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Tracking the opioid lawsuit settlements amidst calls for oversight
Pharmaceutical Technology via Yahoo Finance· 14 hours agoIn 2019, Purdue Pharma, the maker of opioid painkiller OxyContin, faced extensive litigation for its...
US overdose deaths decline slightly in 2023, CDC reports
FOX 10 Phoenix· 23 hours agoDr. Caleb Alexander, epidemiologist and drug safety expert at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of...
Kentucky doctor sentenced to 20 years over prescribing that led to patient’s death
Lexington Herald-Leader McClatchy via AOL· 3 days agoHowever, federal prosecutors cited several other examples of improper prescribing by Sadrinia,...
U.S. drug deaths decline, hinting at progress against opioid crisis
The Raw Story· 10 hours agoDrug overdose deaths in the United States declined last year for the first time since 2018, provisional data released Wednesday showed, suggesting tentative progress in combating the opioid ...
CT to spend millions in settlement funds to save drug users, keep them out of jail
Hartford Courant· 1 day agoAnother $1.5 million will spent over the next three years to help to purchase clean syringes and...
A tribe in Maine is using opioid settlement funds on a sweat lodge to treat addiction
NPR· 4 days agoOfficials plan to use the payouts to hire more coding and billing employees for tribe-operated...
Three doctors who helped fuel drug abuse in southeastern Kentucky sentenced to prison
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 2 days agoEHC Medical provided clients with buprenorphine, often called Suboxone. It is a legal drug used in...
Fatal drug overdoses decreased in 2023, CDC reports
Fox local via AOL· 19 hours agoThat's the new problem, according to DiPalo. Before, prescription painkillers used to lead the overdose epidemic. "They want what they think is a legitimate pain medication ...
Neighbors object to Delaware County addiction recovery home expansion
Philly.com· 4 days agoWhen a nonprofit for people with addiction told Haverford Township’s zoning board this spring that...
Fewer US overdose deaths were reported last year, but experts are still cautious
WIVB Buffalo· 1 day agoNEW YORK (AP) — The number of U.S. fatal overdoses fell last year, according to Centers for Disease...