Opioid Epidemic

The DOJ Is Letting McKinsey Opioid Consultants Off the Hook - Jacobin 23.12.24 447597
McKinsey nears $600m settlement with US government over role in opioid crisis - Guardian 21.11.24 442101
Podcast: The Drug That Could Help End the Opioid Epidemic - Atlantic 08.08.24 427496
Video: Opioid Settlements - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) 16.05.24 414341
Revealed: 300% surge in deaths of unhoused people in LA amid fentanyl and housing crises - Guardian 22.02.24 399805
US takes aim at China companies, executives over fentanyl supply chain - Al Jazeera 04.10.23 375718
US announces sanctions against 14 foreign companies for importing fentanyl - Guardian 04.10.23 375377
US announces sweeping action against Chinese fentanyl supply chain producers - AP 03.10.23 375378
How the fentanyl crisis' fourth wave has hit every corner of the US - BBC 17.09.23 372310
Increase in fake prescription pills fuels record drug overdose deaths in the US - Guardian 06.09.23 375379
Audio: From China to Mexico: Tracing the Deadly Fentanyl Trail - Global Affairs podcast 31.08.23 377643
California seizes enough fentanyl in San Francisco to kill city’s population three times over - Guardian 15.06.23 352889
The China-Mexico fentanyl pipeline: increasingly sophisticated and deadly - Guardian 18.05.23 346725
Biden promise to crack down on fentanyl trafficking divides experts - Guardian 13.02.23 329131
CVS, Walmart and Walgreens agree to pay $13.8bn for opioid claims – sources - Guardian 02.11.22 313156
Walmart, CVS, Walgreens ordered to pay $650m over opioid sales - Al Jazeera 17.08.22 301106
Federal agents raid Miami-area pharmacy as part of opioid prescription crackdown - Reuters 16.08.22 300766
Judge Rules Walgreens 'Substantially Contributed' to San Francisco Opioid Crisis - CD 10.08.22 300847
Yes, Providing Drug Users With Safe Drugs Will Fight the Opioid Crisis - Jacobin 03.08.22 298821
'Grave Injustice': Judge Rules Against West Virginia Community Devastated by Opioids - CD 05.07.22 293856
Fentanyl drives spike in teen overdose deaths, even as drug use falls to new low - NBC 12.04.22 282242
Podcast: How fentanyl flooded the US – and sent opioid deaths soaring - Guardian 04.04.22 280943
J&J and distributors to pay $26bn to settle claims they fuelled US opioid crisis - Guardian 25.02.22 274443
Why are drug overdoses rising among Black and Indigenous Americans? - Guardian 17.02.22 273767
New strategy urgently needed to tackle devastating opioids crisis, US told - Guardian 08.02.22 272897
‘The deadliest drug we’ve ever known’: author Sam Quinones on how fentanyl saturated the US - Guardian 22.01.22 271382
The US opioid epidemic, edition 2021 - Al Jazeera 01.01.22 268161
Killed by a pill bought on Snapchat: the counterfeit drugs poisoning US teens - Guardian 23.12.21 266431
How Tramadol is fueling the global opioid crisis - Borgen Project 09.12.21 270223
Oklahoma court overturns $465m opioid ruling against Johnson & Johnson - Guardian 09.11.21 260822
Pharmacy chains go on trial in 1st case over U.S. opioid epidemic - Reuters 04.10.21 256581
Companies: $26B settlement of opioid lawsuits to move ahead - AP News 05.09.21 254537
US drug companies say $26bn opioid settlement will proceed - Al Jazeera 04.09.21 254501
Was it 'reasonable' to ship 81 million opioid pills to this small West Virginia city? - NPR 30.07.21 251247
Opioid Crisis: Filmmaker Details The Medical System's 'Crime Of The Century' - npr 10.05.21 243471
Mexican drug cartels see big profits in fentanyl - FT 27.04.21 247406
The Justice Department sues Walmart, accusing it of illegally dispensing opioids - Pro Publica 23.12.20 229872
How opioid addiction in the U.S. fuels a crisis for farmers in Mexico - Intercept 16.12.20 228549
