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Purdue Pharma makes new offer to settle lawsuits over Oxycontin opioid crisis, and it includes up to $7 billion cash from the Sacklers
Finance

Purdue Pharma makes new offer to settle lawsuits over Oxycontin opioid crisis, and it includes up to $7 billion cash from the Sacklers

By Geoff Mulvihill and The Associated Press
March 19, 2025
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Politics

How do Mexico, Canada, and China affect fentanyl flowing into the U.S.?

By The Associated Press and Jesse Bedayn
February 4, 2025
Purdue Pharma and Sackler family to pay $7.4 billion in revised settlement of lawsuits over OxyContin opioid toll
Health

Purdue Pharma and Sackler family to pay $7.4 billion in revised settlement of lawsuits over OxyContin opioid toll

By Geoff Mulvihill and The Associated Press
January 24, 2025
Ohio Supreme Court says counties can’t sue pharmacy chains in decision that could overturn a $650 million opioid judgment
Health

Ohio Supreme Court says counties can’t sue pharmacy chains in decision that could overturn a $650 million opioid judgment

By Julie Carr Smyth and The Associated Press
December 11, 2024
Arkansas is suing pharmacy benefit managers Express Scripts and Optum, accusing them of fueling the state’s opioid crisis
Health

Arkansas is suing pharmacy benefit managers Express Scripts and Optum, accusing them of fueling the state’s opioid crisis

By Andrew DeMillo and The Associated Press
June 25, 2024
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Health

California partners with pharma firm on generic Narcan amid opioid crisis

By Adam Beam and The Associated Press
April 29, 2024
OxyContin marketer and opioid maker announce $500m in settlements to avoid trials on their responsibility for crisis
Health

OxyContin marketer and opioid maker announce $500m in settlements to avoid trials on their responsibility for crisis

By Geoff Mulvihill and The Associated Press
February 2, 2024
EBay will pay $59m settlement over pill presses sold on the site—the kind used to make counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl
Health

EBay will pay $59m settlement over pill presses sold on the site—the kind used to make counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl

By Lindsay Whitehurst and The Associated Press
February 1, 2024
OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma heads to Supreme Court in case over whether $6bn payoff can shield Sackler owners from future lawsuits
Finance

OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma heads to Supreme Court in case over whether $6bn payoff can shield Sackler owners from future lawsuits

By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
December 4, 2023
White patients are more likely than Black patients to be prescribed opioids for pain in US emergency departments. Here’s why it matters
Health

White patients are more likely than Black patients to be prescribed opioids for pain in US emergency departments. Here’s why it matters

By Trevor Thompson, Sofia Stathi and The Conversation
October 29, 2023
Rite Aid
Retail

Rite Aid’s years of red ink and opioid losses prompt pharmacy giant to file for bankruptcy

By Tom Murphy, Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated Press
October 17, 2023
Evan Frostick and Madison Bernard
Health

The opioid crisis is so bad that prosecutors are starting to charge drug addict parents with their kids’ Fentanyl overdoses

By Olga R. Rodriguez and The Associated Press
September 8, 2023
Supreme Court
Leadership

Biden’s DOJ doesn’t think the Sackler family should get released from opioid liability and the Supreme Court agrees—for now

By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
August 10, 2023
60% of Americans battling drug or alcohol addictions also have jobs. Here are the professions with the highest rates of substance-use disorder
Features

60% of Americans battling drug or alcohol addictions also have jobs. Here are the professions with the highest rates of substance-use disorder

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August 4, 2023
Secret limits to stop ‘suspicious’ Xanax and Adderall orders are forcing some legitimate patients to scramble
Health

Secret limits to stop ‘suspicious’ Xanax and Adderall orders are forcing some legitimate patients to scramble

By Ike Swetlitz and Bloomberg
April 3, 2023

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