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Record Number of Americans Died of Overdose Deaths in 2021, CDC Says
The Centers for Disease Control revealed Wednesday that the U.S. set a grim record in 2021 with 107,000 overdose deaths.
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More Than 107,000 Americans Died of an Overdose Last Year, Setting New Record
The provisional 2021 total translates to roughly one U.S. overdose death every 5 minutes.
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Biden Drug Control Plan Stresses Harm Reduction, Treatment
President Joe Biden is sending his administration’s first national drug control strategy to Congress
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Can This Pharmacy Chain Be Found Responsible For the Opioid Crisis?
State attorneys in Florida say pharmacy chain Walgreens ignored red flags that signaled the pharmacies were contributing to the opioid crisis. Walgreens stores in the Tampa area had abnormally high numbers of opioid prescriptions and pills distributed, prosecutors say. Walgreens attorneys say the company was misled by pharmaceutical companies like Purdue Pharma about the potency of the drugs.
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Treatment for Opioid Addiction Often Brings Discrimination
There often is a serious downside for people taking medications that have a long track record of helping treat opioid addiction: discrimination
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States Look for Solutions as US Fentanyl Deaths Keep Rising
With fentanyl driving fatal overdoses to record levels in the U.S., state governments are scrambling for solutions
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Drug Overdoses Are Costing the U.S. Economy $1 Trillion a Year, Government Report Estimates
U.S. government officials said synthetic opioids are akin to “a slow-motion weapon of mass destruction.”
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Native American Tribes Reach $590 Million Opioid Settlement
Native American tribes have reached opioid settlements worth over a half-billion dollars with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three distributors
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New York Jury Holds Drugmaker Teva Liable in Opioid Crisis
A jury has held Teva Pharmaceuticals responsible for contributing to the opioid crisis
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‘He Left Me Too Soon': As COVID Fueled the Drug Crisis, Native Americans Hit Worst
As the pandemic ravaged the country, deaths from drug overdoses surged by nearly 30%, surpassing 100,000 dead for the first time in American history.
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Judge Rejects Purdue Pharma's Sweeping Opioid Settlement
A federal judge has rejected OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s sweeping deal to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art Cuts Sackler Name Amid Opioid Ire
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is dropping the Sackler name from seven exhibition spaces amid growing outrage over the role the family may have played in the opioid crisis.
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Ohio Jury Holds CVS, Walgreens, Walmart Responsible for Role in Opioid Crisis
A federal jury says three retail pharmacy chains didn’t do enough to stop the flow of opioid pills into two Ohio counties
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100,000 Americans Died of Drug Overdoses in One Year — A Never-Before-Seen Record
Experts believe the top drivers are the growing prevalence of deadly fentanyl in the illicit drug supply and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Washington Seeks Over $38 Billion From Opioid Distributors
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson has taken the state’s case against the nation’s three biggest drug distributors to trial
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Pharmacies Face 1st Trial Over Role in Opioid Crisis
A bellwether trial is set to start Monday in federal court in Cleveland to determine whether retail pharmacy chains are liable for costs related to the opioid crisis in two Ohio counties
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Scientists Eye Opioid Vaccine as a Shot to Stem Overdose Epidemic
A trial is now underway for a potential opioid vaccine — meant to protect against a deadly opioid overdose.
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Cook County Health Expands Fight Against Opioid Crisis With Medication Take-Back Bins
Even as we emerge from the coronavirus pandemic, the ongoing opioid epidemic continues to get worse, studies show.
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Companies: $26B Settlement of Opioid Lawsuits to Move Ahead
Four companies say they’ll move ahead with a $26 billion settlement of lawsuits over the opioid crisis.
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This Point-and-Click Game Helps Reduce the Stigma of Addiction
Dr. Lynn Fiellin of Yale Medical School and LX News host Tabitha Lipkin talk about reducing the stigma of addiction using a video game. Fiellin helped develop PlaySmart, a point-and-click game catered to older teens that simulates life choices around opioid use.