Tag: opioids
OxyContin drug maker pleads guilty to federal criminal charges
"Today’s guilty plea comes too late for the millions of lives that Purdue’s crimes destroyed over the past decade.”
Comfortably numb
Factoring out those out there who are in lots of pain from injury or illness, what of the overwhelming majority who are not in that group and are hooked on opioids?
FDA failed to make sure opioid prescriptions were safe, documents show
"FDA has tools that could mitigate opioid risks more effectively if the agency would be more assertive in using its power to control opioid prescribing, manufacturing, and distribution."
Landmark victory: Johnson & Johnson forced to pay $572 million for...
"The opioid crisis is an imminent danger and menace to Oklahomans."
Big Pharma sent over 3 billion opioids to Ohio over 7...
There were more than 1 million years of life lost due to drug overdoses in the state.
A tale of two druglords
One gets life behind bars, the other retired into luxury. Guess which one wreaked more havoc.
This Texas county is suing Big Pharma for the opioid crisis
The county says that opioid use and addiction has cost it millions of dollars.
In landmark opioid trial, Oklahoma accuses Johnson & Johnson of being...
In opening statements Tuesday, lawyers made a sweeping case against the company, accusing it of driving demand for opioids while the drug ravaged Oklahoma.
More evidence that fentanyl is killing meth and cocaine users
“The lack of awareness regarding the potentially deadly combination of fentanyl with cocaine or methamphetamine poses a significant risk to public health because of the heightened risk of overdose.”
‘The opioid crisis isn’t white:’ How the lethal epidemic affects communities...
"Especially in the last few years, if you look at the rates of increase of opioid overdose death rates, we find that especially black Americans have had a stark increase in the death rates compared to other groups – in fact, more than white Americans."
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
Now you see them… now you don’t
Women leaders and Trump 2.0.