Pharma Giants in Talks to Settle Opioid Lawsuits for $18 Billion
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Report of sweeping payout surfaces one week before start of critical Ohio trial
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DEA Didn’t Do Enough to Stop Opioid Epidemic: Report
Posted in: Culture NewsAccording to the Justice Department, the DEA could have done more to prevent the deadly, decades-long epidemic
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Who Are Ohio’s Anti-Heroin Vigilantes Helping?
Posted in: Culture FeaturesIn the Midwest, where the opioid crisis rages on, online groups have emerged to expose alleged dealers — but some residents worry they've gone too far.
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Purdue Pharma Files for Bankruptcy, Tentatively Settles Federal Opioids Lawsuits
Posted in: Culture NewsSackler Family expected to offer up $3 billion of their personal fortune as part of multibillion-dollar settlement — but they wouldn't have to admit wrongdoing
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Sackler Family Offers “Personal Wealth” as Part of Opioid Crisis Settlement
Posted in: Culture NewsAfter reports that the OxyContin maker would declare bankruptcy, the Sackler family, which owns the pharmaceutical company, says it will offer "personal wealth" as part of opioid crisis settlements
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Philadelphia May Become the First City to Open Safe Injection Sites
Posted in: Culture NewsA Trump-appointed U.S. attorney is trying to stop the harm-reduction site from opening in Kensington, a Philly neighborhood that has been devastated by the opioid epidemic
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Purdue Pharmaceuticals Offers to Settle Thousands of Lawsuits for $10-$12 Billion
Posted in: Culture NewsReport comes one day after a judge ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million to the state of Oklahoma for its role in the opioid crisis
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Opioid Executives Found Guilty of Racketeering
Posted in: Culture NewsInsys Therapeutics produced a rap video to encourage sales reps to push higher doses of a fentanyl-based medication
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Doctors Indicted for Overprescribing Opioids, Trading Sex for Drugs
Posted in: Culture NewsOne medical professional is accused of recruiting sex workers to prescribe them opioids
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How the Opioid Epidemic Became a Uniquely American Problem
Posted in: Culture FeaturesHosts of the NPR podcast Throughline wanted to look at the history of opioid use in America. What they found is it's not a story about drugs, but about pain
