WOBURN — A case that stretched more than eight years reached its conclusion this week, as retired Dracut physician, Dr. Richard Miron, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and…
Read more After 8-year legal battle, Dracut doctor pleads guilty in landmark opioid caseA federal bankruptcy court judge on Friday said he will approve OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma’s latest deal to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids that includes…
Read more Judge says he’ll approve opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue and Sackler familyOfficials in Irvington, New Jersey, had an idea. To raise awareness about the dangers of opioid use and addiction, the township could host concerts with popular R&B artists…
Read more Sock hops and concerts. Here’s how some places spent opioid settlement cash.SEATTLE – Police arrested an armed felon after he was caught smoking fentanyl in front of a grocery store in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood overnight. Seattle police officers…
Read more Seattle police arrest armed felon smoking fentanyl outside Capitol Hill grocery storeThe number of opioid-involved drug overdose deaths in 2023 decreased for the first time in five years. Minnesota health officials say 54 people have died from suspected drug…
Read more Minneapolis author aiming to help people battling drug addiction with new bookThe Rockport School Committee, along with the town’s Public Health Department, is aiming to eliminate the effects of possible substance abuse in Rockport schools. During the committee’s meeting…
Read more Rockport school board updated on opioid preventionBOSTON — While the scourge of opioid addiction continues to affect Massachusetts, the number of people getting legal prescriptions for heavily addictive medicines is falling, according to the…
Read more Data: Fewer opioids prescribed in Mass., NHBOSTON — While the scourge of opioid addiction continues to affect Massachusetts, the number of people getting legal prescriptions for heavily addictive medicines is falling, according to the…
Read more Data: Fewer opioids prescribed in MassachusettsIn a nondescript garage in Connecticut, a New Haven man manufactured hundreds of thousands of counterfeit pills containing methamphetamine, a powerful opioid and other illicit drugs that he…
Read more Man accused of selling fake pills throughout U.S., running operation out of a garage turnedAs part of Overdose Awareness Week, KPIX is presenting a series of special reports on the opioid crisis through the lens of another West Coast city. Much like…
Read more Some Canadians opposed to Vancouver’s liberal approach to fentanyl crisisBeacon 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 settlement with the…
Read more Mass. leaders react to blocking of Purdue Pharma payoutBOSTON — The scourge of opioid addiction continues to affect Massachusetts, but new data shows a double-digit decrease in the number of overdose deaths in the past year.…
Read more Opioid deaths drop 10%, but remain highAs 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., May 14, 2024…
Read more PillSafe Provides a Solution to the Opioid Epidemic’s $1 Trillion-Plus Impact on the US EconomyCalifornia 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 opioid overdose, under…
Read more California joining with N.J. company to buy generic opioid overdose reversal drug NarcanEXCELSIOR, Minn. — Opioid-related deaths have more than doubled in the last five years here in Minnesota, with fentanyl involved in 92% of cases, according to the state’s…
Read more Minnesota mom raising opioid awareness with new filmMINNEAPOLIS — One pill can kill — that was the message federal and state partners stressed as illicit fentanyl continues to circulate. The DEA took about 2.5 million…
Read more “One pill can kill”: Minnesota authorities stress dangers of fentanyl as overdoses riseSierra Ferrell is a singer and songwriter with a fast-rising career, but her road to success has been an unconventional one — hitchhiking, train hopping and busking her…
Read more Singer Sierra Ferrell talks roving past and remarkable riseGovernment 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 25, 2024 (Newswire.com)…
Read more PillSafe Spearheads Solutions to Opioid Crisis With Revolutionary Technologyarticle TACOMA, Wash. – Tacoma Police seized over 20,000 fentanyl pills during a narcotics operation targeting an alleged fentanyl supplier. A suspect was taken into custody on Puyallup…
Read more Approximately 22k fentanyl pills seized in Tacoma bustA California legislator is proposing a new law that would require routine tests of statewide wastewater for illicit drugs to better inform public health and law enforcement officials.…
Read more Sewage could be California’s next tool in fighting the opioid epidemic
