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'Painkiller' fact vs. fiction: What the Netflix show got right about the opioid crisis, OxyContin,...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMatthew Broderick as Richard Sackler on Netflix's "Painkiller."Keri Anderson/Netflix Netflix's new...
A Guide to the Real-Life Events From Hulu’s 'Dopesick'
Elle via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Hulu miniseries Dopesick takes on a Herculean task: Explore and explain the United States’...
An OxyContin advertiser will pay $350 million in the first-ever opioid marketing settlement
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance· 4 months agoFor the first time, an advertising company that worked on Purdue Pharma’s OxyContin account has...
A Netflix Drama Reinforces Pernicious Misconceptions About Pain Treatment
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 10 months agoNetflix Former New York Times reporter Barry Meier, whose book about OxyContin is the main basis for...
Ad firm that marketed OxyContin agrees to $350M settlement
The Hill via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAn advertising agency that helped develop a marketing strategy to sell opioids like OxyContin agreed...
OxyContin maker's settlement plan divides victims of opioid crisis. Now it's up to the Supreme Court
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe agreement by the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of lawsuits over the harm done by...
She’s Running on Combating the Opioid Epidemic in NH. She Lobbied for the Company Behind It.
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 11 months agoPhoto Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/WikiCommons/Mr.RuddyDuckBy 2002, it was...
Addiction was the downfall for ex-NBA player Chris Herren. Here is his story.
Newark Advocate via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNEWARK − The greatest days of former NBA player Chris Herren's life — the births of his children,...
Dr. Curtis Wright Took A Job At Purdue Pharma After OxyContin's Approval
Women's Health via Yahoo News· 10 months agoNetflix's 'Painkiller' is a story of the opioid crisis, and the role Purdue Pharma played in it. Dr....
Purdue Pharma’s Bankruptcy Case, Explained
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 6 months agoOxycontin pills. (Photo by Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in Harrington v....