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  • Supreme Court hears case that could shield Purdue Pharma owners from opioid lawsuits

    Supreme Court hears case that could shield Purdue Pharma owners from opioid lawsuits

    Dec 04, 2023 11:40 PM EST

    Here's what Ellen Isaacs -- she lost her son Ryan to an overdose five years ago, and she's against the settlement. Here's what she said. Ellen Isaacs, Mother of Opioid Victim: Forty-eight thousand dollars is what the cost is for your child to be gone, that you ...

  • LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments on legality of Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan

    LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments on legality of Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan

    Dec 01, 2023 10:58 PM EST

    ... the Stamford, Connecticut-based company became synonymous with the crisis, even though the majority of pills being prescribed and used were generic drugs. Opioid-related overdose deaths have continued to climb, hitting 80,000 in recent years. Most of those are from fentanyl and other synthetic drugs. The Purdue Pharma ...

  • Crackdowns on homeless encampments fuel debate over effective solutions

    Crackdowns on homeless encampments fuel debate over effective solutions

    Nov 28, 2023 02:44 PM EST

    ... city of 650,000 since November 2022, but residents continue to report new clusters that need to be dismantled. Crews have even found bodies of overdose victims in tents, said Sara Angel, operations manager for the contractor that clears encampments for the city. “If we never cleaned a camp in ...

  • Supreme Court to decide on legality of OxyContin maker's settlement plan with victims of opioid crisis

    Supreme Court to decide on legality of OxyContin maker's settlement plan with victims of opioid crisis

    Nov 23, 2023 05:56 PM EST

    The drug and the Stamford, Connecticut-based company became synonymous with the crisis, even though the majority of pills being prescribed and used were generic drugs. Opioid-related overdose deaths have continued to climb, hitting 80,000 in recent years. That's partly because people with substance abuse disorder found ...

  • WATCH: Biden and López Obrador talk fentanyl, migration during San Francisco meeting

    WATCH: Biden and López Obrador talk fentanyl, migration during San Francisco meeting

    Nov 18, 2023 01:27 AM EST

    ... said. The powerful opioid is the deadliest drug in the U.S. today. More than 100,000 deaths a year have been linked to drug overdoses since 2020 and about two-thirds of those are related to fentanyl. The annual death toll is more than 10 times the level in ...

  • WATCH: White House hopes Biden-Xi meeting brings progress on military communications, fentanyl fight

    WATCH: White House hopes Biden-Xi meeting brings progress on military communications, fentanyl fight

    Nov 13, 2023 05:47 PM EST

    ... combat fentanyl trafficking. The powerful opioid is the deadliest drug in the U.S. today. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that drug overdose deaths have increased more than sevenfold from 2015 to 2021. Mexico and China are the primary sources for fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances trafficked ...

  • Election offices in Georgia and Washington sent envelopes with fentanyl or other substances. Authorities are investigating

    Election offices in Georgia and Washington sent envelopes with fentanyl or other substances. Authorities are investigating

    Nov 09, 2023 05:41 PM EST

    ... false claims that it was rigged. Fentanyl, an opioid that can be 50 times as powerful as the same amount of heroin, is driving an overdose crisis deadlier than any the U.S. has ever seen as it is pressed into pills or mixed into other drugs. Researchers have found ...

  • What to know about the cases against police and paramedics surrounding Elijah McClain's death

    What to know about the cases against police and paramedics surrounding Elijah McClain's death

    Nov 07, 2023 03:24 PM EST

    ... attorney Andrew Ho said during closing arguments in Woodyard’s case. He added, referring to the paramedics, that it was "decided to give him an overdose of 500 milligrams of ketamine despite being explicitly trained not to do so.” Prosecution experts also said the ketamine was the ultimate cause of ...

  • 2nd police officer acquitted in death of Elijah McClain

    2nd police officer acquitted in death of Elijah McClain

    Nov 07, 2023 12:47 AM EST

    McClain died after being put in the neck hold, then pinned to the ground by Woodyard and several other officers before he was injected by paramedics with an overdose of ketamine. Defense attorneys stressed Woodyard was not there during crucial minutes when McClain’s condition was deteriorating. Body camera footage ...

  • New recommendations outline how Congress could lower ground ambulance costs

    New recommendations outline how Congress could lower ground ambulance costs

    Nov 02, 2023 09:46 PM EST

    ... ambulance crews Ground ambulance services are not always compensated. An ambulance crew may administer medical care on the scene, such as Narcan for an opioid overdose or insulin for a diabetic patient. If the patient then no longer needs to go to a hospital, crews are not reimbursed for the ...

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