opioid crisis
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DOJ Lets Opioid Ghouls at Purdue Pharma Off With a Slap on the Wrist
The “Empire of Pain” and the family that profited from it scored a sick joke of a settlement with the Department of Justice on Wednesday, evading accountability for their role in the nationwide opioid epidemic.
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NY Governor’s Veto Outrages Activists Fighting For Medicaid Patients Who Need Opioid Addiction Treatment
Activists in New York are furious over a New Year’s Eve decision by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to veto a bill that intended to make it easier for poor residents on Medicaid to access medication-based treatment for opioid addiction—while also signing a similar bill that does expand access to these medications for people on private insurance.
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Former Drug Company Execs, Pharmacists Arrested For Allegedly Flooding Small Towns With Opioids
Federal officials have indicted two former executives at the pharmaceutical wholesaler Miami-Luken for allegedly distributing millions of opioid pills illegally in rural Appalachia. Two pharmacists have also been charged, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio.
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DHS Might Classify Fentanyl As A Weapon Of Mass Destruction Because Everything Is Unbelievably Stupid Now
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security might classify fentanyl, a highly addictive pain reliever that’s at the centre of American’s opioid epidemic, as a weapon of mass destruction, according to a leaked document obtained by military-focused news site Task & Purpose.