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‘They Were All Lawyered Up with Rudy Giuliani On Top’

THE CONSULTANT – A LOOK BACK @AUGUST 5, 2018 - Two months after the news conference announcing the terms of the settlement, the Purdue executives flew to Abingdon for their sentencing hearing. The RAPP parents ... Read More...

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As Overdoses Soar, More States Decriminalize Fentanyl Testing Strips

THE TEST YOU WANT TO TAKE – May 6, 2022 - “We hope all the states would come to realize the dangers of contamination are so high and that fentanyl test strips empower a person taking drugs to know whether they... Read More...

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Walgreens Accused Of Fueling Opioid Addiction To Get More Customers

MONEY MONEY MONEY – April 25, 2022 - The companies have denied the allegations, saying that they sold opioid medications that were prescribed by doctors. The defendants will make their opening statements in th... Read More...

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Empire of Pain – Audiobook Review

LISTENING TO CRIMINALS – April 29, 2022 - A remarkable piece of narrative reporting and a sweeping family saga, New Yorker writer Patrick Radden Keefe’s award-winning book about the Sackler family and its role... Read More...

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Opioid Crisis Leaves Families Shattered and Grieving

LET THE HEALING BEGIN – April 19, 2022 - In 2010, there were about 21,000 overdoses involving opioids in the U.S. By 2020, that number had ballooned to 68,630. And during the isolating, stressful, and financia... Read More...

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Is the Opioid Crisis Masking Real Rates of Suicides?

WHO CAN TELL? – April 21, 2022 – Suicides and drug overdoses can happen in clusters when people become desensitized to death, says Connery, who’s also the clinical director of McLean Hospital’s Division of Alc... Read More...

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San Francisco Gets $10 million opioid Settlement

NO ONE GOES TO PRISON – April 20, 2022 - San Francisco sued Endo, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and Allergan Plc, drug distributor Anda Inc, pharmacy Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc in 2018. The companies cr... Read More...

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Battle To Keep People Alive as Fentanyl Ravages SF’s Tenderloin

STOPS YOUR HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO – April 23, 2022 - This neighborhood and the adjoining South of Market (SoMa) district have become ground zero in an opioid overdose crisis that is killing thousands of Califor... Read More...

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Three Virginians Fighting Addiction Their Own Way

VIDEO – PROGRESS IN THE SOUTH – April 14, 2022 - Virginia has been plagued by addiction since the late 1990s when Purdue Pharma introduced Oxycontin. Since then, the regulations surrounding the accessibility of... Read More...

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FDA Regulators Worked for the Sackler Family

IT WAS AN INSIDE JOB – April 13, 2022 - Dr. Smith, who this year was promoted to senior partner, did not respond to phone calls or emails seeking comment. One former McKinsey consultant familiar with his work s... Read More...

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What’s Being Done to Stop the Scourge of Fentanyl?

NOT ENOUGH, BUT THEY’RE TRYING – April 14, 2022 - The drug has been the subject of a number of legislative efforts at both the state and national level. Last year, the U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 2... Read More...

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Woman Turns Down Share of $6 bn. to Fight Sackler Family

GOD SPEED – April 10, 2022 - A cottage outside Floyd, Virginia, is a tranquil stage-set for Ellen Isaacs to wage one of the longest-running wars of the opioid epidemic: the battle to hold OxyContin-maker Purdu... Read More...

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The Talk You Have To Watch

VIDEO – LISTEN AND LEARN – April 7, 2022 - Sam Quinones is a journalist, storyteller, former Los Angeles Times reporter, and author of three acclaimed books of narrative nonfiction. He is the acclaimed author ... Read More...

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Opioid Treatment Violates Discrimination Laws

IT’S BLACK AND WHITE – April 5, 2022 - In guidelines published Tuesday, the department’s Civil Rights Division said employers, health care providers, law enforcement agencies that operate jails and others are v... Read More...

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Walgreens Cries NOT GUILTY On Opioid Charges

GUILTY AS SIN? – April 5, 2022 - Florida, led by Attorney General Ashley Moody, contends that Walgreens has been an integral part of the opioid epidemic. As examples of excess, Moody said in a statement that on... Read More...

