opioid epidemic

Do you know what killed 106,000 people in the United States in just one year?  In 2021, that many people died from drug-involved overdoses including illegal drugs and prescription opioids (over 75%), according to data from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The worst part about these...

A research paper recently published in Harm Reduction Journal urges the medical community to pursue the use of cannabinoid treatments instead of opioids for their patients. The study's authors argue that cannabinoids can be a safe and effective alternative to opioids for the...

A federal appeals court in New York cleared the way for a bankruptcy deal for opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma in a deal that will essentially protect the Sackler family from future lawsuits in exchange for a contribution of up to $6 billion. The Sacklers earned billions...

As the opioid crisis in the U.S. reaches alarming numbers, resulting in roughly 100,000 overdose deaths in the past 12-month period, a massive surge from a year earlier – federal health officials are willing to try new approaches to stem the tragedy. This week,...

President Donald Trump catalyzed a selloff in opioid-exposed stocks Thursday as he declared the national epidemic a public health emergency and renewed the government’s crackdown on fentanyl. “I will be pushing the concept of non addictive painkillers very, very hard,” Trump said...

Drug distributors were in freefall Friday when CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) teased an expository “60 Minutes” episode linking these distributors to failures in the opioid crackdown. The Oct. 15 segment will highlight a joint investigation with The Washington Post revealing hindrances to...

Following allegations that Petmed Express Inc (NASDAQ: PETS) was conspiring to capitalize on the opioid epidemic, ads for the company’s Tramadol, a synthetic opiate used by both pets and cancer patients, were removed from Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL)’s Google searches Thursday. The ads...

Sometimes, efforts that begin with the best intentions can just end up making things worse. The Centers for Disease Control and state and local regulators have been fighting the national epidemic of prescription opioid painkiller abuse by increasing regulation of prescription opioid drugs and...