America’s opioid epidemic has claimed more than 400,000 lives and ensnared more than 2 million more in addiction. To the victims left in its wake, a legal drama scheduled to unfold in an Ohio courtroom next month may feel like a true shot at justice.
The Hill: Drug companies back effort to remove judge from federal lawsuit
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Los Angeles Times: Attorneys: OxyContin maker agrees to tentative settlement
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PBS: OxyContin maker negotiating settlement worth a reported $12B
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Fox News: Oklahoma Johnson & Johnson verdict figures to impact other opioid lawsuits
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How an epic legal battle brought a secret drug database to light
This story was originally published by the Washington Post. By Joel Achenbach CLEVELAND — ARCOS was a secret database. The powerful interests who knew all about it — the drug industry and the federal government, specifically — wanted to maintain that secrecy. ARCOS, for Automation of Reports and Consolidated Orders System, was established by the Drug Enforcement Administration to track …
GQ: Drug Manufacturers Sent 5 Million Opioid Pills to One Town of Just 400 People
This article was originally published in GQ. Unsealed court documents show pharmaceutical companies flooded the country with highly addictive painkillers, while the DEA did nothing.
MSN News: Newly unsealed exhibits in opioid case reveal inner workings of the drug industry
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CBS News: Opioid shipments ballooned as an addiction crisis grew, data shows
Drugmakers and distributors dramatically increased shipments of opioid painkillers across the U.S. as the nation’s addiction crisis accelerated from 2006 to 2012, according to newly released federal data.
Business Insider: New federal data exposes how America’s largest drug companies flooded the country with 76 billion opioid pills in a seven-year period
New federal data reveals that America’s largest drug companies flooded the country with 76 billion oxycodone and hydrocodone pills in a seven-year period from 2006 to 2012