Tag: opioids
Prosecutors in LA announce sweep in fentanyl overdose deaths
LOS ANGELES — At least 11 suspected drug dealers face charges in Southern California that they sold fentanyl and other opioids that led to...
Data expert testifies at landmark West Virginia opioid trial
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A data expert testifying at a landmark opioid trial in West Virginia said Tuesday that the potency of prescription drugs sent...
Consultant: West Virginia city was bombarded with opioids
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A new analysis of opioids in West Virginia shows the city of Huntington and its surrounding county were overwhelmed with shipments...
Consultant: West Virginia city was bombarded with opioids
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A new analysis of opioids in West Virginia shows the city of Huntington and its surrounding county were overwhelmed with shipments...
Consultant: West Virginia city was bombarded with opioids
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A new analysis of opioids in West Virginia shows the city of Huntington and its surrounding county were overwhelmed with shipments...
1st week of landmark trial against opioid distributors ends
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia fire chief who starred in an Oscar-nominated documentary about battling drug abuse in ground zero of the nation’s...
Ex-health chief: Docs wrote excessive opioid prescriptions
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s former health commissioner described a culture of doctors for years writing more opioid prescriptions for their patients than necessary...
To filmmaker Gibney, opioid crisis is ‘Crime of the Century’
NEW YORK — Not unexpectedly given the subject matter, HBO's two-part documentary “The Crime of the Century” opens with a body bag.
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US approves high-dose opioid reversal nasal spray from Hikma
U.S. regulators on Friday approved the first high-dose nasal spray for reversing opioid overdoses.
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Congress passes extension of opioid enforcement tool
WASHINGTON — Congress has voted to temporarily extend a sweeping tool that has helped federal agents crack down on drugs chemically similar to fentanyl.
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