The Opioid Crisis
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Drug Manufacturer Agrees to Multi-Billion Dollar Settlement With Victims of Opioid Epidemic
Teva Pharmaceuticals, one of the world’s largest generic drug manufacturer, has reached an agreement in principle to settle all outstanding…
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Nine People Killed In ‘Mass Fentanyl Poisoning Event’ In Florida County
A string of recent overdoses in Gadsden County, Florida, are believed to be tied to laced pills containing fentanyl in…
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‘How About Banning Fentanyl?’: Tucker Unloads on Biden’s Proposed Ban on Menthol Cigarettes
Fox News host Tucker Carlson sounded off on the Biden administration’s plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars Thursday.…
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America Needs To Get Serious About Solving The Opioid Epidemic Before It’s Too Late
The U.S. is now several years deep into an opioid epidemic that was born out of a belief in the…
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Drug-Plagued State Sees Record Overdoses Thanks To Fentanyl Epidemic
Kentucky has seen a record year of overdose deaths as it continues to deal with fentanyl being trafficked into the…
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Fentanyl Deaths are Collateral Damage
Fentanyl, by poisoning or overdose, is now the leading cause of death in America for the 25 to 45 age…
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Authorities Confiscate 150,000 Fentanyl Pills In Largest Seizure In Oregon’s History
A joint federal and local law enforcement operation in Portland, Oregon, recently led to the largest single seizure of fentanyl…
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Ohio AG Study Links Stimulus Checks With Spike In Opioid Deaths
Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost released a study Thursday and suggested there is a link between the distribution of…
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Hollywood Stars’ Overdoses Highlight Nationwide Spike In Fentanyl Deaths
Recent celebrity drug overdoses highlight the growing nationwide opioid epidemic and increasing deaths from fentanyl-combined drugs In 2020, 75% of…
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Drug Companies Could Get Millions In Tax Refunds For Opioid Settlement Costs
Pharmaceutical companies are planning to deduct restitution payments from opioid lawsuit settlements from their tax filings and will get back…
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Port of San Luis CBP Officers Make Large Fentanyl Bust
TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, officers seized nearly 111 pounds of fentanyl on Tuesday…
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Brownsville Port of Entry CBP Officers Seize Fentanyl at Gateway International Bridge
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Gateway International Bridge intercepted a load of alleged fentanyl,…
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Indianapolis CBP K9 Sniffs Out $1.5 Million Fentanyl Seizure
INDIANAPOLIS—On March 30, Indianapolis U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted approximately four-and-a-half pounds of fentanyl in a package destined…
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Watch: White House Press Briefing with Kellyanne Conway – 1/30/20
Senior White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway, ONDCP Director Jim Carroll, and Assistant Secretary of Public Health ADM Brett Giroir hold…
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39 Indicted in Operation that Recovered Enough Heroin and Fentanyl to kill 14 Million Americans
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Over 120 law enforcement officers from 30 law enforcement agencies in Virginia, North Carolina and Texas…
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