
State and local governments get nearly $19 billion more in opioid lawsuit settlements
States and local governments will receive an additional $18.75 billion from pharmacy chains and drug manufacturers to settle lawsuits over their roles in flooding the country with painkillers — money meant to help communities still grappling with an unparalleled addiction and overdose crisis, attorneys announced.
Stars and Stripes - 4 hours ago
New Mexico reaches $500M settlement with Walgreens in opioid case
ABC News - 6 hours ago
Walgreens reaches $500 million deal with New Mexico over opioid crisis
Walgreens Boots Alliance has agreed to pay $500 million to New Mexico to settle claims that its pharmacies helped fuel opioid addiction in the state by failing to stop illegal pill sales, lawyers for the state announced on Friday.
Reuters - 13 hours ago
Dealer who led gang peddling heroin and crack cocaine made half a million pounds
WalesOnline - 15 hours ago

Better Living Through Ecstasy: Rachel Nuwer Makes the Case for MDMA Therapy
According to Rachel Nuwer's new book, MDMA is not dangerous when used properly and may change life as we know it for the better.
Miami New Times - 15 hours ago
Independent.ie - 19 hours ago
Teva concludes US nationwide opioid settlement - (Globes)
Times of Israel - 1 day ago
Teva to pay $193 million to Nevada in opioid case
YNET News - 1 day ago
Boston Herald - 2 days ago
Gizmodo - 2 days ago
S.F. drug dealer gets 6 years after fentanyl-laced cocaine causes man's death
San Francisco Chronicle - 3 days ago

An Appeals Court Gave the Sacklers Legal Immunity. Here’s What the Ruling Means.
New York Times - 5 days ago
Australia seizes 800kg of cocaine worth $210m from cargo ship
Independent UK - 7 days ago

U.S. ruling gives Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma, immunity from opioid lawsuits | CBC News
The Sackler family, the wealthy owners of Purdue Pharma, will be shielded from future lawsuits related to the opioid epidemic under a plan approved by a U.S. federal appeals court.
CBC News - 9 days ago
Using Machine Learning, Rohit Dixit Identifies Most Fatal Opioid Drug Interactions To Save Lives
International Business Times - 9 days ago
New UMD School of Medicine institute aims to change addiction treatment and prevention
As the toll of America’s opioid epidemic continues to mount, the University of Maryland School of Medicine announced the Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine, where researchers, substance use disorder specialists and doctors will work together to change the way addiction is treated, prevented and studied.
The Baltimore Sun - 9 days ago
Purdue Pharma can protect Sackler owners in opioid bankruptcy, court rules
Bankrupt OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma can shield its owners, members of the wealthy Sackler family, from opioid lawsuits in exchange for a $6 billion contribution to the company's broader bankruptcy settlement, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday.
Reuters - 10 days ago
DEA revokes license of drug distributor over opioid crisis failures
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration stripped one of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical distributors of its license to sell painkillers.
Los Angeles Times - 14 days ago
A Rural County's Choice: Use Opioid Funds to Pay Off Debt, or Pay Them Forward to Curb Crisis
Kaiser Health News - 24 days ago
$103 Million Worth of Cocaine in Homemade Submarine Seized by Colombian Navy
Inside Edition - 25 days ago
$50 Billion in Opioid Settlement Cash Is on the Way. We're Tracking How It's Spent.
Kaiser Health News - 1 month ago
Attorneys General in 37 States Urge Insurance Industry to Do More to Curb Opioid Epidemic
They want insurers to re-examine coverage policies that, as ProPublica and The New York Times reported Sunday, may be driving patients toward addictive painkillers.
ProPublica - 3 months ago
Inside Purdue Pharma’s Media Playbook: How It Planted the Opioid “Anti-Story”
OxyContin’s makers delayed the reckoning for their role in the opioid crisis by funding think tanks, placing friendly experts on leading outlets, and deterring or challenging negative coverage.
ProPublica - 1 year ago
New Documents Show How Drug Companies Targeted Doctors to Increase Opioid Prescriptions
A trove of documents published as part of a legal settlement offers an unvarnished look inside the financial relationships between pharmaceutical companies and the medical community — from the perspective of drug companies themselves.
ProPublica - 1 year ago
Daily Mail - 1 year ago
Heroin addict babies, leeches, dodgy spivs? Come on, nurse - it's meant to be Christmas!
Daily Mail - 1 year ago
4 Olympic Games staffers from U.S. and U.K. arrested for using cocaine
Tokyo Reporter - 1 year ago
ProPublica - 1 year ago
Opioid Overdoses Keep Surging in Chicago, Killing Black People on the West Side
ProPublica - 2 years ago
Amid Opioid Crisis, Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers
ProPublica - 3 years ago
Senator Calls on Insurers to Improve Access to Non-Opioid Pain Treatments
ProPublica - 3 years ago
Pressure Mounts on Insurance Companies to Consider Their Role in Opioid Epidemic
ProPublica - 3 years ago
Opioid Makers, Blamed for Overdose Epidemic, Cut Back on Marketing Payments to Doctors
ProPublica - 3 years ago
Watch Richard Sackler Deny His Family's Role in the Opioid Crisis
ProPublica - 3 years ago
How Has the "Crack Cocaine of Gambling" Affected Illinois? The State Hasn't Bothered to Check.
ProPublica - 3 years ago