CVS Health and Walmart have agreed to pay $147.5 million to settle West Virginia’s claims over their alleged roles in the state’s opioid crisis, state attorney general Patrick Morrisey said Tuesday. CVS agreed to pay $82.5 million and Walmart agreed to pay approximately $65 million, according to the state. Read More
Two Overdose Prevention Centers Operated by OnPoint NYC Have Averted Over 390 Overdoses Since Opening Doors Late Last Year. Read More
At a time when the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has exacerbated Staten Island’s drug crisis, Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer wants to increase funding for opioid and substance misuse by $3.2 billion. Read More
Ever since the landmark settlement of $26 Billion with Johnson & Johnson, AmerisourceBergen, and Cardinal Health, states have been slowly getting funds distributed to help fight the opioid crisis. Read More
As of April 2022, approximately 106,854 Americans throughout the country have lost their lives to a drug overdose. As a response, on April 21st, 2022, President Biden had sent his Administration’s inaugural National Drug Control Strategy, which would deliver on the call to action in the President’s Unity Agenda through a whole-of-government approach to overcome the overdose epidemic. Read More
Announced earlier this afternoon, Wisconsin was awarded $400 million from two class action lawsuit settlements related to the opioid crisis. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) wrote in a statement that “Wisconsin will receive over $400 million from separate settlements with three opioid distributors (Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen) and Johnson & Johnson. Read More
As the Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc in the country, the opioid epidemic has been raging silently, with less coverage by the media. Unfortunately the past 2 years of the pandemic have led to sharp increases in overdose deaths. Read More
In the late 1990’s, pharmaceutical companies told the medical community that opioid drugs would not be addictive, claiming that patients would not become addicted to opioid painkillers. Read More
In the middle of the month of October, four State Attorneys General proposed a $48 billion global settlement between states, cities, counties, and prominent drug companies accused of not only causing but maintaining and profiting from the opioid crisis in America. Read More
After Purdue Pharma’s announcement of Bankruptcy earlier this month, and the rising public awareness of the company’s hand in the opioid crisis, many institutions have begun severing ties with the Sackler Family—the family who owns Purdue. While to some it may seem like a slap on the wrist to the Sackler’s, the numerous institutions cutting ties is a relevant… Read More
