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Amid Opioid Prescriber Crackdown, Health Officials Reach Out To Pain Patients
After 53 health care workers were indicted for illegally prescribing opioids in Appalachia, local health agencies are trying to make sure chronic pain patients don't fall through the cracks. -
Traveling Art Project Honors Those Lost To Opioid Crisis
The opioid epidemic has touched countless lives. One local project hopes to reduce the stigma of addiction and create awareness, all while sparking conversation. -
Nearly 60 Docs, Other Medical Workers Face Charges In Federal Opioid Sting
The Department of Justice said defendants allegedly pushed millions of pills' worth of unneeded opioids, contributing to a drug crisis and potentially defrauding the health care system. -
Law And Order With Andrea Cabral: Mass. Prisons Now Offer Medication To Treat Inmates' Opiate Addictions
Former Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral joined Boston Public Radio to talk about how Massachusetts prisons are now offering medication to treat inmates with opiate addictions. -
Family Behind OxyContin Calls Opioid Suit False, Misleading
The family that owns the company that makes OxyContin is calling a Massachusetts lawsuit false and misleading. -
Insys Therapeutics Pushed Opioid With Bribes And Lies, Prosecutors Say
If convicted, Insys Therapeutics founder and onetime billionaire John Kapoor could face up to 20 years behind bars. -
China To Close Loophole On Fentanyl After U.S. Calls For Opioid Action
Some manufacturers evaded scrutiny by slightly modifying the molecular structures of substances. Monday's announcement "puts a wider array of substances under regulation," a Chinese official says. -
Purdue Pharma Reaches $270M Settlement In Oklahoma
The maker of OxyContin and the company's controlling family agreed Tuesday to pay a groundbreaking $270 million to Oklahoma. -
Gov. Baker: Safe Injection Sites A 'Non-Starter'
Despite calls from other local leaders to open supervised drug injection sites in Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker says he has no intention of going against federal policy. -
Fentanyl-Linked Deaths: The U.S. Opioid Epidemic's Third Wave Begins
Overdose deaths involving fentanyl are rising — up 113 percent on average each year from 2013 to 2016. Dealers are adding cheap fentanyl to the illicit drug supply, and some users get it accidentally.
