For people who study the opioid epidemic, 2025 marks a grim anniversary: It has been 30 years since the Food and Drug Administration approved the opioid OxyContin for the treatment of chronic pain.

His plan for solving the nation’s drug overdose crisis is also drawing criticism from many of the country’s top addiction experts.

This is the largest settlement with contributors to the opioid crisis in the U.S. The Sackler family will pay the vast majority of the settlement — a total of $6.5 billion over 15 years ...

SCARPONE SAYS NO AMOUNT OF MONEY CAN UNDO THE DEVASTATION OF THE OPIOID CRISIS FUELED BY THE COMPANIES THAT PUSHED ADDICTIVE AND DEADLY DRUGS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE ...

Purdue Pharma and its Sackler family owners have reached a new $7.4 billion settlement to resolve thousands of lawsuits alleging that the pain medication OxyContin caused a widespread opioid addiction ...

Connecticut attorney General William Tong said that the settlement would help provide closure to victims of the opioid crisis. “It’s not just about the money,” Tong said. “There is not ...

THOSE SUITS ALLEGED OXYCONTIN PAIN MEDICATION, LED TO THE COUNTRY’S OPIOID ADDICTION CRISIS. NORTH CAROLINA IS ONE OF 16 STATES INVOLVED IN THIS SETTLEMENT. OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL, JEFF JACKSON ...

If approved, the new plan would end the costliest corporate bankruptcy resulting from the U.S. opioid crisis. Purdue, under the leadership of the Sackler families, invented, manufactured and ...

Opioid abuse tells a tragic American story since avoidable deaths began in the 1990s. Nearly 700,000 people lost their lives ...

The opioid crisis, which has caused more than 500,000 deaths over 20 years in the United States, has triggered a flurry of lawsuits against drugmakers, distributors and pharmacies from victims and ...