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America’s First Opioid Epidemic
As the country struggles with a terrible opioid crisis, we remember a similar epidemic that raged through the U.S. in the 1800s.
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‘I got my life back’: Natick police share thank-you letter from woman they saved after an overdose
When the woman walked into the Natick Police Department, she brought two things with her: baked goods and a letter. Both were to say thank you to the first responders who saved her life. “I overdosed for the last time in August,” she wrote in the letter. “It was a major wake up call. I went to detox the next day and haven’t used since. Due to you guys saving my live through CPR and Narcan I got my life back!”
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West Virginia companies will pay $1.25 billion to settle opioid lawsuits
Communities in West Virginia say they would get $1.25 billion from the drug industry in a proposed settlement that would end most of the litigation stemming from the opioid crisis in the state. The deal would be the first of its kind, even as drug makers, distribution companies and pharmacies are considering settling about 3,000 lawsuits nationwide over what many — including the families of those who died of opioid addiction — say was their role in fueling a crisis that has been linked to more than 430,000 deaths in the U.S. since 2000.
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Discovery of New Novel Molecule Sparks Hope for Pain and Depression Treatment
Researchers from the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) have developed a new molecule called LIH383. In a press release, they claim that this new novel molecule binds to and blocks specific opioid peptides in the brain, thus regulating the levels of opioid peptides in the entire central nervous system.
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Multiple states say the opioid crisis cost American economy over $2 trillion
Opioid manufacturers have cost the American economy $2.15 trillion, according to a notice of claim filed in bankruptcy court by nearly every US state and many territories. The filing was made Monday by New York, 48 other states, Washington, DC, and various other territories against Purdue Pharma and other distributors and manufacturers, according to the New York attorney general. A financial breakdown per state provided in the court filing shows that New York is seeking to claim $165 billion.
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McKinsey Settles for $573 Million Over Role in Opioid Crisis
The consulting firm has reached the agreement with 47 states because of its advice to drugmakers, including Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin.
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Big pharma executives mocked ‘pillbillies’ in emails, West Virginia opioid trial hears
Executives circulated rhymes and emails mocking “hillbillies” who became addicted to opioid painkillers even as the company poured hundreds of millions of pills into parts of Appalachia at the heart of America’s opioid epidemic.
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Fentanyl deaths are soaring in Texas, and officials aren't taking key steps to stop them
As a new drug crisis worsens in Texas, experts say state and local health officials are...
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Opioids were the most common cause of fatal poisoning of young children, a study finds
The study's sobering findings underscore the extent of the opioid epidemic’s impact on children, according to its lead author.
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