The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
Search results for "addiction" ...
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The Bupe Fix
Schulte discusses a recent Baltimore Sun investigation into the drug buprenorphine, which is often recommended to treat narcotics addicts. Schulte lists sources that were helpful to the reporters during the investigation, such as the DEA's ARCOS system and the National Alliance of Advocates for Buprenorphine Treatment.
Tags: drugs; addiction; prescription; substance abuse; internet resources; sources
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Data on Addiction
The main source of federal data on drug use is the Substance Abuse and mental Health Services Administration. Suo discusses some of the data sets that are available from the organization's website, as well as the pros and cons of each one.
Tags: drugs; public health; public safety; narcotics; data analysis; computer-assisted reporting
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Uncovering the Secrets of Seroxat
The author recounts each stage of the BBC Panorama investigation into the drug Seroxat, which is known as Paxil in the United States. It is one of the world's most prescribed anti-depressants, and it is addictive and can cause self-harm and suicide in some patients. The BBC investigation also found that the drug was sometimes tested on children.
Tags: prescription medicine; drug companies; television journalism; broadcast news; health
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Unnecessary Epidemic: the MaKayla Harris story
This particular story is Barnett's profile of a little girl whose life was turned upside down by her meth-addicted mother in North Bend, Oregon. MaKayla Harris was the victim when it came to her mother's addiction. Debbie Harris neglected her daughter and left MaKayla to go from foster home to foster home while Debbie was in jail on possession charges. The story is a glimpse into what this addiction, a growing trend nationwide, can do to a family.
Tags: methamphetamine; North Bend Oregon
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Prescription Drug Websites
Fred Schulte, who reported the "Rx for Death" series, offers a few websites that can help reporters working on similar stories. The websites cover prescription drug abuse, pain management and addiction medicine.
Tags: Drugs; prescription
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Tipsheet No: 283
"Sociometrics Coporation is establishing an archive of outstanding data sets relating to maternal drug abuse and fetal drug exposure with Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funds from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)"
Tags: Maternal drug abuse data; Drugs; Health; Drug addiction