A consent decree drafted to improve mental health services in Oklahoma county jails has cleared its first legislative hurdle.

OnPoint NYC has been the sole syringe service program operator to receive opioid settlement dollars from the city so far. The organization’s locations in Harlem and Washington Heights operate ...

The program provided through Prevention is Key’s non-profit social services agency LEAD-Phillipsburg will be sustained through money granted through the National Opioids Settlement apportioned ...

Thursday's settlement, which will see funds routed to communities and individuals affected by opioids, is the largest of several targeting the makers and sellers of the highly addictive drugs.

Pennsylvania may receive up to $212 million over 15 years as part of a multi-state lawsuit settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family, its owners, for their roles in the opioid overdose ...

The company and the once-prominent family behind the drug OxyContin agreed Thursday to increase their financial contribution to resolve mass opioid litigation. The Sacklers and Purdue Pharma ...

States and communities ravaged by the opioid crisis would also receive compensation for treatment programs. Much of the money hasn't been paid out yet. A final settlement of $7.4 billion with ...

OxyContin is widely acknowledged to have catalysed the national opioid crisis in the US. Image credit: Shutterstock/ PureRadiancePhoto. Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, have reached a ...

Announced by New York Attorney General Letitia James, the settlement requires court approval and ends the Sacklers’ control of Purdue Pharma, barring them from selling opioids in the US.

Texas and 14 other states have secured a $7.4 billion settlement from the Sackler family and their company, Purdue Pharma, for their roles in creating the opioid crisis. Purdue Pharma was the ...