The West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute and WVU Medicine,
$260 million deal averts 1st federal trial on opioid crisis
The nation’s three biggest drug distributors and a major drugmaker
Oxycontin maker Purdue offers $10-12 bn for opioid claims: report
Purdue Pharma, whose prescription painkiller Oxycontin is blamed for much
Millions of children exposed to opioid misuse at home, new study reveals
More than 3.8 million U.S. children live with an adult
Rural Ohio county shows the impact of opioid influx
The numbers are staggering: An average yearly total of 107
Opioid overdose deaths are HIGHER in states that sell prescription pot
Medical marijuana is NOT the solution to the opioid epidemic:
Red tape limiting opioid epidemic fight: US doctors’ group
An influential US doctors group on Thursday said administrative barriers
Persistent, prolonged opioid use occurs after plastic surgery
(HealthDay)—Persistent and prolonged opioid use occur after plastic and reconstructive
US opioid deaths jump fourfold in 20 years; epidemic shifts to Eastern states
Opioid-related deaths nationwide jumped fourfold in the last two decades,
Poor whites bear the brunt of U.S. opioid crisis, studies find
(HealthDay)—America’s ongoing opioid epidemic has struck poor whites harder than