Politics Mar 14 Senate approves bill that would increase penalties for fentanyl traffickers By Stephen Groves, Associated Press
Politics Dec 13 WATCH: DOJ holds briefing on $650M settlement with McKinsey for its role in opioid epidemic McKinsey & Company consulting firm has agreed to pay $650 million to settle a federal investigation into its work to help opioids manufacturer Purdue Pharma boost the sales of the highly addictive drug OxyContin, according to court papers filed in… By Geoff Mulvihill, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press
Politics Apr 29 California is joining with a New Jersey company to buy a generic opioid overdose reversal drug California is partnering with a New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company to purchase a generic version of Narcan, the most well-known version of naloxone that can save a person's life during an opioid overdose. By Adam Beam, Associated Press
Economy Jan 31 EBay will pay $59 million settlement over pill presses sold online as U.S. undergoes overdose epidemic The Justice Department says eBay failed to follow laws requiring verification buyers' identities and people who bought pill presses there have been charged in drug trafficking cases. By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press
Nation Oct 10 Watch 10:01 Oregon decriminalization reveals possible solutions and challenges to addressing addiction It’s been more than two and half years since a first-of-its-kind law went into effect in Oregon that decriminalized small possession of most drugs, including opioids and methamphetamines. Stephanie Sy reports from Portland on what’s working and what’s not working… By Stephanie Sy, Sam Weber
May 31 Watch 7:49 Purdue Pharma family protected from lawsuits in exchange for addiction treatment funding By William Brangham, Dorothy Hastings A court ruled the owners of Purdue Pharma, the Sackler family, will be protected from civil lawsuits linked to the opioid crisis in exchange for a $6 billion settlement. Purdue, which filed for bankruptcy in 2019 amid thousands of lawsuits,… Continue watching
Feb 17 How harm reduction advocates are working to prevent fentanyl overdose deaths By Nicole Ellis, Casey Kuhn, Rachel Liesendahl In his address, Biden called for “strong penalties to crack down on fentanyl trafficking” — a line that garnered bipartisan applause during his State of the Union address. But the call drew criticism from harm reduction advocates who say a… Continue reading
Oct 28 Myths about fentanyl persist as opioid continues to cause overdose deaths By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press Fentanyl and other potent synthetic opioids ingrained in the nation's illicit drug supply are killing more people in the U.S. than any other drug has. Continue reading
Mar 10 After years of pain, opioid crisis victims confront Sackler family in court By Geoff Mulvihill, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Victims of opioids and those who have lost loved ones to the addiction crisis are unloading their emotions on members of the family they blame for fueling the deadly epidemic. Continue reading
Nov 30 NYC greenlights safe sites for drug use in effort to curb overdoses By Associated Press The “overdose prevention centers” — commonly known as supervised injection sites — have been discussed for years in New York and some other U.S. cities and already exist in Canada, Australia and Europe. Continue reading