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Health Carla K. Johnson — Associated Press

Relaxed methadone rules appear safe, researchers find

First Opinion Ed Bisch

My son died of an Oxy overdose. Drug company execs who are responsible should be sent to jail

Health Andrew Joseph

Supreme Court rules that doctors need to knowingly misprescribe opioids for it to be a crime

Health Andrew Joseph

With overdoses at record highs, a veterinary tranquilizer spreading through the U.S. drug supply poses new threats

First Opinion Paul Pelletier and Beth Macy

After ‘startling rebuke’ of multibillion-dollar bankruptcy settlement, ‘these Sacklers don’t deserve a pass — again’

First Opinion Mason Marks

FDA’s kratom ban would harm the public and damage the agency’s credibility

First Opinion David Eddie and John Kelly

People recover from addiction. They also go on to do good things

Exclusive Shraddha Chakradhar and Casey Ross

The history of OxyContin, told through unsealed Purdue documents

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Pharma Geoff Mulvihill — Associated Press

Drugmaker Teva latest to settle opioid lawsuits nationally

First Opinion Reuben Guttman and Liza Vertinsky

Demanding more impact from impact litigation: lessons to be learned from multi-state opioid settlements

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Special Report Andrew Joseph

Two deadly days in St. Louis: An overdose cluster kills 8 Black people — and shows the new shape of the addiction crisis

Health Andrew Joseph

As overdose deaths exploded during the pandemic, racial disparities widened, CDC report shows

Politics Nicholas Florko

The American Medical Association is fighting an otherwise popular bill to require training doctors about opioid use disorder

Health Mike Stobbe — Associated Press

U.S. overdose deaths hit record 107,000 in 2021, CDC says

First Opinion Podcast Patrick Skerrett

Listen: How should doctors treat chronic pain in the wake of the opioid crisis?

First Opinion Shravani Durbhakula and Joshua M. Sharfstein

HHS needs to step up so CDC’s new guidelines won’t be ‘a bridge to nowhere’ for most Americans living with chronic pain

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

Pharmalittle: Amgen faces $7B IRS back-tax bill and fine; McKinsey exec apologizes for opioid work during hearing

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

Endo wins a reprieve in an opioid lawsuit in Tennessee as appeals court overturns sanctions

First Opinion Haider J. Warraich

Medicine needs to do right by patients prescribed opioids

Health Andrew Joseph

Driven by fentanyl, rates of fatal teen overdoses doubled in 2020

First Opinion Antje M. Barreveld

As a pain specialist, I may have caused more harm by underprescribing opioids

Pharmalot Elizabeth Cooney

Pharmalittle: Advisory panel narrowly votes down ALS drug; Vertex looks to advance experimental pain drug

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

CVS, Teva, Allergan and Endo reach $878 million deal with Florida over the opioid crisis

First Opinion John C. Messinger, Anand Chukka and J. Wesley Boyd

The case for decriminalizing the street sale of buprenorphine

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

Teva and Allergan reach $107 million deal with Rhode Island over opioid crisis

First Opinion Emma Biegacki

Emergency response systems must not overlook people with substance use disorders

Pharma Geoff Mulvihill and Jennifer Peltz — Associated Press

‘Scum of the earth’: Opioid crisis victims face Purdue Pharma owners

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

Dozens of towns and counties object to ‘hush money’ tied to Purdue opioid settlement

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

Pharmalittle: Insurers balk at opioid payouts to drugmakers and wholesalers; AbbVie settles another Humira biosimilar lawsuit

Health Andrew Marquardt — Medill News Service

Doctors, companies push to keep looser, pandemic-era rules for prescribing opioid addiction treatment via telemedicine

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

Sacklers agree to $6 billion Purdue bankruptcy settlement over opioid crisis

Health Andrew Joseph

Supreme Court debates exactly when a doctor’s misprescribing becomes criminal

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

Tennessee judge sanctions Endo for withholding opioid documents, refuses to recuse himself from case