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Supreme Court rejects multibillion-dollar Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a controversial settlement that would have sent billions of dollars to treatment programs and victims of the nation’s opioid epidemicJune 27, 2024
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Town hall to address opioid crisis in Black community
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Opioid overdose deaths disproportionately kill Black Americans more than their white counterparts, so a town hall on Saturday at Martin University is hoping to address thaMay 30, 2024
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Local governments struggle to distribute their share of billions from opioid settlements
(AP) — Settlement money to help stem the decades-long opioid addiction and overdose epidemic is rolling out to small towns and big cities across the U.S., but advocates worry that chunks of it mMay 12, 2024
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Washington state reaches a nearly $150 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson over opioid crisis
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state attorney general announced a $149.5 million settlement Wednesday with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, more than four years after the state sued the companJanuary 24, 2024
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Consulting firm McKinsey agrees to $78 million settlement with insurers over opioids
(AP) — Consulting firm McKinsey and Co. has agreed to pay $78 million to settle claims from insurers and health care funds that its work with drug companies helped fuel an opioid addiction crisiDecember 30, 2023
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Hamilton County trains educators to use medication to combat opioid crisis
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (WISH) — Educators in Hamilton County will be receiving special training in using a lifesaving medication that can reverse overdoses to help combat the opioid crisis. The HamilNovember 28, 2023
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Biden administration calls on schools to stock naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal drug
(CNN) — Overdose deaths among teens have been on the rise for years, and the Biden administration on Monday urged schools to purchase and carry the opioid overdose antidote naloxone. In aOctober 30, 2023
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Mayor Hogsett, city leaders announce awardees of Opioid Settlement Community Grant
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett on Tuesday, along with the Office of Public Health and Safety and the Marion County Coroner’s Office, announced 17 awardees fOctober 10, 2023
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2 arrested after suspected exposure to opioids at Bronx daycare kills 1-year-old and hospitalized 3 children
(CNN) — Two people were arrested in connection with the ongoing investigation into the death of a 1-year-old boy after he and three other children were exposed to suspected opioids at a Bronx daycaSeptember 17, 2023