Archive - Pain, Addiction, and Public Health

We Cut Opioid Prescriptions. The Overdose Crisis Moved

Supply mattered. But treating the crisis as a prescribing problem was never enough.

Jun 23 • Lynn R Webster, MD

When Supply Falls, Demand Moves

Heroin, fentanyl, and the limits of prescription-focused policy

Jun 18 • Lynn R Webster, MD

Oregon's Drug Decriminalization

Did Measure 110 Really Fail" Data Says...

Jun 4 • Lynn R Webster, MD

May 2026

Journalism Needs a Baseline of Trust

From Shared Reality to Algorithmic Virality

May 26 • Lynn R Webster, MD

The Pain Patients We Do Not Count

When stewardship becomes abandoment

May 19 • Lynn R Webster, MD

Cychlorphine in Knoxville

Detection Is Not Prevention

May 13 • Lynn R Webster, MD

Britney Spears’ SUD

Anyone Can Be Vulnerable

May 6 • Lynn R Webster, MD

April 2026

The Opioid Crisis Is Driven by Demand, Not Just Supply

Drug Demand Doesn't Vanish

Apr 29 • Lynn R Webster, MD

Welcome to My Substack

The Conversation Begins

Apr 27

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