Some states, towns skeptical over proposed opioid settlement

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An offer from OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family to settle some 2,000 lawsuits over their contribution to the national opioid crisis is receiving growing pushback from state and local officials who say the proposed deal doesn’t include enough money or accountability. Connecticut Attorney General William Tong on Friday... Read More

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Opioids

August 30, 2019

Jury deliberating in Utah case involving major opioid ring

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A jury began deliberating Thursday in the case of a Utah man accused of running a multimillion-dollar opioid ring that shipped potentially poisonous, fake prescription drugs across the country, causing at least one fatal overdose. Prosecutors said during closing arguments that Aaron Shamo’s operation helped fuel the nation’s opioid epidemic... Read More

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Opioids

August 30, 2019

Opioid settlement would divide money based on local impact

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The multibillion-dollar settlement that the maker of OxyContin is negotiating to settle a crush of lawsuits over the nation’s opioid crisis contains formulas for dividing up the money among state and local governments across the country, The Associated Press has learned. The formulas would take into account several factors, including opioid... Read More

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Opioid, Opioids

August 30, 2019

Where did the Sacklers move cash from their opioid maker?

Ninety minutes outside London, a turn down a narrow lane leads past fields of grazing cattle to a sign warning “Private Keep Off.” Around an elbow bend, a great stone manor, its formal gardens and tennis court hidden behind thick hedges, commands a 5,000-acre estate. The estate is a pastoral prize — proof of the... Read More

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Opioids

August 28, 2019

Defendant in major opioid case says he was helping people

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors have called Aaron Shamo the kingpin of a multimillion-dollar drug ring that shipped hundreds of thousands of potentially deadly opioid pills across the country from a suburban Utah basement. Shamo took the witness stand Tuesday at his trial and downplayed his role in the operation that authorities have blamed... Read More

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Aaron Shamo, Opioids

August 28, 2019

OxyContin maker, government attorneys in settlement talks

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — State attorneys general and lawyers representing local governments said Tuesday they are in active settlement talks with Purdue Pharma, the maker of the prescription painkiller OxyContin that is facing billions of dollars in potential liability for its role in the nation’s opioid crisis. Purdue has been cast by attorneys and addiction... Read More

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Opioids

August 27, 2019

Judge orders drugmaker to pay $572 million in opioid lawsuit

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma judge on Monday found Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries helped fuel the state’s opioid crisis and ordered the consumer products giant to pay $572 million, more than twice the amount another drug manufacturer agreed to pay in a settlement. Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman’s ruling followed the... Read More

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Opioids

August 27, 2019

What lies ahead following Oklahoma opioid judgment

Oklahoma’s $572 million judgment against Johnson & Johnson will likely be followed by more trials and legal settlements seeking to hold a drug company accountable for a U.S. opioid crisis that has ripped apart lives and communities. Monday’s ruling could help shape negotiations over roughly 1,500 similar lawsuits filed by state, local and tribal governments... Read More

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Opioids

August 26, 2019

Q&A: Deadly opioid crisis sparks lawsuits across the US

The first judgment is expected Monday in a lawsuit from a state government seeking to hold a drug company accountable for a U.S. opioid crisis that has ripped apart lives and communities. More trials and legal settlements are likely to follow the ruling in Oklahoma as the nation looks for answers and solutions to a... Read More

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Opioids

August 26, 2019

Oklahoma judge to deliver judgment in state’s opioid lawsuit

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma judge is expected to rule Monday in the first state case to go to trial accusing an opioid drugmaker of being responsible for the devastating consequences arising from addiction to the powerful painkillers. Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman is scheduled to deliver his judgment in open court at... Read More

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Opioids

August 22, 2019

Duo to push opioid settlement toward hospitals

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — West Virginia University President Gordon Gee and former Ohio Gov. John Kasich are creating a nonprofit that will fight to steer cash from any national opioid settlement to hospitals, rather than to local and state governments already sparring for control of the dollars. Gee and Kasich say Citizens for Effective Opioid... Read More

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Gordon Gee, John Kasich, Opioids

August 12, 2019

Alleged online opioid drug kingpin to stand trial in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As America’s opioid crisis spiraled into a fentanyl epidemic, prosecutors say one young Utah man made himself a drug kingpin by creating counterfeit prescription painkillers laced with the deadly drug and mailing them to homes across the United States. Former Eagle Scout Aaron Shamo, 29, will stand trial beginning Monday... Read More

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Opioids

August 9, 2019

Region hit hard by opioids embraces jail-based treatment

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — As western Massachusetts struggles with a dramatic spike in fatal overdoses, officials are embracing a controversial solution: sending men who have not committed any crimes to jails and prisons for court-ordered addiction treatment. Hampden County Sheriff Thomas Cocchi has designated a wing of his jail for the treatment of men civilly... Read More

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Opioids

August 1, 2019

Arizona asks for US Supreme Court involvement in opioid case

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s attorney general on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to force the Sackler family, which owns OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma, to return billions of dollars they took out of the company. The court filing marks the first time the high court has been asked to weigh in directly on the nation’s opioid... Read More

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Opioids, Purdue

Some states, towns skeptical over proposed opioid settlement

Jury deliberating in Utah case involving major opioid ring

Opioid settlement would divide money based on local impact

Where did the Sacklers move cash from their opioid maker?

Defendant in major opioid case says he was helping people

OxyContin maker, government attorneys in settlement talks

Judge orders drugmaker to pay $572 million in opioid lawsuit

What lies ahead following Oklahoma opioid judgment

Q&A: Deadly opioid crisis sparks lawsuits across the US

Oklahoma judge to deliver judgment in state’s opioid lawsuit

Duo to push opioid settlement toward hospitals

Alleged online opioid drug kingpin to stand trial in Utah

Region hit hard by opioids embraces jail-based treatment

Arizona asks for US Supreme Court involvement in opioid case

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