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The giant retailer shipped billions of opioid pills to pharmacies nationwide. An NPR investigation found employees warned company executives their stores were being used by "pill mill" doctors.
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Critics say the settlement doesn't hold company executives or members of the Sackler family accountable for their aggressive marketing of OxyContin, which helped fuel the nation's opioid epidemic.
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On this Tuesday, July 21, episode of Sundial:Civilian Oversight Panel ProposalFor years, advocates have pushed for the creation of a civilian oversight…
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Relaxed regulations in response to the pandemic means more access to addiction treatment medications. But recovery programs are accepting fewer people, and the danger of overdose remains high.
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The disruption in the illegal opioid trade had varying impacts around the country. As stay-at-home orders lift, that creates different risks of overdose that public health is trying to manage.
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The federal government has waived a law that required an in-person doctor's visit before patients could be prescribed drugs that quell withdrawal symptoms. That's a boon for patients, counselors say.
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Asher Lieberman has been obsessed with diseases since he was little.He was inspired by a character on a TV show who was a doctor with the Centers for…
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His sentencing is the culmination of a months-long criminal trial that resulted in the first successful prosecution of pharmaceutical executives tied to the opioid epidemic.
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Florida schools could soon come equipped with the drug that reverses heroin overdoses.A bill under consideration in the state Legislature would allow…
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A drug maker accused of using bribes and kickbacks to encourage doctors to prescribe a highly addictive opioid painkiller has won a partial reprieve in federal court.
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Miami-Dade County Public Schools is opening a new front in the war against opioids, with a board member actively recruiting other urban school systems to…
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From medical professionals to law enforcement to recovering addicts, the opioid crisis has affected people from all walks of life. At a University of...