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“#Biden’s silence on China’s Drug-Pushing and other commentary” From the right: Silence on China’s Drug-Pushing “In the United States, a person dies from a drug overdose every five-and-a-half minutes,” frets John Mac Ghlionn at The American Conservative. Notably, “of the more than 100,000 drug-overdose deaths recorded in 2020, 64,178 involved synthetic opioids like fentanyl” —…
“#Courts debunk governments’ harmful opioid myths” Since 2014, state and local governments have filed thousands of lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies they blame for causing the “opioid crisis” by exaggerating the benefits and minimizing the risks of prescription pain medication. The theory underlying these cases is pretty straightforward: Drug manufacturers lied, and people died. Two recent…
“#Snapchat cracks down on drug dealing after fentanyl overdoses” Snapchat is cracking down on drug sales through its disappearing-photos app following reports of dealers using it to sling deadly fentanyl-laced pills. The company is ramping up automatic “proactive detection” systems that boot drug dealers from the app, according to a Thursday blog post. It’s also…
“#Judge will approve Purdue Pharma opioid deal that shields Sacklers” A federal judge said Wednesday he would approve OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy reorganization plan, clearing a path to resolve thousands of opioid lawsuits and shielding the company’s wealthy Sackler family owners from future opioid litigation. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain said that with small changes he would…
“#A Canadian died of an opioid overdose every 49 minutes during one deadly week. These are their stories.” On the football field, Marcus Gould always knew exactly what to do. Everything about the game—physical toughness, endless strategy, the meaning of team—just made sense to him. Even on a roster full of teenage all-stars, No. 88…
“#Federal election 2021: Canada’s drug crisis has killed at least 23,000. What has Justin Trudeau done about it?” More than 23,000 people have died in this country from drug overdose and drug poisoning in just the last five years. We’ve lost more people to this drug crisis than to COVID-19. Our life expectancy has stalled…
“#Head of OxyContin family denies responsibility for opioid crisis” The former president and board chair of Purdue Pharma told a court Wednesday that he, his family and the company are not responsible for the opioid crisis in the United States. Richard Sackler, a member of the family who owns the company, was asked whether each…
“#Big 3 drug distributors, J&J reach landmark $26B opioid settlement” A group of state attorneys general unveiled on Wednesday a landmark, $26 billion settlement resolving claims that the three largest US drug distributors and drugmaker Johnson & Johnson helped fuel a deadly nationwide opioid epidemic. Under the settlement proposal, distributors McKesson, Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen…
“#Four companies on verge of settling US opioid lawsuits” The three biggest U.S. drug distribution companies and the drugmaker Johnson & Johnson are on the verge of a $26 billion settlement covering thousands of government lawsuits over the toll of opioids across the U.S., a group of lawyers for local governments said Tuesday. The national…
“#Mila Kunis looks unrecognizable in new movie trailer ‘Four Good Days’” Mila Kunis, is that you? The actress, 37, looks unrecognizable in her forthcoming film, “Four Good Days,” in which she plays a drug addict desperate to recover and conquer her demons. Kunis plays Molly, a 31-year-old self-proclaimed “junkie” who begs her estranged mother, played…