Dr. Lloyd
Nov 21, 20161 min read
Answer the Call to Tackle Addiction
On Nov. 17, Dr. Vivek Murthy, a vice admiral of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and U.S. surgeon general, issued a...
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Dr. Lloyd
Sep 22, 20161 min read
Keep Moving on Opioid Abuse Efforts
I will miss President Barack Obama. Not only has he brought intelligence and integrity to the White House, but he has done a lot to...
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Dr. Lloyd
Aug 31, 20161 min read
Bridges to Care, Not Incarceration
On May 4, 2015, Gloucester, Massachusetts Police Chief Leonard Campanello wrote on the department's Facebook page that, in the wake of...
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Dr. Lloyd
May 19, 20161 min read
Force Changes In Mental Health Care
Henry, a 43-year-old educated and now unemployed white man in the Midwest, was taking a potentially lethal overdose of narcotic pills...
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Dr. Lloyd
May 10, 20161 min read
Painful Shadow of Prince's Death
In the wake of Prince's death, opioids are once again in the headlines. While precise details remain private, The New York Times reported...
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Dr. Lloyd
Apr 19, 20161 min read
The Folly of Supply-Side Drug Intervention
In the first Season of HBO's "The Wire," the fictitious but alarmingly real Baltimore deputy police commissioner remarks, "Buy-bust ......
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Dr. Lloyd
Feb 1, 20161 min read
Take Action Against Addiction
In recent weeks, a spate of media attention has once again alerted Americans to our epidemic of narcotic drug abuse – and its destructive...
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Dr. Lloyd
Dec 7, 20151 min read
America's Deadly Gun Disease
Where will you be when the next mass killing occurs? Where will your children, spouse, brother, sister, parents, niece or nephew, dear...
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