Tag: Opioids

First lady Melania Trump invited experts and people affected by addiction to opioids to the White House for a listening session and discussion about the epidemic. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Melania Trump lends ear at opioid roundtable

Kimberly Leonard · September 28, 2017 6:47 pm

If we want to effectively end this public health emergency, we must invest in first responders. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

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Joana Suleiman · September 25, 2017 4:02 am

Theo Merkel is a legislative assistant for healthcare in the office of Sen. Pat Toomey. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Staffer profile: From voting for Pat Toomey to working for him

Kimberly Leonard · September 18, 2017 4:01 am

Purdue argues that any statements that the painkillers shouldn't be used for noncancer pain would go against FDA labeling and conflict with its obligations under federal law. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey, File)

Opioid maker cites FDA decisions in defense against Ohio lawsuit

Robert King · September 11, 2017 3:36 pm

One highly promising solution to this dilemma focuses on an underutilized treatment for chronic pain called buprenorphine. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

One overlooked method of stopping opioid addiction before it starts

Frank O'donnell · September 7, 2017 4:01 am

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., announces her findings from an investigation into opioid prescriptions, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Sen. Claire McCaskill finds Insys inappropriately pushed opioid to patients

Kimberly Leonard · September 6, 2017 8:35 pm

Jeff Sessions slams Hollywood for ‘accommodating’ drug messages

Kelly Cohen · August 29, 2017 6:46 pm

First lady Melania Trump encouraged President Trump to take a more aggressive approach to the opioid crisis during a briefing at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Melania encouraged Trump to respond more aggressively to opioid epidemic: Report

Caitlin Yilek · August 21, 2017 1:41 pm

Illinois' lawsuit charged Insys Therapeutics with selling a drug intended to relieve cancer pain for other uses without approval.

Opioid maker settles lawsuit with Illinois

Robert King · August 18, 2017 7:25 pm

The move from Express Scripts is part of a larger effort to stave off the opioid epidemic. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Doctors criticize Express Scripts for plan to limit opioids

Kimberly Leonard · August 16, 2017 7:31 pm

The overdose death rate rose to 3.7 per 100,000 teens in 2015 from 3.1 the previous year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Rate of teen deaths from opioids rises

Kimberly Leonard · August 16, 2017 3:40 pm

There is no guarantee that money from any settlements would go toward prevention, based on the 1990s settlement between 46 states and major tobacco makers.

States try to hit wallets of opioid makers

Robert King · August 16, 2017 4:01 am