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Tracking the opioid lawsuit settlements amidst calls for oversight
Pharmaceutical Technology via Yahoo Finance· 1 day agoIn 2019, Purdue Pharma, the maker of opioid painkiller OxyContin, faced extensive litigation for its...
Reynolds directs federal funding to opioid addiction treatment
The Gazette· 19 hours agoIowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will direct $17.5 million in federal pandemic relief dollars to fund opioid...
Local governments struggle to distribute their share of billions from opioid settlements
WIVB Buffalo· 6 days agoSettlement money to help stem the decades-long opioid addiction and overdose epidemic is rolling out...
The U.S. Is Easing Marijuana Restrictions. Here’s How It Works.
New York Times· 24 hours agoA new federal rule would reclassify marijuana as a less-dangerous, Schedule III drug. The Biden...
Which states have the worst substance abuse problems?
Stacker via AOL· 2 days agoOregon recently announced that it would recriminalize drugs, making "personal use possession" a...
McKinsey consulting firm to face negligence claims from pregnant mothers over opioid crisis
Courthouse News Service· 1 day agoMcKinsey was accused of devising strategies for its client, Oxycontin maker Purdue Pharma, that...
'Cardigans are optional': Taylor Swift-themed community uses lyrics to talk addiction, recovery
NBC Philadelphia· 6 days agoJulianne Griffin shares her fearless story of addiction and how she's helping others through a...
‘A glimmer of hope’ from CDC data on overdose deaths - WTOP News
WTOP Washington· 19 hours agoThe latest data from the CDC includes estimates that show a 3% drop in overdose deaths in the U.S....
CDC: U.S. drug overdose deaths fall for first time since 2018
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe relentless rise in deaths from drug overdose in the United States may finally have stalled: New...
US drug deaths decline, hinting at progress against opioid crisis
AFP via Yahoo News· 2 days agoDrug overdose deaths in the United States declined last year for the first time since 2018,...