opioids | Watching America

Germany: Weapon of Mass Destruction or Trump’s Weapon?

Mallory Matsumoto - December 26, 2025. Published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

[T]he American president doesn’t linger on details ... his new rhetoric just serves as another weapon on hand in one of his many campaigns against insubordinate enemies or friends.

India: For US’ Fentanyl Crisis, Another ‘War on Drugs’ Is Not the Solution, Working with Countries Such as India and China Is

Deepti Bista - April 1, 2025. Published in The Indian Express

Canada: Trump Adviser Talking Trash about Toronto? Just Another Fantastical Fib from Cloud Cuckoo Land

Rejeanne Lacroix - March 12, 2025. Published in Toronto Star

Mexico: The DEA’s Credibility Has Faded Away

Tom Walker - July 29, 2023. Published in La Jornada

Denmark: An Angel of Death Stalks America

Robin Koerner - December 30, 2022. Published in Berlingske Tidende

In 2021, the total number of deaths exceeded 100,000 for the first time and drug-related deaths have now overtaken diabetes as a cause of death.

Germany: We Call It an ‘Existential Crisis’*

Mallory Matsumoto - March 3, 2022. Published in Die Zeit

When he took office last year, President Joe Biden had one message [...] 'America is back!' Today, few Americans would agree with that.

France: 100,000 Deaths in 1 Year: US Overwhelmed by the Opioid Crisis

Robin Koerner - December 14, 2021. Published in L'Express

France: Overdoses, Violence, Inequalities: In the US, The Pandemic Worsens the Social Crisis

Robin Koerner - July 22, 2021. Published in Les Echocs

Spain: Deaths ‘Made in the USA’

Robin Koerner - June 2, 2021. Published in La Opinión de Murcia

France: The United States: From 1 Epidemic to Another

Robin Koerner - May 1, 2020. Published in Libération

Whether you die from COVID-19 or from despair, in the United States you die — first and foremost — according to your monthly income.

Taiwan: A 21st Century Opium War

Jennifer Sampson - September 29, 2019. Published in UDN

Nearly 50,000 people in the U.S. die from synthetic opioids each year.

France: The New Opium War?

Robin Koerner - June 4, 2019. Published in Libération

Trump has redeployed the age-old myth of China as conspiring to cover the Western world in a thick, psychoactive smoke.

Tag: opioids