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02/06/2017 / By Amy Goodrich

WA city taking OxyContin drug maker to court over “gross negligence, creating a public nuisance, and other misconduct”

City lawyers in Everett, Washington are preparing to sue the makers of OxyContin, a leading opioid painkiller, blaming it for its role in the United States’ opioid and heroin epidemic. The city filed a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma claiming they knew the drug was being illegally trafficked to residents and did not act to stop […]

08/17/2016 / By Mary Wilder

New drug “flakka” being blamed as a cause of cannibalism

As the new designer drug alpha-Pyrrolidinopentiophenone — known on the streets as “flakka” — rises in popularity, a series of adverse side effects have been exposed. And they’re not pretty. Take Austin Kelly Harrouff for instance. The 19-year-old Florida State University student who was found gnawing a man’s face off after murdering him and his wife is […]

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