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New York AG Says Sacklers Transferred Millions From Pharma Accounts To Themselves
The revelation comes after almost two dozen states reached a tentative settlement with the maker of Oxycontin. -
Purdue Pharma Reaches Tentative Deal To Settle Thousands Of Opioid Lawsuits
The pending settlement likely means Purdue will avoid going to trial in the sprawling and complicated case involving some 2,300 local governments across 23 states. -
How To Teach Future Doctors About Pain In The Midst Of The Opioid Crisis
Around 20% of U.S. adults live with chronic pain. Medical schools traditionally haven't dedicated much time to teaching about pain and pain control, but one top school now has a mandatory course. -
Sacklers Reject Demand They Surrender Personal Wealth To Settle Opioid Claims
A group of state attorneys general negotiating with members of the Sackler family says they expect Purdue Pharma to file for bankruptcy "imminently," according to an email obtained by NPR. -
Hidden History: Humans Have Been Using Opium For Millennia
A new book details what we can learn from mankind's long and complicated history with the opium poppy. -
Fentanyl As A Dark Web Profit Center, From Chinese Labs To U.S. Streets
How is fentanyl making it to the U.S.? Often through the mail, often from China, and often with U.S. users placing orders on the dark web. -
Several Big Drug Companies Considering Massive Settlements To Resolve Opioid Suits
Purdue Pharma, Johnson & Johnson and other health care giants are discussing potential deals with authorities that could resolve thousands of lawsuits they're facing over the U.S. opioid epidemic. -
Judge In Opioid Trial Rules Johnson & Johnson Must Pay Oklahoma $572 Million
In a landmark ruling, Judge Thad Balkman ruled in favor of Oklahoma, which sought to hold the drugmaker accountable for the costs of opioid addiction in the state. -
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Tales Of Corporate Painkiller Pushing: 'The Death Rates Just Soared'
Washington Post journalist Scott Higham says recently released evidence shows the drug industry purposely shipped big quantities of opioids to communities without regard for how they were being used.
![Bags of heroin, some laced with fentanyl, picked up in a 2016 New York City drug bust. "Basically, [fentanyl] is so cheap to produce and it's so powerful, that drug dealers began realizing it was a way to increase their profits," Fentanyl, Inc. author Ben Westhoff says. But miscalculations of the amount used can be deadly.](https://cdn.grove.wgbh.org/dims4/default/9ab5f06/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2726x1519+0+7/resize/280x156!/quality/70/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fk1-prod-gbh.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fe3%2Ff8%2F401d5c5203993685ebe4b8f065bf%2Fgettyimages-609942630-wide-583d689f7ba210217b87149c21b55fc3dff596eb.jpg)
