In JD Vance’s home state of Ohio, an ongoing fight against opioid addiction | US Election 2024 News
Middletown, Ohio – The speech was JD Vance’s chance to introduce himself to a national audience. A freshman senator from Ohio, Vance had only 18…
How California local governments are using opioid settlement payouts
Sacramento — Sonja Verdugo lost her husband to an opioid overdose last year. She regularly delivers medical supplies to people using drugs who are living —…
Details of Tyler Skaggs’ death tell crucial story about opioid crisis
Not many victims of the opioid crisis in America make national headlines. Tyler Skaggs was different. The 27-year-old was a professional athlete, a pitcher for…
Supreme Court upsets $10 -billion opioid settlement
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a mass settlement related to the nation’s opioid crisis that would have paid an estimated $10 billion to…
Tyler Skaggs’ death revisited: MLB moves to reduce opioid overdoses
It’s been nearly five years since Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died of an accidental overdose of oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl in a Texas hotel…
Canberra pill testing service CanTEST issues red alert after finding synthetic opioid N-pyrrolidino protonitazene in brown powder
In short: Canberra's pill testing service CanTEST has found N-pyrrolidino protonitazene (NPP) in brown granular powder presented for testing. It's the first time the synthetic opioid — thought…
Johnson & Johnson agrees to pay $149.5M to settle Washington state opioid claims
Johnson & Johnson officials agreed to pay a proposed $149.5 million settlement to end a lawsuit filed by state of Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson…
Jelly Roll wants to help Congress solve fentanyl crisis
Take it from Jelly Roll, the former drug dealer turned country music star: “Fentanyl is gonna make the Sackler family look like saints.” The “Son…
US opioid crisis: Hope for new approach as naloxone machines spread in 2023 | Drugs News
Washington, DC – It was a hot summer day in July when Shekita McBroom received a phone call from a local hair salon. The stylist…
Fentanyl is killing thousands, but Congress has no answer for the opioid crisis
“We are in the middle of a crisis of proportions we couldn’t have imagined even five years ago when the original SUPPORT Act was passed,”…
Supreme Court blocks Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own…
Supreme Court blocks Purdue Pharma’s $6 billion opioid settlement
WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked a settlement reached with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that required members of the Sackler family who…
‘Painkiller’ turned legal disclaimers into moving tributes to opioid victims
The legal disclaimers that often appear in TV shows inspired by real events tend to use the same dull, boilerplate language to notify viewers about…
Walgreens to pay San Francisco $230M for its role in city’s opioid crisis
San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu announces a $230 million settlement with Walgreens on Wednesday from the steps of city hall after a federal court…
Covid-19 inflamed the opioid crisis, particularly for Black Americans
Between 2016 and 2021, the rate of fentanyl overdose deaths rose 279 percent for all Americans, the new CDC data shows. Even as the total…
Walgreens settles West Virginia opioid lawsuit for $83 million
Walgreens agreed to pay $83 million to settle a lawsuit in West Virginia related to its role in the opioid crisis and its effect on…
Man-made opioid fentanyl now the ‘deadliest drug threat facing’ United States
US law enforcement seized more than enough fentanyl to kill all Americans in 2022, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said on Tuesday, underscoring the deep…