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Tag: Drug Abuse and Traffic
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Addiction Treatment Eludes More Than Half of Americans in Need
About 30 percent of Americans have been addicted to opioids or have a relative who has been, researchers also reported.
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Should Opioid Settlement Money Be Spent on Law Enforcement?
As states and counties spend the first wave of billions of dollars from the pharmaceutical industry, public health groups are challenging how some funds are being used.
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What the Supreme Court’s Decision to Hear the Purdue Pharma Case Means
A federal appeals court had signed off on a deal that would shield members of the wealthy Sackler family from lawsuits in exchange for billions for those harmed by the opioid epidemic.
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Ecuador Reels From Assassination of Fernando Villavicencio
The killing of Fernando Villavicencio marks a grim turning point for a once-tranquil country now awash in violence fueled by drug gangs.