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Jul 22

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How the pandemic is complicating America’s addiction crisis

By William Brangham, Mike Fritz

According to preliminary data, drug overdoses killed nearly 72,000 Americans in 2019, a record high. Now, it appears that 2020 is on track to be even worse, as the U.S. has witnessed a startling rise in overdoses during the pandemic.

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Feb 11

What New Hampshire voters want to hear about opioids from 2020 Democrats

By Amanda Latimore, The Conversation

America’s opioid crisis has hit New Hampshire hard, creating an epidemic of overdoses and addiction-related health issues in the early primary state.

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Feb 03

Walgreens to pay $7.5M in settlement over alleged phony pharmacist

By Associated Press

Prosecutors say Le used the license numbers of registered pharmacists in order to dispense prescriptions at Walgreens stores in the San Francisco Bay Area. They allegedly included prescriptions for fentanyl, morphine and codeine.

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Jan 24

Watch 10:31
Drug company executives face prison time for role in opioid epidemic

By William Brangham

Thursday, several executives at Insys Therapeutics were sentenced to prison for a bribery scheme that paid doctors to prescribe the company’s lucrative and addictive painkiller. These sentences are a landmark moment in the push to hold drug makers accountable for…

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Dec 17

11 senators ask Purdue Pharma not to give CEO a bonus

By Associated Press

The letter comes as OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma goes through bankruptcy and tries to settle 2,700 lawsuits over the opioid crisis…

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Dec 17

Michigan sues opioid distributors, likens to drug dealers

By David Eggert, Associated Press

The companies each distributed more than 10% of the opioids sent to pharmacies nationwide from 2006 to 2012.

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Dec 03

Watch 6:50
What newly released emails reveal about OxyContin, Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family

The U.S. opioid epidemic has taken hundreds of thousands of lives. A reckoning for the manufacturers, marketers and distributors of these drugs has now begun -- but despite several multibillion dollar settlements, some states and municipalities say accountability and transparency…

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Nov 27

Watch 6:49
News Wrap: Major storms disrupt Thanksgiving travel

In our news wrap Wednesday, a major storm dumped heavy snow across the Midwest, disrupting travel on the day before Thanksgiving. As much as a foot fell in some places, delaying flights at Chicago O’Hare, while a separate system slammed…

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Nov 26

Trump donates his 3rd-quarter salary to fight the opioid epidemic

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump has given the $100,000 he would be paid in the quarter to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health, which oversees federal public health offices and program.

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Nov 15

Oklahoma judge reduces J&J order in opioid lawsuit by $107 million

By Sean Murphy, Ken Miller, Associated Press

An Oklahoma judge who last summer ordered consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million to help address the state’s opioid crisis on Friday reduced that amount by $107 million in a final order in the case.

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