How McKinsey, the world’s most elite consulting firm, helped turbocharge America’s opioid epidemic - Jacobin 13.12.20 228214
Watch: How opioid addiction in the U.S. fuels a crisis for farmers in Mexico - The Intercept 06.12.20 227066
Walmart must turn over files on alleged opioid mishandling - Al Jazeera 05.10.20 218479
Opioid addiction rising in India as US drugmakers push painkillers - Guardian 28.08.19 188558
'About Damn Time': In First of Thousands of Lawsuits Against Big Pharma, Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $572M for Flooding Oklahoma With Opioids - Common Dreams 26.08.19 188581
There’s a Better Way to Fight the Opioid Crisis. Why Aren’t We Focusing On It? - Fortune 09.11.17 185341
The truth about the US ‘opioid crisis’ – prescriptions aren’t the problem - Guardian 07.11.17 185342
Donald Trump declares public health emergency over opioid crisis. Here’s what that means - Politifact 30.10.17 185343
The Opioid Epidemic: A Crisis Years In The Making - NYT 26.10.17 185344
Opioid crisis: The letter that started it all - BBC 03.06.17 185345
The Opioid Epidemic Is This Generation’s AIDS Crisis - NY Mag 16.03.17 185346
Inside a killer drug epidemic: a look at America's opioid crisis - NYT 06.01.17 185347
Confronting a Crisis: An Open Letter to America’s Physicians On the Opioid Epidemic - HuffPo 11.05.16 185348
Report Shows Continued Severity of the Opioid Crisis - Boston 02.05.16 185349
Opioid crisis fueled by prescriptions from family doctors and internists - STAT 14.12.15 185350
Fentanyl: The king of all opiates, and a killer drug crisis - MacLeans 22.06.15 185351
In Search of Answers to the Opioid Epidemic - Drexel 20.11.17 185352
Opioid epidemic’s ripple effects: Hepatitis C spreading in Georgia - Atlanta Journal Constitution 16.11.17 185353
My Son Went Through 12 Drug Relapses. The Government’s New Plan to Fight the Opioid Epidemic Doesn’t Go Far Enough - Fortune 02.11.17 185355
I looked for a state that’s taken the opioid epidemic seriously. I found Vermont. - Vox 31.10.17 185356
Opioid epidemic shares chilling similarities with past drug crises - STAT 29.10.17 185357
How the government can fight the opioid epidemic under a public health emergency - Washington Post 26.10.17 185358
Trump declares opioid epidemic a national public health emergency - CNN 26.10.17 185359
The true cost of opioid epidemic tops $500 billion, White House says - CNBC 26.10.17 185360
Want to Curb the Opioid Epidemic? Don’t Limit Access to Health Care - Slate 26.06.17 185361
How to address the challenges of covering the opioid epidemic - Poynter 08.03.17 185362
America's Opioid Epidemic Is Worsening - Economist 06.03.17 185363
Drug Distributors Penalized For Turning Blind Eye In Opioid Epidemic - ProPublica 27.01.17 185364
Investigation: The DEA slowed enforcement while the opioid epidemic grew out of control - WaPo 22.10.16 185365
Opioid history: From 'wonder drug' to abuse epidemic - CNN 14.10.16 185366
How the Nation’s Opioid Epidemic Is Morphing — and Growing - ProPublica 03.10.16 185367
Amid opioid epidemic, rules for drug companies are loosened - LA Times 27.07.16 185368
As Opioid Epidemic Continues, Steps to Curb It Multiply - ProPublica 12.05.16 185369
The Opioid Epidemic We Failed To Forsee - NYT 06.05.16 185370
How Bad Is The Opioid Epidemic? - Frontline 23.02.16 185371
How the Epidemic of Drug Overdose Deaths Ripples Across America - NYT 06.01.16 185372
Opioid epidemic in the United States - Pain Physician Journal 15.07.12 185373
‘This is just the beginning’: Scope of opioid lawsuits widens to include hospital accreditor - STAT 07.11.17 185374
Drug Deaths In America Are Rising Faster Than Ever - NYT 05.06.17 185375