Opioid Crisis

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‘They see a cash cow’: State and local officials overseeing billions in opioid settlements are deluged with product offers from companies hoping to cash in
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‘They see a cash cow’: State and local officials overseeing billions in opioid settlements are deluged with product offers from companies hoping to cash in

By Aneri Pattani and KFF Health News
December 18, 2023
Supreme Court justices agonize over Purdue Pharma settlement that would let Sackler family walk away with billions: ‘There is no other deal’
Finance

Supreme Court justices agonize over Purdue Pharma settlement that would let Sackler family walk away with billions: ‘There is no other deal’

By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
December 5, 2023
Rite Aid files for bankruptcy in the face of massive debts and ‘potentially significant’ claims for its role in the opioid epidemic
Finance

Rite Aid files for bankruptcy in the face of massive debts and ‘potentially significant’ claims for its role in the opioid epidemic

By Amelia Pollard, Ameya Karve and Bloomberg
October 16, 2023
Biden administration announces sweeping legal actions against Chinese fentanyl chemical producers
Finance

Biden administration announces sweeping legal actions against Chinese fentanyl chemical producers

By Fatima Hussein, Eric Tucker and The Associated Press
October 4, 2023
McKinsey agrees to pay $230m to settle suits claiming it fueled the opioid epidemic by advising drugmakers like Purdue how to sell painkillers
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McKinsey agrees to pay $230m to settle suits claiming it fueled the opioid epidemic by advising drugmakers like Purdue how to sell painkillers

By Joel Rosenblatt and Bloomberg
September 27, 2023
Kroger just agreed to pay more than $1.2 billion to states and Native American tribes who sued it for distributing opioids
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Kroger just agreed to pay more than $1.2 billion to states and Native American tribes who sued it for distributing opioids

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September 8, 2023
60% of Americans battling drug or alcohol addictions also have jobs. Here are the professions with the highest rates of substance-use disorder
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60% of Americans battling drug or alcohol addictions also have jobs. Here are the professions with the highest rates of substance-use disorder

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August 4, 2023
Walgreens will pay Nevada $285 million over its role in the opioid epidemic, raising the state’s total settlement money to over $1 billion
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Walgreens will pay Nevada $285 million over its role in the opioid epidemic, raising the state’s total settlement money to over $1 billion

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July 6, 2023
Pills spilling out of a bottle.
Health

A doctor was sentenced to prison and ordered to pay $30 million after he was convicted of masterminding a massive opioid scheme that prosecutors call one of the worst in history

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January 30, 2023
Researchers may have discovered a breakthrough vaccine for fentanyl—the drug at the center of the opioid crisis
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Researchers may have discovered a breakthrough vaccine for fentanyl—the drug at the center of the opioid crisis

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November 16, 2022
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Retail

Walmart offers to pay $3.1 billion over sales of prescription opioids

By Geoff Mulvihill and The Associated Press
November 15, 2022
A man stands in front of a syringe disposal box.
Politics

‘There’s so much unchecked pain’: A West Virginia town heads to the polls as it grapples with an opioid crisis and an HIV outbreak

By Leah Willingham and The Associated Press
November 7, 2022
CVS, Walgreens and Walmart agree to pay $12 billion to settle opioid epidemic lawsuits
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CVS, Walgreens and Walmart agree to pay $12 billion to settle opioid epidemic lawsuits

By Jef Feeley, Fiona Rutherford and Bloomberg
November 2, 2022
Johnson & Johnson, drug distributors reach $26 billion settlement with states over opioids
Health

Johnson & Johnson, drug distributors reach $26 billion settlement with states over opioids

By Jef Feeley, Chris Dolmetsch and Bloomberg
July 21, 2021
McKinsey agrees to yet another mammoth opioids payment, this time to settle Nevada probe
Finance

McKinsey agrees to yet another mammoth opioids payment, this time to settle Nevada probe

By Michelle L. Price and The Associated Press
March 23, 2021

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