Tag: Opioids

DOJ announces 150 arrests in darknet opioid trafficking crackdown

Jerry Dunleavy · October 26, 2021 3:08 pm

Beltway Confidential

‘Untethered’ judge causes pain for pharmacies that filled legal painkiller prescriptions

Quin Hillyer · October 20, 2021 8:32 pm

To help addicts, invest opioid settlement funds in smart policing

To help addicts, invest opioid settlement funds in smart policing

Jason Johnson · October 20, 2021 12:00 am

Pharmacist Steve Protzel poses for photos holding a bottle of OxyContin at Daniel's Pharmacy in San Francisco.

Opioid overdoses spiked 55% in Nevada last year, state says

Washington Examiner · October 11, 2021 3:00 pm

Maryland attorney general announces multibillion dollar opioids settlement

Washington Examiner · September 9, 2021 4:30 pm

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

Maine boosts Medicaid reimbursement rates to battle opioid crisis

Washington Examiner · September 2, 2021 3:00 pm

Bankruptcy judge signs off on $10B Purdue Pharma settlement plan with immunity for Sackler family

Cassidy Morrison · September 1, 2021 8:55 pm

FILE - In this June 14, 2018, file photo, the FBI seal is seen before a news conference at FBI headquarters in Washington. The FBI is grappling with a seemingly endless cycle of money laundering schemes that law enforcement officials say theyâre scrambling to slow through a combination of prosecution and public awareness. Beyond the run-of-the-mill plots, officials say, is a particularly concerning trend involving âmoney mules.â These are people who, unwittingly or not, use their own bank accounts to move money for criminals for purposes they think are legitimate or even noble.

Doctor tried to hire Hells Angel to silence witness in opioid scheme, FBI says

Misty Severi · August 31, 2021 5:22 pm

Pennsylvania Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf speaks during an interview with The Associated Press Friday, July 25, 2014, in Philadelphia. Wolf would make a centerpiece of his first budget proposal an increase in income taxes on Pennsylvania's higher-earners to help expand the state's share of public education funding in exchange for a dollar-for-dollar reduction in local property taxes levied by school boards. (AP Photo)

Pennsylvania’s 15th opioid disaster declaration to be the last, lawmakers say

Washington Examiner · August 6, 2021 9:00 pm

States reach $26B settlement with drug companies over their roles in the opioid epidemic

Cassidy Morrison · July 21, 2021 7:13 pm

In this June 15, 2018 photo, pharmaceuticals are seen in North Andover, Mass. As Congress and the Trump administration aim to curb spiraling drug costs, outside groups like the Alliance for Patient Access are raising their voices as they seek to sway the outcome.

Drug overdoses spike 30%, with record 93,000 deaths in 2020

Lawrence Richard · July 14, 2021 4:19 pm

As of August 2016, fentanyl and its analogs (drugs that mimic chemical structure and therefore effect) are consistently killing more people than either heroin or prescription opioids. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Chinese money launderers team up with Mexican cartels to profit billions from US fentanyl crisis

Anna Giaritelli · July 13, 2021 10:21 am