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[ad_1] BOSTON — While the scourge of opioid addiction continues to affect Massachusetts, the number of people getting legal prescriptions for heavily addictive medicines is falling,...
[ad_1] BOSTON — While the scourge of opioid addiction continues to affect Massachusetts, the number of people getting legal prescriptions for heavily addictive medicines is falling,...
[ad_1] In a nondescript garage in Connecticut, a New Haven man manufactured hundreds of thousands of counterfeit pills containing methamphetamine, a powerful opioid and other illicit...
[ad_1] As part of Overdose Awareness Week, KPIX is presenting a series of special reports on the opioid crisis through the lens of another West Coast...
[ad_1] Beacon Hill leaders are pledging to push for money from OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that nullified a $6 billion...
[ad_1] BOSTON — The scourge of opioid addiction continues to affect Massachusetts, but new data shows a double-digit decrease in the number of overdose deaths in...
[ad_1] As federal and state governments implement far-ranging programs to address the crisis, PillSafe offers a technology-based solution that ensures patients comply with prescriptions. EDMOND, Okla.,...
[ad_1] California is partnering with a New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company to purchase a generic version of Narcan, the drug that can save someone’s life during an...
[ad_1] EXCELSIOR, Minn. — Opioid-related deaths have more than doubled in the last five years here in Minnesota, with fentanyl involved in 92% of cases, according...
[ad_1] MINNEAPOLIS — One pill can kill — that was the message federal and state partners stressed as illicit fentanyl continues to circulate. The DEA took...
[ad_1] Sierra Ferrell is a singer and songwriter with a fast-rising career, but her road to success has been an unconventional one — hitchhiking, train hopping...
[ad_1] Government and industry have tried and failed to stem the overdose epidemic for more than two decades. Open-source PillSafe Technologies offer hope. EDMOND, Okla., March...
[ad_1] article TACOMA, Wash. – Tacoma Police seized over 20,000 fentanyl pills during a narcotics operation targeting an alleged fentanyl supplier. A suspect was taken into...
[ad_1] A California legislator is proposing a new law that would require routine tests of statewide wastewater for illicit drugs to better inform public health and...
[ad_1] Supreme Court weighs legal shield for Sackler family – CBS News Watch CBS News The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case over a...
[ad_1] U.S. pharmacy chain Rite Aid Corp. filed for bankruptcy in an effort to close unprofitable stores, address lawsuits over its role in the opioid pandemic,...
[ad_1] Philadelphia — Major U.S. pharmacy chain Rite Aid said Sunday that it has filed for bankruptcy and obtained $3.45 billion in fresh financing as it...
[ad_1] Kroger said Friday that it will pay up to $1.4 billion over 11 years to settle most of the litigation against the grocery giant stemming...
[ad_1] In an unmarked building at an undisclosed location in California — hidden in a vault and locked behind security gates — are the spoils of...
[ad_1] Director Peter Berg discusses limited series “Painkiller” – CBS News Watch CBS News Many of Peter Berg’s most famous projects, like “Lone Survivor” and “Deepwater...