Justice Department sues Walgreens over opioid drug prescriptions
1 of 2 | The Justice Department has filed a civil lawsuit against Walgreens, accusing the 124-year-old pharmacy chain of dispensing millions of unlawful prescriptions…
Justice Department sues CVS for allegedly filling unlawful opioid prescriptions
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against CVS for unlawfully filling opioid prescriptions. File Photo by Michael Kleinfeld/UPI | License Photo Dec. 19 (UPI) --…
McKinsey to pay $650m to settle US opioid consulting probe | Drugs News
Prosecutors say McKinsey provided Purdue advice on measures it could take to ‘turbocharge’ OxyContin sales.Consulting firm McKinsey & Company has agreed to pay $650m to…
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…