TAG / OPIOID EPIDEMIC
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DRUGS
Sacklers Hope to Pay $7 Billion to Bury Their Opioid Legacy
Purdue prepares to pay up, leaving unanswered questions about justice, accountability and how hundreds of thousands of lives might have been saved if regulators had acted sooner.
MENTAL HEALTH
New Study Finds ADHD Drugs Are Causing Rampant Addiction as Prescriptions Soar
A new study reveals that nearly 1 in 10 adults prescribed ADHD drugs are addicted—many without ever “misusing” them—in an epidemic the psychiatric industry fuels for profit.
DRUGS
First-Ever Criminal Charges Filed Against Drug Company Executives Over Opioid Crisis
New York company to pay $20 million in penalties; two executives facing life in prison over charges of intentionally trafficking in millions of pain pills and defrauding the DEA.
