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 ...

Inmates at Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in eastern Kentucky are guaranteed access to medication for opioid addiction ...

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

The money from the settlement of the giant multi-billion national lawsuit filed by state and local governments against big opioid manufacturers and distributors has started to stream into Guilford ...

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 ...

But the US Trustee petitioned the Supreme Court to review the deal, calling it an “abuse” of the bankruptcy system. Barring ...

The legality of an agreement by the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of lawsuits over the harm done by opioids is going before the Supreme Court WASHINGTON -- The agreement by the maker of ...

Drug makers like Teva and Allergan and pharmacies like CVS and Walgreens collectively owe over $1 billion.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...