Tag: Opioids
Indiana expected to get $507 million from opioid settlement
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana will receive $507 million as part of a multi-state agreement to settle a lawsuit against opioid distributors designed to bring relief...
In opioid-ravaged WVa, potential deal raises hopes for help
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Crumbling roofs and parking lots. Broadband glitches. Technology challenges. The priority list for Prestera Center goes beyond the mental health and...
50-year war on drugs imprisoned millions of Black Americans
Landscaping was hardly his lifelong dream.
As a teenager, Alton Lucas...
Experts: Spend opioid settlement funds on fighting opioids
As a possible $26 billion settlement with opioid producers looms, some public health experts are citing the 1998 agreement with tobacco companies as a...
Members of multimillion-dollar opioid drug ring sentenced
SALT LAKE CITY — The final legal chapter of a multimillion-dollar online opioid drug ring ended Friday as a group of millennials who helped...
For pregnant women, pandemic made hunt for drug rehab harder
After using drugs on and off for years, Megan Sims wanted to get clean again. But she couldn’t bring herself to stop during the...
19 people indicted on meth, fentanyl trafficking charges
INDIANAPOLIS — A federal grand jury has indicted 19 people on charges alleging their involvement in a drug-trafficking organization believed to be linked to...
Biden picks ex-West Virginia health official as drug czar
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is nominating West Virginia's former health commissioner as the nation's top anti-drug official, tapping a doctor who served on...
More states agree to settlement plan for opioid-maker Purdue
More than a dozen states have dropped their longstanding objections to OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's reorganization plan, edging the company closer to resolving its...
California delays considering supervised sites for drug use
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers will wait until next year to continue considering a bill that would give opioid users a place to inject...