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NFL funding research to help players better manage pain

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The NFL will spend up to $1 million funding up to five studies that will examine how to better help players ease their pain...

Democrats push bill aimed at family that owns Purdue Pharma

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A congressional committee heard grievances Tuesday against the owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma as it considered longshot legislation that would keep them from...

AP Interview: State AG pushes accountability in opioid cases

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Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has been a leader in the legal push to hold companies and individuals accountable for the U.S. opioid addiction...

Kelly Osbourne opens up about drug and alcohol addictions

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NEW YORK — Kelly Osbourne is opening up about her battles with drug and alcohol addiction, stopping by “Red Table Talk” to discuss getting...

Sheriff at WVa opioid trial worried about future generations

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia sheriff testified Thursday during a landmark trial against three large opioid distributors that he is worried the scourge...

Former nurse who stole fentanyl used in surgeries sentenced

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A former Connecticut nurse who stole fentanyl from patients undergoing surgeries and substituted it with saline has been sentenced to...

Governor pardons eye doctor who grew marijuana for sick wife

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HARRISBURG, Pa. — Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday pardoned an eye doctor who said he began growing marijuana to help his dying wife reduce...

Arrests, seizures target Sinaloa drugs destined for Virginia

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A trafficking network that ferried drugs from the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico through California to multiple drug dealing organizations around the...

Report: Drug executive emails mocked Appalachians

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Emails to and from a drug company executive presented at a landmark West Virginia trial against three large opioid distributors used...

West Virginia trial puts spotlight on sprawling opioid cases

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A corner of West Virginia wrenched by opioid addiction is getting the chance to argue in a courtroom that some of the corporate giants...