Opioid crisis

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Purdue Pharma, drugmaker accused of fueling the opioid epidemic, files for bankruptcy


Purdue Pharma, the narcotics manufacturer blamed for triggering America��s opioid crisis through its aggressive marketing of the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin, filed for bankruptcy Sunday.
The company��s move to seek financial shelter, part of a tentative settlement with thousands of litigants, will shift the focus to new wrangling over how potential proceeds will be divvied up by communities reeling from addictions and overdose deaths. Some state attorneys general say they will also continue trying to recover billions of dollars from the Sackler family, owners of Purdue.
Purdue sold only a fraction of the billions of opioid pills distributed in the United States, but it pioneered the aggressive sales tactics that fueled addiction.

source: WAPO
The Sacklers are busy squirreling away their fortune in some off shore stronghold.
 

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West Virginia��s opioid crisis has left thousands of children in foster care. Case workers say they��re running out of beds.

As a federal judge in Ohio prepares to hear a historic series of opioid lawsuits waged by plaintiffs nationwide, West Virginia��s journey provides a case study in how legal battles against drug companies can fail to balance the scales, leaving behind more conflict than resolution in communities still reeling from the crisis.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/grap...=al_special_report__alert-hse--alert-national
 

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West Virginia��s opioid crisis has left thousands of children in foster care. Case workers say they��re running out of beds.

As a federal judge in Ohio prepares to hear a historic series of opioid lawsuits waged by plaintiffs nationwide, West Virginia��s journey provides a case study in how legal battles against drug companies can fail to balance the scales, leaving behind more conflict than resolution in communities still reeling from the crisis.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/grap...=al_special_report__alert-hse--alert-national
Yes the dependence on opiates really spiked during the Obama years . It is tragic .
 

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Just FTI, opiates are of the opiate family of drugs and opioids are those plus the synthetics, etc.

Anyway, I think most of it was due to the 2007/8 recession that put a lot of sress on George and Susan Average.
 

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Yes the dependence on opiates really spiked during the Obama years . It is tragic .
Your ignorance would be tragic if it wasn't so hilarious.

 

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Just FTI, opiates are of the opiate family of drugs and opioids are those plus the synthetics, etc.

Anyway, I think most of it was due to the 2007/8 recession that put a lot of sress on George and Susan Average.
True . Sad and the reason I stay away from pharmaceuticals wherever possible .
 

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Parents charged after 14-month-old boy dies from opioid consumption
Author of the article:Kevin Connor
Publishing date:Mar 01, 2021 • 15 hours ago • 1 minute read • comment bubble9 Comments
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Toronto Police have charged the parents of a 14-month-old boy who died after ingesting opioids.

In May 2020, members of the Sex Crimes – Child & Youth Advocacy Centre (CYAC) began an investigation into the death of the boy, who lived in a Toronto-area apartment with his parents and another couple.

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He allegedly ingested drugs that were in the apartment for personal use and died from toxic levels of fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine, according to police.

“After a thorough investigation which included consultation with the Ministry of the Attorney General and Toronto Police Homicide, it was determined the boy’s parents would be arrested and charged,” police said in a release.


In January 2021, they were both charged with criminal negligence causing death and failure to provide the necessities of life.

This is believed to be the first investigation of its kind by the CYAC, which conducts child-focused investigations, since it opened in October 2013.