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As Addiction Deaths Surge, Profit-Driven Rehab Industry Faces 'Severe Ethical Crisis'
As the nation's addiction crisis deepened, Tamara Beetham, who studies health policy at Yale University, set out to answer a simple question: What happens… -
Consulting Giant McKinsey To Settle Opioid Claims For $573 Million
McKinsey & Company has reached a $573 million settlement with nearly 50 state governments as well as the District of Columbia and territories, over its… -
Trump Administration Will Let More Doctors Prescribe Drug To Fight Opioid Addiction
The Trump administration introduced new addiction treatment guidelines Thursday that give physicians more flexibility to prescribe a drug to patients… -
Former Walmart Pharmacists Say Company Ignored Red Flags As Opioid Sales Boomed
When Ashwani Sheoran showed up for early morning shifts at pharmacies in rural Michigan wearing his white Walmart smock, he often found customers waiting,… -
Sacklers Attest To Role In Opioid Crisis, Stop Short Of Apology
Members of the family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma acknowledged Thursday that the drug had a role in the opioid crisis. -
Sacklers To Face House Panel Over Purdue Pharma Oxycontin Sales
Members of the family have worked to keep their role in Purdue Pharma's operations private. In a surprise move, David and Kathe Sackler agreed to testify under oath. -
Residents Call For Urgent Relief In COVID-19 Impacted Mass And Cass Neighborhood
The pandemic has “exacerbated” issues in the area that have existed for years, a Boston city official says. -
'We Are Shipping To The U.S.': Inside China's Online Synthetic Drug Networks
He is a slight, bespectacled man. Colleagues at the industrial materials company where he works describe him as a humorous but diligent employee, known… -
Opioid Crisis: Critics Say Trump Fumbled Response To Another Deadly Epidemic
President Trump promised to end America's opioid crisis. On his watch overdose deaths flattened in 2018 then surged again to record levels. -
AG Healey Plans To Fight $8 Billion Purdue Pharma Settlement: 'Our Department Of Justice Failed Us'
Healey says she plans to file papers in bankruptcy court to dispute the settlement reached Wednesday between the drug company and the federal government.
