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Editor's note
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As deaths from opioid addiction continue to rise, it makes sense to ask: why are treatment drugs so costly? Robin Feldman, an expert in intellectual property law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, explains that tactics long used by the pharmaceutical industry are hindering the fight against opioid addiction.
“Lack of access to addiction treatment,” she writes, “can be traced, in part, to the soaring prices, access problems, and anti-competitive conduct that has become business-as-usual in the pharmaceutical industry across the board.”
Seventy five years ago tomorrow, the Disney animated movie “Bambi” had its world-premiere screening in London. Adam Bargteil, a scholar of computer animation at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, looks at how the film used both realism and abstract portrayal for artistic purposes, laying the groundwork for future artistic explorations of both video games and modern computer animation.
In a poll released last week most Americans said they support transgender military service – while most Republicans said they do not. The pushback against integrating minorities into the armed services is nothing new. Whether it be African Americans, Catholics or transgender people, as Wesleyan University historian Richard Slotkin argues, “the armed forces have played a vital role in shaping American social policy toward the country’s minorities.”
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Lynne Anderson
Senior Editor, Health & Medicine
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Top story
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Paul Wright, in treatment for opioid addiction in June 2017 at the Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic in Youngstown Ohio, shows a photo of himself from 2015, when he almost died from an overdose.
AP Photo/David Dermer
Robin Feldman, University of California, Hastings
The number of people dying from opioid overdose continues to rise, in part because of cheap street drugs. Yet the price of a drug used to treat addiction is out of reach for many.
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Science + Technology
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Adam Bargteil, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
As the animated film 'Bambi' celebrates its 75th anniversary, a reminder that humans often try to express reality. But once they do, they go back to making art.
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April Hiscox, University of South Carolina
Meteorology researchers across the country are prepping experiments for the mini-night the eclipse will bring on August 21 – two minutes and 36 seconds without the sun in the middle of the day.
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Politics + Society
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Richard S. Slotkin, Wesleyan University
Whether it be African-Americans, Catholics or transgender people, the armed forces have played a vital role in shaping US social policy toward the country's minorities.
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Peter A. Joy, Washington University in St Louis
What is a grand jury, who serves on it and what is it used for? A criminal law expert tells you everything you need to know.
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Education
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Stacey Lee, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Kevin K. Kumashiro, University of San Francisco
Not all Asian-Americans are high-achieving model minorities. What happens when the myth of Asian disadvantage hurts some of the most marginalized students in the US?
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Michele S. Moses, University of Colorado; Laura Dudley Jenkins, University of Cincinnati
'Positive discrimination' policies around the world are on the rise. What might other countries teach the U.S. about attaining racial, economic and gender equality in higher education?
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From our international editions
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Danai Dima, City, University of London; Dot Young, Royal Central School of Speech & Drama; Mike Duggan, Royal Holloway
Areas of the brain are being mapped, much like the towns, cities and countries represented in a typical atlas.
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Mariana Brussoni, University of British Columbia
Did you know there has never been a safer time to be a child in Canada? Research shows that kids need freedom outdoors to explore exhilaration and fear, and discover their own limits.
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Chukwuma Al Okoli, Federal University Lafia
Attacks by Fulani herdsmen on communities in West Africa are increasing in number and in sophistication. Regional and national authorities must respond promptly to arrest the threat.
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