How should the opioid settlements be spent? Those hit hardest often don’t have a say
People with substance use disorder are not getting a direct say on how most opioid settlement money is used.
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California overdose death linked to opioid three times stronger than fentanyl, federal prosecutors say
A Santa Clarita man was charged this week in what federal prosecutors believe is the country’s first death due to a synthetic opioid three times stronger than fentanyl. Benjamin Anthony….
ESPN star Lauren Sisler on the tragedy of losing both her parents to opioid overdoses on the same day
Lauren Sisler still puts on the VHS tapes. They transport her back to old gymnastics meets after long drives alongside her parents and her brother Allen. ‘We’d jump in the….
Kentucky sues Express Scripts, alleging it had a role in the deadly opioid addiction crisis
Kentucky’s attorney general has sued pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts.
City in Florida providing $1M in opioid settlement money to nonprofits fighting opioid epidemic
The city of St. Petersburg, Florida, is allocating $1 million from an opioid settlement to nonprofit organizations working to address the opioid crisis through treatment and recovery support services. As….
In JD Vance’s home state of Ohio, an ongoing fight against opioid addiction | US Election 2024 News
Middletown, Ohio – The speech was JD Vance’s chance to introduce himself to a national audience. A freshman senator from Ohio, Vance had only 18 months of experience in Congress….
Illawarra overdose deaths rise amid opioid addiction treatment shortage
Nearly 250 accidental drug overdose deaths recorded in 15 years.
How California local governments are using opioid settlement payouts
Sacramento — Sonja Verdugo lost her husband to an opioid overdose last year. She regularly delivers medical supplies to people using drugs who are living — and dying — on the….
Britain is on the brink of an opioid crisis. Punishing addicts won’t work | Martha Gill
‘You only need two sentences to understand British politics,” Lord Maurice Saatchi told a recent News Agents podcast. “Conservatives are efficient but cruel. Labour is caring but incompetent.” Now, though,….
Families of those lost in opioid crisis ‘devastated’ by Supreme Court’s decision to reject Purdue settlement
Some family members who lost loved ones to opioids expressed shock and sadness, but also a resolve to keep fighting, after the Supreme Court on Thursday torpedoed a massive settlement….