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  • In recording, a Seattle police officer joked after woman's death. He says remarks were misunderstood

    In recording, a Seattle police officer joked after woman's death. He says remarks were misunderstood

    Sep 14, 2023 06:26 PM EDT

    ... another officer, Kevin Dave, struck and killed Jaahnavi Kandula, 23, in a crosswalk. Dave was driving 74 mph (119 kmh) on the way to an overdose call, and Auderer, a drug recognition expert, was assigned to evaluate whether Dave was impaired, The Seattle Times reported. Afterward, Auderer left his body ...

  • Why deaths in Louisiana prisons are on the rise

    Why deaths in Louisiana prisons are on the rise

    Sep 11, 2023 09:22 PM EDT

    ... an ongoing evaluation,” Armstrong said. “The obligation to provide the care doesn't depend on the types of needs that are presented.” As for drug overdose and violent deaths, Lavespere said “fentanyl is a big problem [for] the free world, and it's a problem within the prison setting.”He ...

  • Supreme Court blocks Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan shielding owners from lawsuits

    Supreme Court blocks Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan shielding owners from lawsuits

    Aug 11, 2023 10:40 PM EDT

    This original deal as agreed to was liability for the Sacklers, but the Sacklers will put in $6 billion and give that out to communities all over the country to address addiction and overdoses. What are those communities and states and tribes all saying now that this deal has been ...

  • Supreme Court temporarily blocks OxyContin maker bankruptcy deal that would protect Sackler family

    Supreme Court temporarily blocks OxyContin maker bankruptcy deal that would protect Sackler family

    Aug 10, 2023 09:59 PM EDT

    ... the case so soon. “They clearly see the urgency of the matter,” he said. Another group of mostly parents of people who died from opioid overdoses has called for the settlement not to be accepted. Opioids have been linked to more than 70,000 fatal overdoses annually in the U ...

  • Singer and songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, subject of 'Searching for Sugarman' documentary, dies at 81

    Singer and songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, subject of 'Searching for Sugarman' documentary, dies at 81

    Aug 09, 2023 05:38 PM EDT

    ... the head onstage in Moscow; He’d set himself aflame and burned to death before an audience someplace else; He’d died of a drug overdose, was in a mental institution, was incarcerated for murdering his girlfriend. In 1996, Segerman and journalist Carl Bartholomew-Strydom set out to learn the ...

  • How opioid settlement money led to a legal battle in Ohio

    How opioid settlement money led to a legal battle in Ohio

    Aug 01, 2023 10:40 PM EDT

    Every Saturday, they hand out food, clothing, and the overdose-reversal drug Narcan in Newark, Ohio. Trish Perry: Fentanyl testing strips? Cat Wise: But Perry says her organization has so far encountered stigma and hurdles when applying for funding from opioid settlement money that's earmarked for local governments. Trish ...

  • As opioid settlement money starts to flow in, states debate how best to use it

    As opioid settlement money starts to flow in, states debate how best to use it

    Jul 31, 2023 10:40 PM EDT

    ... from it. You see things a lot differently. Cat Wise: Russell says his sister, who died in 2019, was outside a gas station when she overdosed. Those around her weren't able to help. John Russell: If she would have had Narcan, it might have helped you. So, then I ...

  • WATCH: House Republicans grill Mayorkas on 'disastrous' border policy and renew impeachment calls

    WATCH: House Republicans grill Mayorkas on 'disastrous' border policy and renew impeachment calls

    Jul 26, 2023 03:01 PM EDT

    ... sides agree is a flawed immigration system. But Republicans zeroed in on the influx of fentanyl into the country, blaming Mayorkas for the number of overdoses that have happened across American communities in the past several years. “The fentanyl killing thousands of Americans every year is a direct result of ...

  • Court says OxyContin maker's bankruptcy and protections for Sackler family can move forward

    Court says OxyContin maker's bankruptcy and protections for Sackler family can move forward

    Jul 25, 2023 10:42 PM EDT

    ... company is sentenced for a criminal guilty plea — something that could not happen for months. Opioids have been linked to more than 70,000 fatal overdoses annually in the U.S. in recent years. Most of those are from fentanyl and other synthetic drugs. But the crisis widened in the ...

  • DEA official resigns amid reports of previous Big Pharma consulting work

    DEA official resigns amid reports of previous Big Pharma consulting work

    Jul 19, 2023 05:08 PM EDT

    ... to help us bring cases against entire criminal networks and to investigate the entire globally fentanyl supply chain.” WATCH: St. Louis combats opioid crisis as overdose deaths skyrocket among Black Americans Milione’s exit adds to the turmoil at the top of the DEA following a number of other high ...

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