Staff concerns about certain doctors were allegedly ignored. "He's going to end up in jail," a senior manager said of one.

Non-white communities had significantly less access to opioid medications commonly prescribed for moderate to severe pain than white communities over the decade beginning in 2011, according to a study ...

The Department of Justice civil complaint, filed in an Illinois federal court, could throw significant light on America's ...

More than $7 billion could be on the way to families affected by the opioid crisis, but New Hampshire hasn't decided whether to join the new settlement.

The first major legislative win for this issue came in 2022 when the NO PAIN Act was signed into law. By providing separate ...

Purdue Pharma and the Sackler families agreed Thursday to increase their financial contribution to $7.4 billion to resolve mass opioid litigation.

The agreement, announced Thursday, would require the Sackler family to pay $6.5 billion over the next 15 years and an additional nearly $900 million from Purdue Pharma following its emergence from ...

Buprenorphine use post-pandemic has risen among adolescents but declined among young adults, a new study on opioid use ...

A group of 15 states have reached a tentative new deal that would require them to set aside hundreds of millions of dollars from the settlement in a legal-defense fund for the family.

NEW YORK >> Purdue Pharma and its Sackler family owners have reached a new $7.4 billion settlement to resolve thousands of lawsuits alleging that the pain medication OxyContin caused a widespread ...

In the span of a week, federal Crowns in Hamilton dropped charges in almost 20 cases against alleged drug dealers, a pattern Hamilton police warn will increase the flow of drugs in the community.