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Maryland attorney general announces multibillion dollar opioids settlement
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Maryland attorney general announces multibillion dollar opioids settlement

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This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York.
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Maine boosts Medicaid reimbursement rates to battle opioid crisis

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

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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 they’re 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 “money mules.” 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.
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Doctor tried to hire Hells Angel to silence witness in opioid scheme, FBI says

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

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

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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

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

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Doctors may feel pressure to prescribe opioids because it may lead to a better score on a patient satisfaction survey, experts said. (AP Photo)
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A flawed counter-opioid strategy

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This Feb. 19, 2013, photo shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy, in Montpelier, Vt. The wealthy family who owns the company that makes OxyContin says Massachusetts got the facts wrong in a lawsuit. Legal papers made public Tuesday, April 2, 2019, represent the first time the Sackler family, who owns the Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma, has responded in court to allegations about its role in the opioid crisis.
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Purdue Pharma and states agree to $4.5 billion OxyContin settlement

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