The Newest Opioid Lawsuit Is Going Right After the Sackler Family
An enormous federal lawsuit out of New York is the latest and most brazen attempt to explicitly tie the billionaire…
Opioid Maker Purdue Promises Not to Profit from Its New Overdose Antidote
One of the major instigators to the opioid crisis is looking to sell its own drug to save people from deadly…
Opioid Maker Purdue Is Reportedly Considering Bankruptcy
The bottom may be falling out for Purdue Pharma, the drug company most synonymous with the opioid crisis. Sources…
The US Has a Higher Overdose Death Rate Than Any Other Wealthy Nation
The U.S. is in the middle of a devastating drug overdose crisis, one led by opioid-related deaths. But new research out…
In Hindsight Maybe This Pro-Fentanyl Rap Video Made by a Pharma Company Wasn't the Best Look
That drug companies have fueled the opioid crisis by flooding the market with deceptively advertised, highly addictive…
Opioid Expert Accuses FDA of 'Willful Blindness' After It Approves Powerful New Painkiller
An expert tasked with helping the Food and Drug Administration weigh potential new opioid drug approvals is openly…
Police and Media Keep Spreading the Myth That Merely Touching Fentanyl Can Kill You
Last Saturday, police in Chico, California reported that 13 people in the same house were involved in a mass drug…
Some Dark Web Marketplaces in the UK Are Reportedly Refusing to Let Users Sell Fentanyl
The UK’s National Crime Agency—which handles organized and transnational crime—claims that at least some of the dark…
The Current U.S. Drug Overdose Crisis Began in the Late 1970s, Study Finds
The devastation wrought by opioids in recent years is only part of a much larger drug crisis in the United States that…
The 'Holy Grail' of Safe Opioids Might Be One Step Closer to Reality
The ultimate goal of pain medicine—a powerful painkiller with few to no side effects, such as dependence or overdose—is…
Scientists May Have Unlocked the Secret of How Ketamine Treats Depression So Quickly
In recent years, the party drug and anesthetic ketamine has been embraced as a rapidly-acting, if still off-label,…
Skyrocketing Rates of Fentanyl Deaths Led to the Deadliest Year for Opioid Overdoses Ever
More people are dying from drug overdoses in the U.S. than ever before, according to a new preliminary report released…
Nebraska Becomes First U.S. State to Execute a Prisoner With Fentanyl
For the first time in U.S. history, a death row inmate has been killed with a lethal injection containing fentanyl, a…
New York Becomes Latest State to Sue Purdue Pharma Over Opioid Marketing
The State of New York is suing Purdue Pharma, one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of opioid painkillers,…
Americans' Legal Opioid Use Hasn’t Budged Much Over the Past Decade
Despite a growing awareness of the dangers and risks of opioid addiction among doctors and patients, the average amount…
An Experimental Painkiller Combines the Best Parts of Botox and Opioids—at Least in Mice
Scientists are scrambling to find painkillers that can ease suffering without the addictive potential of opioids. One…
The US Government Has Charged Hundreds of People With Health Care Fraud and Aiding the Opioid Crisis
Federal prosecutors have charged hundreds of people with allegedly defrauding the US government’s health care system…
The Strange Connection Between Opioid Addiction and Narcolepsy Might Help Us Treat Both
A new study could revive an abandoned theory about how to treat narcolepsy, the thus-far incurable disorder that makes…
70,000 Opioid Deaths in the US May Have Gone Uncounted Since 1999
The death toll of the US opioid crisis has been seriously lowballed, suggests a new study published Wednesday in Public…
Massachusetts Sues Purdue Pharma, 16 Company Officials for Allegedly Lying About OxyContin
The state of Massachusetts has filed a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma LP, the company that developed the semisynthetic…