Pratt is President of the Ohio Council of Fraternal, Veterans & Service Organizations. It’s no longer a secret, the opioid epidemic which continues to touch the lives of loved ones across the ...

More than $50 billion will flow into states and municipalities over the next two decades from legal settlements with opioid manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacies accused of fueling the ...

The US Supreme Court appeared divided on Monday as it heard a challenge to Purdue Pharma's $6 billion opioids settlement ...

Keith Lewis disposes of used syringes at a needle exchange run by Camden Area Health Education Center in Camden, N.J., Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Drugmaker ...

Mercer County commissioners reported that the county Opioid Settlement Committee has awarded nine grants worth $656,000 so far. Mercer County received $874,000 in two payments in 2022 and 2023 as part ...

But the US Trustee petitioned the Supreme Court to review the deal, calling it an “abuse” of the bankruptcy system. Barring individual victims from pursuing their own lawsuits against the Sackler ...

Officials says inmates at an eastern Kentucky jail are guaranteed access to medication for opioid use disorder under a settlement between the U.S. Justice Department and the Big Sandy Regional Jail ...

Funding is on the way to help fight the issue of opioids in the community. But how and when will that money be used in ...

West Virginia's local governments are soon expected to receive opioid settlement money. Approximately $1 billion in funds are set to be distributed, with about $73.5 million sent to local ...

At his house in Ellington where John Lally raised his firstborn, he stops beside a wall filled with photos. “This is Tim on the guitar,” he said. “These are pictures throughout his life.” ...

The Town of Griswold is spending part of the settlement funding from several large opioid lawsuits on care packages for people who overdose. The packages include naloxone and a pre-paid cell phone ...