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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 […]

05/09/2016 / By Greg White

Sharp rise in opioid-related hospitalizations: Up 72% and costs nearly quadruple to $15 billion

It’s no secret that the country is experiencing an opioid epidemic. Sketching a picture of the problem at hand, a recent study published in Health Affairs found that the number of patients hospitalized because of opioids between 2002 and 2012 skyrocketed by 72 percent, and that in patient charges related to opioid hospitalizations reached a […]

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