New York attorney general announces new Purdue Pharma opioid crisis settlement – JURIST
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday a new $7.5 billion settlement with Purdue Pharmaceuticals and the Sackler Family for their role in the ongoing US opioid crisis, with…
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US Justice Department sues Walgreens for fueling opioid crisis – JURIST
The US Justice Department on Friday filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, accusing Walgreens pharmacists of filling millions of prescriptions for controlled…
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Ohio Supreme Court Blocks Opioid Nuisance Lawsuit
Ohio Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Pharmacies, Overturns $650M Opioid Judgment. The Ohio Supreme Court determined on Tuesday that the state’s product liability legislation prevents counties from pursuing public…
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Canada top court rules that suspected drug trades justify warrantless searches amidst ‘opioid crisis’ – JURIST
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that a suspected drug sale constitutes an “exigent circumstance” that justifies warrantless search, which would otherwise be considered a violation of privacy under the…
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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…
Read More »US’s Illicit Opioid Supply Now Mixed With Deadly Animal Tranquilizer, Study Warns
Authors of a new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine are warning that there is insufficient awareness that an animal tranquilizer is now being widely mixed in with the…
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Could AI be the spark that ends the opioid epidemic?
Jerel Ezell is an assistant professor in Community Health Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health. He is also the director of the Berkeley Center for…
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