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Justice Department Says DEA Was Slow To Respond To Opioid Epidemic
In a new report, the Justice Department says the DEA did not use its available resources to combat the diversion of opioids to unauthorized users.
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Suits Against Oxycontin Owners On Hold; Negotiations Ordered
The judge warned the family and others that he would end the protections early if there are not serious talks toward a new settlement.
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Science Says: Why Are Opioids so Addictive?
Pleasure. Craving. Withdrawal. When opioids act on the brain, they trigger the same processes that give people feelings of pleasure from activities like eating, but they do it far more intensely. Opioids also make some brain cells pump...
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Sessions: Dozens Charged in Opioid Crackdown
Attorney General Jeff Sessions says 601 people have been charged in what he called the largest ever health care fraud enforcement action.
At a news conference in Washington Thursday, Sessions said those charged allegedly...
Bloomberg
FDA Takes on Opioid Crisis With New Pain Drug Guidelines
Aug.31 -- FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb outlines new guidance on pain drug development in the ongoing fight against opioids. He speaks with Bloomberg's Alix Steel on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas."
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Why the Fed Cares About the Opioid Epidemic
Jul.20 -- Bloomberg’s Jeanna Smialek discusses why Janet Yellen's Fed cares about America's opioid epidemic. She speaks with Vonnie Quinn on “Bloomberg Markets.”
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Walgreens Settles Lawsuit Over Fake Pharmacist
Walgreens agreed to settle a lawsuit that alleged it employed a phony pharmacist in the San Francisco Bay Area for over a decade.
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Study Suggests Opioid Death Rates Rise After Auto Plant Closures
Researchers found the rate of opioid-related deaths among adults were about 85% higher in U.S. counties where an auto factory had recently closed.
Bloomberg
How the Opioid Crisis May Help Trump Sell China Trade Deal
Nov.05 -- China and the U.S. plan to highlight joint efforts to crack down on fentanyl smuggling, addressing an opioid epidemic that President Donald Trump has asked his counterpart Xi Jinping to help alleviate as part of the broader...
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ONLY ON AP Cheap morphine eases Rwanda pain crisis
On the rolling hills of Rwanda, a nurse is on an urgent mission, by foot, to bring relief to a patient suffering from severe pain. In her bag she carries liquid morphine.
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ONLY ON AP Cheap morphine eases Rwanda pain crisis
On the rolling hills of Rwanda, a nurse is on an urgent mission, by foot, to bring relief to a patient suffering from severe pain. In her bag she carries liquid morphine.
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Walgreens, Florida Settle Opioid Costs Lawsuit For $683M
Walgreens was the 12th and final defendant to settle with Florida, which will bring in more than $3 billion for the state to tackle opioid addiction.
Bloomberg
Wall Street Traders Fall Prey to U.S. Opioid Crisis
Oct.19 -- Wall Street has not been immune to the growing opioid crisis gripping the United States, as traders feel the impact of addiction. Bloomberg's Max Abelson and Jeanna Smialek examine how the crisis is impacting traders on...
Bloomberg
How American Productivity Is Being Wasted
Oct.26 -- Jeff Korzenik, Fifth Third Bank chief investment strategist, discusses the impact of the opioid crisis on the U.S. labor market with Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal, Scarlet Fu and Abigail Doolittle on "What'd You Miss?"
Bloomberg
Pharma Executives in Focus as Opioid Crisis Deepens
Oct.27 -- Insys Therapeutics Inc. founder John Kapoor faces racketeering conspiracy and other felonies as attention shifts to the practices of pharmaceutical companies in a new step in the fight against opioid dependency. Bloomberg's...
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CLEAN : Analyst: opioid crisis has so far cost the US $1 trillion
Purdue Pharma files for bankruptcy in a settlement agreement that it hopes will provide more than $10 billion to address the opioid crisis (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma files for bankruptcy
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US life expectancy rises for first time in 4 years
Life expectancy in the United States is up for the first time in four years. The increase is small — just a month — but marks at least a temporary halt to a downward trend. The rise is due to lower death rates for cancer and drug...
Bloomberg
Opioid Lawsuit Links Counties in Fight Against Big Pharma
Aug.03 -- Mike Papantonio, senior partner at Levin Papantonio, discusses a class-action lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies over the U.S. opioid crisis. He speaks with Bloomberg's Kevin Cirilli on "Bloomberg Markets: Balance of Power."
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Trump speaks at White House mental health summit
President Donald Trump praised mental health workers and touted a $328 million increase in funding for mental health programs at a summit on mental health hosted by the White House Thursday.
Bloomberg
Border Security Presents Binary Solution in D.C., Sen. Rounds Says
Jan.10 -- Senator Mike Rounds, a Republican from South Dakota, discusses the impact on his constituents from the partial government shutdown and the flow of drugs over the Southern U.S. border. He speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
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Trump Plans to Launch Lawsuit Against Opioid Makers
Aug.16 -- President Donald Trump said Thursday he wants the U.S. government to sue pharmaceutical companies that manufacture opioids as part of his efforts to halt an epidemic of drug addiction. Bloomberg's Anna Edney reports on...
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Trump Highlights China Economy, Opioids lawsuit
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told a cabinet meeting that China's economy "looks terrible."
Kudlow said "business investment is collapsing" and that investors are moving money from China to the US.
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US life expectancy rises for first time in 4 years
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