Tag: Opioids

In this May 10, 2018 photo, a Narcan nasal spray dispenser is displayed in New York.

FDA advisers recommend anti-overdose drug Narcan be available over the counter

Abigail Adcox · February 15, 2023 9:18 pm

DEA agents.

State of the Union 2023: Biden to announce fentanyl crackdown in address

Anna Giaritelli · February 7, 2023 10:33 am

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2016, file photo, a number of syringes are scattered in the remains of a tent city being cleared by city workers along Division Street in San Francisco.

San Francisco pushing opioid injection sites to monitor drug addicts

Tori Richards · January 27, 2023 11:56 pm

Cindy Steinberg, National Director of Policy and Advocacy for U.S. Pain Foundation, recovering from back pain after a workplace accident, testifies on "Managing Pain During the Opioid Crisis" before a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, in Washington.

Community and Family

How to move past the opioid crisis

Hernan Bazan · January 22, 2023 12:59 am

One-third of Medicare patients in Part D were prescribed opioids last year, an inspector general says. (iStock photo)

Michigan to begin $81M opioid settlement distribution

Washington Examiner · January 18, 2023 1:21 pm

This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. Abuse of painkillers, heroin, fentanyl and other opioids across the country has resulted in tens of thousands of children being taken from their homes and placed in the foster care system.

Opioid settlements should net Georgia $181 million

Washington Examiner · January 7, 2023 7:16 pm

What we accomplished in Arizona

Joseph Kanefield · January 7, 2023 6:13 am

Kentucky AG announces $197 million-plus opioid settlement with pharmacies

Jack Birle · December 31, 2022 3:45 am

New Hampshire to receive $33 million from latest opioid settlement

Washington Examiner · December 30, 2022 1:26 pm

FILE - An AmerisourceBergen Corp. office building stands on Oct. 16, 2019, in Conshohocken, Pa.

Drug distributor AmerisourceBergen sued by federal government over role in opioid crisis

Brady Knox · December 30, 2022 1:40 am

Too many silent nights

Too many silent nights

Kelly O'Connor · December 25, 2022 12:00 am

This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York.

Walmart to pay $3.1 billion in opioid epidemic settlement

Tori Richards · December 16, 2022 2:13 am