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$500M-plus from opioid deal starts heading to Washington

SEATTLE — The first payments from a $518 million settlement with the nation’s three largest opioid distributors will begin reaching…

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Advocates seek more say in how opioid settlements are spent

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The tattoos on Billie Stafford’s hands — inspired by street art and full of references to her…

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After student’s death, LA schools to carry overdose antidote

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Unified School District will provide all its schools with a medication that can reverse…

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Recovering addicts work to help others in ‘Project Recover’

CHESTERFIELD, Va. — Wearing a black T-shirt emblazoned with the word “PEER,” Joy Bogese approaches people struggling with drug addiction…

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Police: Arrest after teen ODs and dies in school bathroom

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police on Thursday arrested two teenage boys in connection with the death of a 15-year-old…

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5 doctors plead guilty in West Virginia in pain pill scheme

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Five doctors pleaded guilty in a pain pill prescription scheme involving clinics in West Virginia and Virginia,…

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New Hampshire to get $40.5M in opioids case settlement

CONCORD, N.H. — Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $40.5 million in a settlement with New Hampshire over…

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Narcan vending machines are the latest weapon against opioid overdoses

Vending machines that distribute lifesaving shots of Narcan represent the latest effort to combat the wave of opioid overdose deaths plaguing the…

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Pharma executive blames vague DEA rules for opioid epidemic

A drug company executive testifying in a landmark trial against three large opioid distributors is still blaming the Drug Enforcement…

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Pharma execs called West Virginians ‘pillbillies’ during opioid crisis

Executives at drug seller-giant AmerisourceBergen Corporation mocked West Virginians as “pillbillies” during the height of the opioid-addiction crisis, emails released…

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