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West Virginia Says J&J Created ‘tsunami’ of Opioid Addiction

STOCKS DID OK – April 4, 2022 - “This epidemic has impacted virtually all of West Virginia,” Morrisey said. “Our lawsuit speaks for all West Virginians who have suffered due to the defendants’ unlawful, callous... Read More...

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Opioid Recovery and the DOJ Disability Protections

AUDIO – RYAN HAMPTON QUOTED...AGAIN – April 6, 2022 - “There’s a ton of discrimination out there, including in the medical system,” said Joshua Sharfstein, Johns Hopkins University’s vice dean for public health... Read More...

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Fentanyl Testing Strips Highly Illegal in Texas

VIDEO – DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS – Mar. 23, 2022 - Fentanyl testing strips can be used to test drugs, powders and pills for the presence of fentanyl, which is often more potent than other drugs and can be fatal. ... Read More...

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6.6 Million Opioid Doses and $250 Million In False Billings

IT’S ALL ABOUT MAKING MONEY – March 10, 2022 - Authorities described the clinics as “pill mills” and said they were frequented by people suffering from addictions and drug dealers seeking high-dosage prescripti... Read More...

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‘You Murdered My Daughter’: Relatives of OxyContin Victims Confront the Sacklers

THEY KILLED THOUSANDS – March 10, 2022 - “This is a day like no other in the history of American jurisprudence,” Anne Andrews, a lawyer on a committee for 70,000 relatives and those in recovery, said just befo... Read More...

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Synthetic Opioids Stronger than Fentanyl in US

MORE DEATH AROUND THE CORNER? – Mar 1, 2022 - Krotulski said current trends suggest nitazenes, or any other drugs for that matter, are unlikely to surpass fentanyl in their prevalence, as Mexican cartels have a... Read More...

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Exciting Results Treating Opioid Habit with ‘Mindfulness’

LET’S PLAY CONCENTRATION – Feb. 28, 2022 - “Rather than getting caught up in the pain or craving,” Garland explained, “we teach people how to step back and observe that experience from the perspective of an ob... Read More...

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Exposing the Sackler’s Greed For the Deadly Opioid Disaster

HOW THE MURDERERS WENT FREE – Feb. 27, 2022 - For decades the Sackler name was synonymous with often extravagant art world philanthropy – since 2009, the Sackler Trust had given around £170m to art institution... Read More...

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Sacklers to Pay $6 Billion More for Fueling Overdose Deaths

VIDEO – THE SOPRANO FAMILY ARE PIKERS – Marc 3, 2022 - Purdue said on Thursday that the new settlement would provide additional funding for opioid abatement programs, overdose rescue medicines, and victims, while put... Read More...

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White House Plan Would Spend $41 Billion On Drug Policy

THAT’S A LOT OF DOPE – March 2, 2022 - Biden’s 2022 proposed budget provides a total of $17.5 billion for drug trafficking supply reduction efforts. The Biden policy to combat drug addiction and overdoses call... Read More...

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Were These Doctors Treating Pain or Dealing Drugs?

DO NO MORE PHARMA – Feb. 28, 2022 - Dr. Ruan has been serving a 21-year sentence in federal prison, convicted in 2017 for illegally prescribing opioids and related financial crimes. To collect millions of dolla... Read More...

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4 U.S. Companies Will Pay $26 BILLION To Settle Claims For Opioid Crisis

AUDIO – WHEN? – Feb. 25, 2022 - “This settlement represents real accountability,” said North Carolina state Attorney General Josh Stein, who helped negotiate the deal. Stein noted that most of the funds are ... Read More...

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Seeing Addiction as a Disease

WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET – Feb. 24, 2022 - “We’re in what is now becoming known as the fourth wave of the opioid epidemic. The first wave was the over-prescription of analgesics like oxycodone, morphine and... Read More...

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Treating Drug Dealers Like Serial Killers by Chris Dale

EXAMINING THE CHARGES AGAINST 4 MEN CONNECTED TO ACTOR MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS’ DEATH – Feb. 28, 2022 - Twenty years to life. That’s how much prison time 39-year-old Irvin Cartagena faces for allegedly cau... Read More...

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CDC To Soften Opioid Prescription Guidelines

VIDEO – GOING BACKWARDS? – Feb. 12, 2022 - Opioids can be an important tool in treating severe pain from cancer, surgery and serious injuries. But they also can be addictive — even when used under doctors’ ord... Read More...

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