After nearly a decade of annual upticks in overdose deaths, the city saw a drop in 2023, the latest data available. Something ...

After reading a recent Sun-Times investigation on opioid deaths among a generation of Black men, WBEZ editor Alden Loury ponders the role of racism and segregation in those deaths.

Stefan Kertesz, a physician and addiction expert, says overaggressive cutbacks can harm some chronic pain patients.

Huntington and Cabell County officials and legal representatives continue to seek justice for the toll the opioid epidemic has taken on their communities. The West Virginia Supreme Court heard ...

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Montana is expected to receive more than $16 million from a legal settlement reached by a coalition of states that sued Purdue Pharma and the family that owns it for their role in stoking the ...

“The Sackler family relentlessly pursued profit at the expense of vulnerable patients, and played a critical role in starting and fuelling the opioid epidemic,” James said in a statement.

and other creditors that have sued the company and its Sackler family owners over their roles in the deadly U.S. opioid epidemic. Purdue attorney Benjamin Kaminetsky said at a court hearing in ...

British Columbia's attorney general says the B.C. Supreme Court has certified the province's class-action lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors. Niki Sharma says B.C. can now ...

While he has publicly downplayed the fact, in part due to the far bigger impact of the pandemic on the wider public, the Covid-19 crisis did also impact on Mr Martin's personal political career.

Purdue Pharma will pay more than $7 billion for the corporation's role in fueling the opioid epidemic that has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans. The Sackler family and Purdue Pharma reached a ...