Nation Oct 13 CVS agrees to pay $315 million to settle Justice Department case over opioid prescriptions By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press
Nation Aug 18 Woman agrees to plead guilty to selling fatal dose of ketamine to Matthew Perry Jasveen Sangha becomes the fifth and final defendant charged in the overdose death of the “Friends” star to strike a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, avoiding a trial that had been planned for September. By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press
Nation Dec 17 Watch 10:21 Opioid crisis renews focus on expanding access to methadone treatment While the numbers are finally starting to decline, more than 74,000 Americans are still dying every year from opioid overdoses. Despite that, very few people who are struggling with addiction get treatment. William Brangham looks at the renewed focus on… By William Brangham, Mike Fritz
Nation Nov 13 Overdose deaths down in U.S., providing experts hope for ongoing decline New government data shows that U.S. drug overdose deaths appear to be showing a sustained decline. By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press
Health Feb 21 New study sheds light on ripple effects of overdose deaths Since 2000, 1.1 million people have fatally overdosed in the United States, and a new study helps quantify the profound depth of suffering. By Laura Santhanam
Dec 02 How dozens of U.S. adolescents are dying of drug overdoses each month, shown in 3 charts By Ty Schepis, The Conversation Drug overdoses are killing young Americans in unprecedented numbers: The monthly total rose from 31 in July 2019 to 87 in May 2021, the period with the most recent data. Continue reading
Jun 23 WATCH: Attorney General Garland holds news briefing on fighting fentanyl supply By Associated Press The Justice Department has announced it has filed criminal charges against four Chinese chemical manufacturing companies and eight people over allegations they illegally trafficked precursor chemicals for fentanyl. Continue reading
May 08 Effectiveness of safe injection sites to be evaluated in government-backed study By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press The grant will study three sites where people can use heroin and other drugs and be revived if they take too much. it will evaluate whether these interventions can make a dent in the nation's overdose epidemic. Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch 6:48 How FDA approval of over-the-counter Narcan sales affects the opioid crisis By John Yang, Andrew Corkery This week, the FDA approved nationwide over-the-counter sales of Narcan, the brand name version of the generic overdose reversal drug naloxone. Overdoses are the leading cause of accidental death in the U.S., driven in large part by opioid use. Dr. Continue watching
Aug 16 Watch 8:44 St. Louis combats opioid crisis as overdose deaths skyrocket among Black Americans By John Yang, Mike Fritz More Americans died from drug overdoses last year than ever before. And while deaths are up across nearly every demographic since the start of the pandemic, there’s been an especially alarming spike in overdose deaths among Black Americans. John Yang… Continue watching