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Tracking the opioid lawsuit settlements amidst calls for oversight
Pharmaceutical Technology via Yahoo Finance· 8 hours agoIn 2019, Purdue Pharma, the maker of opioid painkiller OxyContin, faced extensive litigation for its...
Fatal drug overdoses decreased in 2023, CDC reports
Fox local via AOL· 13 hours ago"What I’m seeing in particular is that users are, now more than ever, buying these counterfeit pills in order to get high," said licensed psychologist and addiction counselor ...
Tribal Nations Invest Opioid Settlement Funds in Traditional Healing to Treat Addiction
North Denver News· 1 day agoIt’s one of several sweat lodges on the tribe’s land, but this one is dedicated to helping people recover from addiction. The experience can be “a vital tool” in healing, ...
Three doctors who helped fuel drug abuse in southeastern Kentucky sentenced to prison
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIt is a legal drug used in treating addiction to opioid painkillers because it blocks withdrawal...
Walgreens is launching a generic version of over-the-counter Narcan
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoWalgreens said Wednesday that it will sell its own generic version of over-the-counter Narcan, the...
U.S. drug deaths decline, hinting at progress against opioid crisis
The Raw Story· 4 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 ...
Kentucky doctor sentenced to 20 years over prescribing that led to patient’s death
Lexington Herald-Leader McClatchy via AOL· 3 days agoDefense attorneys argued that Sadrinia was convicted based on a single prescription to a person who...
Overdose deaths fell in 2023, but still topped 100,000
KING5 Seattle· 1 day agoThe number of U.S. fatal overdoses fell last year, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data posted Wednesday. It would be only the second annual decline since the current ...
CT to spend millions in settlement funds to save drug users, keep them out of jail
Hartford Courant· 1 day agoThe committee members, which are responsible for allocating the state’s share of several national...
Overdose deaths in 2023 fell for the first time since the pandemic
Axios· 21 hours agoFatal drug overdoses in the United States declined last year for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic, new preliminary federal data show. The big picture: It's a rare glimmer of ...
