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Cardinal Health was one of a handful of corporations to strike a last-minute settlement with two Ohio counties, to avoid the first major trial in the landmark federal litigation effort concerning the opioid health crisis.
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Opioid Trial: 4 Companies Reach Tentative Settlement With Ohio Counties

Oct 21, 2019
Four defendants, including three big U.S. distributors, have struck a deal with Summit and Cuyahoga counties. It doesn't resolve thousands of other lawsuits filed against the firms across the U.S.
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Dr. Joel Smithers was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Wednesday for illegal opioid prescriptions.
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Doctor Gets 40 Years For Illegally Prescribing More Than Half A Million Opioid Doses

Oct 02, 2019
Dr. Joel Smithers was convicted in May of more than 800 federal counts of illegal drug distribution. He was facing life in prison and a $200 million fine. The court ordered him to pay $86,000.
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Brian Benczkowski, assistant attorney general of the Justice Department's criminal division, announcing arrests for illegal opioid sales in April. On Wednesday, he revealed another 11 arrests of doctors for illegal distribution of opioids.
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U.S. Accuses 11 Doctors Of Illegally Peddling Opioids In Appalachian States

Sep 25, 2019
"We will find you and ensure that the justice system treats you like the drug dealer you are," said Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski.
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Utah Man Found Guilty Of Running Massive Opioid Ring

Aug 31, 2019

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man has been found guilty of running a multimillion-dollar opioid ring that sent hundreds of thousands of potentially deadly pills across the country from his suburban basement.

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State's attorney Brad Beckworth lays out one of his closing arguments in Oklahoma's case against drugmaker Johnson & Johnson at the Cleveland County Courthouse in Norman, Okla. in July. The judge in the case ruled Monday that J&J must pay $572 million to
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Oklahoma Wanted $17 Billion To Fight Its Opioid Crisis: What's The Real Cost?

Aug 26, 2019
The $572 million judgment against Johnson & Johnson will cover one year of addiction treatment and prevention the judge says. But health economists predict it will take decades to abate the problem.
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Drug agents last fall worked with a Minneapolis police SWAT team to seize just under 171 pounds of methamphetamine. Many U.S. states say they face an escalating problem with meth and drugs other than opioids.
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Federal Grants Restricted To Fighting Opioids Miss The Mark, States Say

Jun 13, 2019
The U.S. government has doled out at least $2.4 billion in state grants since 2017, specifically targeting the opioid epidemic. Yet drug abuse problems seldom involve only one substance.
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Insys Therapeutics founder John Kapoor departs federal court in Boston, Jan. 30. On Monday the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, saying it needs to sell its assets to pay back creditors. Kapoor, who was convicted last month of racketeering, owns m
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Insys Files For Chapter 11, Days After Landmark Opioid Settlement Of $225 Million

Jun 10, 2019
The maker of a highly addictive fentanyl-based drug wants to sell its assets to pay some $250 million in debts. The move could let the company out of part of the settlement deal reached last week.
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Teva Pharmaceuticals has reached a settlement with the state of Oklahoma over its alleged role in fueling the opioid epidemic. In March, drugmaker Purdue Pharma agreed to a $270 million settlement.
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Teva Pharmaceuticals Agrees To $85 Million Settlement With Oklahoma In Opioid Case

May 26, 2019
Oklahoma's attorney general had filed a lawsuit against the Israel-based company for its alleged role in fueling the opioid crisis.
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In Massachusetts last July, several Franklin County Jail inmates, seated, were watched by a nurse (left) and a corrections officer after receiving their daily doses of buprenorphine, a drug that helps control opioid cravings. By some estimates, at least
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County Jails Struggle With A New Role As America's Prime Centers For Opioid Detox

Apr 24, 2019
The National Sheriffs' Association has published a detailed guide to jail-based medication-assisted treatment. States hardest hit by opioids are moving fastest to get inmates the help needed to quit.
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One person has died and a total of 12 people were taken to the hospital after a mass drug overdose in Chico, Calif. Above, syringes of the opiate fentanyl appear at an inpatient pharmacy.
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1 Dead And 12 Hospitalized After Mass Drug Overdose In California

Jan 13, 2019
Police officers administered CPR after arriving at a home in Chico, California, where the drug overdose occurred. Four people are in critical condition.
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"People have to be alive to get the help that they need," said Brittney Webster, who got free naloxone at a health center in Carlisle, Pa.
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In Pennsylvania, People Lined Up For Free Naloxone

Dec 14, 2018
Across the state, volunteers in Pennsylvania distributed naloxone on Thursday. The drug reverses the effects of opioid overdose. The giveaway was part of a state plan to combat the opioid epidemic.
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Offering therapy to children in need at school makes sense, says Sarah Nadeau, who adopted two girls from a family that struggled with addiction, because sometimes school is the only stable place they have.
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School-Based Counselors Help Kids Cope With Fallout From Drug Addiction

