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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.

September 13, 2019

To fight opioid crisis, Kentucky middle schoolers build needle database to aid 3D printed collecting device

A middle school in Kentucky has built an online database to compliment a needle-collecting device they developed.

September 12, 2019

Google taps tech to help battle opioid crisis

Google has ramped up its efforts to help tackle the opioid crisis with a set of new tools to help connect people with recovery resources.

September 11, 2019

Ex-NFL linebacker, 86-year-old doctor arrested in Georgia opioid case, reports say

A former NFL linebacker and an 86-year-old Georgia doctor face charges of illegally distributing opioids, according to reports.

September 11, 2019

Purdue Pharma reaches tentative settlement in opioid lawsuit, but some states aren't on board

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, reached a tentative deal Wednesday with dozens of states and thousands of local governments over its role in exacerbating the nation's opioid crisis.

September 7, 2019

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma expected to file for bankruptcy after stalled settlement talks

Purdue Pharma, the maker of the painkiller OxyContin, is expected to file for bankruptcy after attempts to reach a settlement over its role in the opioid crisis came to a standstill, state attorneys general involved in the talks said Saturday.

August 31, 2019

House Dem demands sanctions on Chinese pharma for role in fentanyl crisis: 'Making a profit off of killing Americans'

Rep. Max Rose, D-N.Y., called on the United States to penalize Chinese pharmaceutical companies for their role in supplying massive amounts of fentanyl that ultimately took American lives.

August 31, 2019

Utah man, 29, ran 50-state opioid ring out of basement; now faces life in prison, authorities say

A man in Utah was convicted Friday of running a multimillion-dollar opioid ring out if his basement that pumped more than a half-million counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl across the country into all 50 states, according to a report.

August 29, 2019

Drug addict once given a year to live celebrates sobriety after rehab: ‘We can recover’

Now 12 months sober, she no longer needs the surgery and is a "productive member of society."

August 28, 2019

Pam Bondi: Fentanyl shipment from China, seized in Mexico, could have 'wiped out a small state'

Pam Bondi said Wednesday on "Fox & Friends" that authorities seized enough fentanyl to "wipe out a small state" in a recent bust, calling on China to "get their act together" to stop the flow of the lethal opioid.