October 3, 2019 Virginia doctor gets 40 years for prescribing 500K opioid pills A Virginia doctor was sentenced Wednesday to 40 years in prison for prescribing half a million doses of opioids to patients over a two-year period, prosecutors said.
September 30, 2019 10 overdose deaths in Ohio county in 26-hour period, coroner says At least 10 people died of drug overdoses in a just over one-day span in Ohio over the weekend, medical officials said.
September 29, 2019 Virginia doctor could face life in prison for prescribing hundreds of thousands of opioids A Virginia doctor could face up to life in prison at his sentencing next week for prescribing about half a million opioids over a two-year period.
September 19, 2019 Artist brings 800-pound opioid spoon to Johnson & Johnson's doorstep A Boston-based artist dropped off an 800-pound bent spoon in front of Johnson & Johnson's New Jersey headquarters Wednesday to highlight the company's role in the opioid crisis.
September 19, 2019 Ex-CEO of Indiana drug company gets 3 years for defrauding FDA, tampering with drugs: prosecutors A former CEO of an Indiana drug companying company has been convicted of defrauding the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and tampering with drugs will spend nearly three years behind bars, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
September 18, 2019 Ex-hospice nurse accused of taking morphine intended for dying vets is arrested Federal prosecutors on Wednesday accused a former hospice nurse of stealing liquid morphine intended for dying veterans, which at least once led to prolonged suffering of a vet during the last days of his life.
September 18, 2019 Dozens charged in Texas health care fraud scheme, prosecutors say Federal prosecutors in Texas announced Wednesday that 58 people had been charged in connection with assorted health care fraud schemes revolving around the illegal distribution of more than six million opioid pills.
September 17, 2019 Opioid sales fuel Purdue Pharma settlement as critics scream ‘blood money’ The tentative multibillion-dollar settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma would raise money to help clean up the opioid mess by ... selling more OxyContin.
September 17, 2019 Sister of opioid victim says 'unbelievable' truth of '20-year conspiracy' against patients is now being exposed The sister of an opioid overdose victim said on Tuesday that lawsuits against drug manufacturers and wholesalers accused of exacerbating the opioid epidemic give her “hope” that the truth is coming out.
September 13, 2019 Purdue Pharma's Sackler family used hidden accounts to transfer $1B: court docs The Sackler family, which owns Purdue Pharma, used Swiss and other hidden bank accounts to transfer around $1 billion from the company to themselves, the New York attorney general’s office claimed Friday.