Dec 05, 2018
More than 50 Massachusetts schools are participating in a new program that brings counselors in to help children deal with the stress and trauma of living in families struggling with drug addiction.
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Kristen Philman first tried methamphetamine in her early 20s, as an alternative to heroin and other opioids. When she discovered she was pregnant, she says, it was a wake-up call, and she did what she needed to do to stop using all those drugs.
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Another Drug Crisis: Methamphetamine Use By Pregnant Women

Nov 29, 2018
As illegal meth use has made a comeback across the U.S., pregnant women have not been spared, doctors say. New research shows rural areas in the South, Midwest and West have been hit hardest.
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Nicole and Ben Veum, with their little boy, Adrian. Nicole was in recovery from opioid addiction when she gave birth to Adrian, and she worried the fentanyl in her epidural would lead to relapse, but it didn't.
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Childbirth In The Age Of Addiction: New Mom Worries About Maintaining Her Sobriety

Nov 10, 2018
Pain medications commonly used in labor present medical and mental challenges for pregnant women recovering from opioid addiction.
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Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, testifying before a House subcommittee in May. There are "very tight restrictions" being placed on the distribution and use of Dsuvia, Gottlieb said Friday in addressing the FDA's approval of the
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Despite Warnings, FDA Approves Potent New Opioid Painkiller

Nov 02, 2018
Critics, including some leading anesthesiologists, say the drug is unnecessary, and they worry it will be diverted and abused. The Food And Drug Administration says it is addressing safety concerns.
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Anthony Dooley, 32, successfully graduated from an addiction recovery program recently. He credits Cox's team with visiting him in the hospital and walking him through his options.
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Knocking On Doors To Get Opioid Overdose Survivors Into Treatment

Oct 24, 2018
Within days of an OD from opioids or other drugs, users in Huntington, W.Va., are visited by a quick-response team at home, the hospital or in jail. Reversing an OD is just recovery's first step.
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Pamela Bellino opens the AED box located in the cafeteria at West Roxbury campus of the VA Boston Healthcare System. The blue pouch, tucked next to the defibrillator, contains the naloxone.
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VA Adding Opioid Antidote To Defibrillator Cabinets For Quicker Overdose Response

Sep 27, 2018
The overdose antidote naloxone could soon be available in more public places. The Veterans Administration is adding it to its automated defibrillator cabinets. Other institutions are following suit.
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Barb Williamson runs several sobriety houses in Pennsylvania, commercially run homes where residents support each other in their recovery from opioid addiction. Initially, she says, she saw the use of Suboxone or methadone by residents as "a crutch," and
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Many 'Recovery Houses' Won't Let Residents Use Medicine To Quit Opioids

Sep 12, 2018
Evidence shows the drugs methadone and buprenorphine can help people recover from opioid use disorder by reducing withdrawal symptoms and cravings. So why do many sobriety facilities ban their use?
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Baby boomers who use marijuana seem to be using it more often than in previous years, a recent survey finds — 5.7 percent of respondents ages 50 to 64 said they'd tried it in the past month. The drug is also gaining popularity among people in their 70s
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More Older Americans Are Turning To Marijuana

Sep 12, 2018
As marijuana gains popularity among people 65 and older, geriatricians call for more research on how it affects elderly patients. Shifts in metabolism as we age can intensify any drug's side effects.
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Dispatches From A 'Dopesick' America

Aug 21, 2018
Author Beth Macy details opioids' odyssey from medicine to scourge, in her book about young heroin users, their long-suffering parents, doctors, drug company executives, cops, judges and drug dealers.
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Victoria gave birth to her daughter Lili while in treatment for opioid dependency.
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Babies Born Dependent On Opioids Need Touch, Not Tech

Aug 16, 2018
A pediatrician is working to make sure every hospital in Kansas can give babies with neonatal abstinence syndrome the soft start they need, ideally right next to their mothers.
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Melania Trump blows bubbles in a playroom with children during a visit to Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday. The first lady was promoting her "Be Best" campaign to help children.
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After A Slow Start, Melania Trump Hits The Road For 'Be Best'

Jul 24, 2018
The rollout of the first lady's policy initiative was delayed by her illness and hospitalization in May, but the White House says she'll be making more appearances in the weeks to come.
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A New Hope To Defeat Opioid Addiction

Jul 23, 2018

Legally prescribed painkillers such as oxycodone, or street drugs like heroin, are a major cause of death in Nevada.

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Kelly Zimmerman says she'd like to find a home for herself and her toddler — so she doesn't have to depend on her parents so much — but that may not happen soon. She still has financial debt from her years of addiction.
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Beyond Opioids: How A Family Came Together To Stay Together

Jun 19, 2018
Infants do better with their parents, studies find, as long as parents have support to get and stay sober. This program starts during pregnancy, to rally and train a strong family support network.
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Kentucky filed a lawsuit against Walgreens on Thursday for allegedly failing to adequately monitor its operations as it shipped and dispensed large quantities of opioids.
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Kentucky Sues Walgreens For 'Dual Role' In The State's Opioid Crisis

Jun 14, 2018
The lawsuit alleges the company fulfilled orders "for such large quantities of prescription narcotic pain medication that there could be no associated legitimate medical purpose for their use."

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