The decision gives the Purdue Pharma owners long-sought protection, but it will release billions of dollars from their fortune to states and communities to help cope with the costs of addiction.
Tag: Opioids and Opiates
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House Passes Bill to Make Penalties Permanent for Fentanyl-Related Drugs
The legislation earned quiet endorsement from the Biden administration and a solid group of Democratic votes, but exposed divisions over how to tackle the country’s most pressing drug crisis.
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Addiction Treatment Medicine Is Vastly Underprescribed, Especially by Race, Study Finds
Black patients with opioid use disorder were far less likely to fill prescriptions for the most effective addiction treatments than white patients. But strikingly few patients of all races got the medicine.
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The Drug That Saves Lives Even if It’s Never Used
Just handling Narcan and learning how to use it changes the way people think about drug addiction.
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What if You Could Save Someone From an Overdose?
A nasal spray could change the course of the opioid epidemic.