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Ukraine should give its soldiers weed instead of opioids so it can avoid a US-style drugs crisis, doctor says
A Ukrainian doctor said soldiers should be prescribed cannabis instead of opioids as the country fa…
Thibault Spirlet
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Johnson & Johnson and 3 major drug distributors to pay $590 million settlement to Native American tribes that were impacted by opioid epidemic
According to a 2020 Washington Post analysis, Native Americans are 50% more likely to die from an o…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Snapchat rolls out safety features to cut down on sales of illegal drugs after string of fentanyl deaths
Insider previously found at least two dozen fentanyl-related deaths in which the dealer used Snapch…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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America's deadly synthetic opioid epidemic is being driven by free market capitalism
"We live in a time when certain corporations behave like drug traffickers, and drug traffickers beh…
Paul Constant
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The deaths of actor Michael K. Williams and comedian Fuquan Johnson show the opioid epidemic is far from over
The prevalence of fentanyl - a highly potent synthetic opioid - in street drugs is putting even cas…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Federal judge rules Walgreens advanced San Francisco's opioid epidemic by dispensing 'hundreds of thousands of red flag prescriptions'
In a 112-page opinion, US District Judge Charles Breyer wrote Walgreens failed to perform "adequate…
Bethany Biron
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'There's not one Scrooge McDuck, there's a lot of them': The Sackler family's sprawling wealth became the focus of a Purdue Pharma bankruptcy hearing
The Sacklers, the family that founded OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma, are estimated to be worth $11 …
Allana Akhtar
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An FDA official who led the approval of OxyContin got a $400,000 gig at Purdue Pharma a year later, a new book reveals
The FDA approved OxyContin in 1995 believing it would result in "less abuse potential." In 2001, th…
Allana Akhtar
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The controversial Sackler family is the focus of Netflix's opioid-crisis drama 'Painkiller.' Here's where the family is now.
Many believe that the Sackler-owned company Purdue Pharma is responsible for igniting the opioid ep…
Libby Torres
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McKinsey has agreed to pay $573 million over its role in boosting opioid sales during an epidemic that has killed more than 450,000 Americans
The global consulting firm will not admit wrongdoing in the settlement, which was made with 47 stat…
Kelsey Vlamis
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The billionaire Sackler family, whose company has been blamed for the opioid epidemic, 'erased' the death of a family member suffering from addiction who died by suicide, according to a new book
"They did not speak of him, for the most part. He was erased," Patrick Radden Keefe wrote regarding…
Allana Akhtar
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Walmart says the Justice Department's opioid epidemic lawsuit is 'tainted by historical ethics violations'
Walmart's statement says the DOJ is trying to shift blame for its own failures, and says the lawsui…
Mary Meisenzahl
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The Justice Department is suing Walmart, accusing the retailer of turning its pharmacies into a network of opioid suppliers that helped fuel the epidemic
The DOJ alleges Walmart did not properly screen opioid prescriptions, understaffed pharmacies, and …
Mary Meisenzahl
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A new brain surgery cured a man of his 18-year opioid addiction - and it could help solve the opioid epidemic
Doctors are hoping deep brain stimulation can one day save some of the 128 Americans lost every day…
Dylan Bank,Samara Abramson
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1 chart shows why you should care about the silent epidemic of deaths from street drug 'tranq'
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported a 276% increase in overdose deaths …
Kate Hull
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Mother of 'Flash' actor Logan Williams said the 16-year-old died from a fentanyl overdose a week before his birthday
Marlyse Williams confirmed her son died of an overdose after a three-year ordeal with opioid addict…
Canela López
A new brain surgery cured a man of his 18-year opioid addiction — and it could help solve the opioid epidemic
A man who suffered from opioid addiction for 18 years found sobriety after undergoing a surgical pr…
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Members of the super-rich Sackler family that profited from OxyContin were forced to listen to opioid victims call them the 'scum of the earth'
People who had OxyContin addictions, and who had lost loved ones to the drug, denounced the multi-b…
Bethany Dawson
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New York City opens the country's first official center for drug users to shoot up safely to prevent overdose deaths
On the first day of operations, staff at the East Harlem and Washington Heights centers saw more th…
Andrea Michelson
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Inside Spring Health's burnout culture
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