Purdue Pharma

US Could Ease Restrictions On Prescribing Opioids

WHAT A RELIEF, FOR SOME –  Feb. 15, 2022 - Drugmakers in the 1990s marketed new opioids as less addictive…

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Sackler Family Offers an Extra Billion Dollars to Avoid Prosecution

KILLERS –   Feb. 18, 2022 - Members of the billionaire Sackler family have sweetened their cash offer to settle…

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Middle-school Child Falls Prey to Fatal Fentanyl

VIDEO – AMERICAN NIGHTMARE –   Feb. 18, 2022 - But about a year and a half ago, the middle…

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New Strategy Needed To Tackle Opioids Crisis

REDUCE THE COST OF BURIALS –   Feb. 8, 2022 - The pandemic has contributed to a surge in substance…

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New Documentary on Overdose Epidemic

VIDEO – WATCH AND WEEP –   Feb. 10, 2022 - The overdose epidemic continues to ravage cities across America…

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Opioid Deaths Cost U.S. Economy $1 Trillion A Year

AUDIO – $1,000,000,000,000 –  Feb. 8, 2022 - Opioid overdose deaths cost the U.S. economy $1 trillion a year, the…

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Native American Tribes Tentative $590 Mil. Opioids Settlement with J&J

NEW TRAIL OF TEARS –  Feb, 1, 2022 - Together with a deal struck last fall between the distributors and…

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Sacklers Cough Up $4 Billion More To Settle

CHUMP CHANGE –   Jan. 31, 2022 - The judge found the reorganization plan improperly shielded Sackler family members, who…

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Opioid Addiction Treatment in Jail Could Change Lives

YES, GREAT IDEA –   Jan. 19, 2022 - Not offering treatment to people with opioid use disorder in jails…

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Nevada Joins $26 Billion Opioid Settlement

$63 MILLION to $5 BILLION –   Jan. 4, 2022 - Amerisource Bergen and McKesson declined to comment. Cardinal Health…

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To Beat The Opioid Crisis, We Must Change The Rules Of The Game

LEGALIZE THEM –   Dec. 2021 - Twenty years later, we have just witnessed a historically high annual mortality rate…

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Michael Keaton: What ‘Dopesick’ Taught Him About Opioid Crisis

LISTEN – EDUCATING AMERICA –   Dec. 22, 2021 - Michael Keaton thought he knew the basics of the vast…

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Greedy British Museums Refuse to Remove Sackler Family Name From Exhibits

FACES OF GREED –   Dec. 26, 2021 - The name adorns the £2 million courtyard at the V&A in…

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100,000 Overdoses in One-Year As Families Demand Government Action

WATCH – BIG PHARMA SELLS EUPHORIA –   Dec. 17, 2021 - Correspondent David Spunt describes pressure the Biden administration…

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Uncertainty Follows Court’s Rejection of Purdue Opioids Deal

STILL BILLIONAIRES NO MATTER WHAT –   Dec. 17, 2021 - “Every day, 265 people are dying. The attorneys are…

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Judge Puts Sackler Family Back On the Hook

THE FAMILY THAT CRIMES TOGETHER SHOULD DO TIME TOGETHER –   Dec. 16. 2021 - Under the crush of thousands…

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Should Doctors Be Embarrassed by TV’s ‘Dopesick’?

ONLY IF THEY HAVE FEELINGS –   Nov. 26, 2021 - “I think doctors should watch this series because it…

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A Rabbi Helped Me Understand the Stigma Addiction Carries

CARRY THAT WEIGHT –   Nov. 18, 2021 - Waves of agony repeatedly knocked the breath out of me, as…

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The Joint Commission’s Complicity in the Opioid Crisis

J’ACCUSE! –   by Christopher Dale Nov. 1, 2021 - A two-decade review shows decisions too poor – and Big…

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100,000 Americans Died From Drug Overdoses

WINTER IN AMERICA –   Nov. 17, 2021 - The vast majority of these deaths, about 70 percent, were among…

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Hulu’s Dopesick Puts Lesbian Coal Miner at the Heart of Its Opioid Crisis Miniseries

WATCH AND WEEP –   Nov. 10, 2021 - We have the government: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Randy Ramseyer (John Hoogenakker)…

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California Judge Delivers Drugmakers First Big Win in Opioid Litigation

EVERYONE ELSE LOSES –   Nov. 2, 2021 - “Any adverse downstream consequences flowing from medically appropriate prescriptions cannot constitute…

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The New Wave of Killer Synthetic Drugs

BODIES ON THE SHORE OF DESPAIR –    Oct. 28, 2021 - Quinones has been on this beat for years.…

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Sam Quinones Foretold the Opioid Crisis, Sounds Alarm on the Coming Tsunami of Deaths

LISTEN UP – HE KNOWS WHERE ALL THE BODIES ARE BURIED –   Oct. 29, 2021 - When you finished…

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What’s New: From ‘Dopesick’ to ‘Hightown,’ Three Shows About the Opioid Crisis

WATCH – I LIKE TO WATCH –   Oct. 13, 2021 - ‘Hightown’ When Jerry Bruckheimer is considering a new…

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Pharmacies Face 1st Trial In Opioid Conspiracy

EVERY CHAIN IS GUILTY –    Oct. 2, 2021 - In a bellwether federal trial starting Monday in Cleveland, Lake…

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Purdue Deal Delivers Billions, But Individuals Get Crumbs

PLEASE BIG PHARMA, WE NEED SOME MORE –   Sept. 28, 2021 - For her claim, Lynn Wencus of Wretham,…

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Dopesick’s Michael Keaton Talks Addiction

NOW HE IS SUPERMAN –   Sept. 26, 2021 - What boggles your mind the most? “An actual addiction was…

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Demand for Sober-Living Residences

LISTEN NPR – RECOVERY CAN START ANYWHERE –    Oct. 2, 2021 - Money from opioid settlements will flow into…

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An Insider from the Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Speaks Out

“ZERO F*#CKS GIVEN” –   Sept. 20, 2021 - In a previous life, Hampton worked as a campaign staffer for…

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