US Opioid Crisis

• U.S. judge rules in favour of 3 drug distributors in West Virginia opioid lawsuit

  Prosecutors had argued the companies should be held responsible for sending a "tsunami" of prescription pain pills into the community.

  World

  Jul 4, 2022
  
• U.S. First Nations win $590M from drug companies in opioid epidemic lawsuit settlement

  Under the settlement, Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay $150 million over two years and the three largest U.S. drug distributors will pay nearly $440 million over seven years.

  World

  Feb 2, 2022
  
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• California judge rules in favour of drugmakers in $50B lawsuit over state opioid crisis

  It marked the first trial win for any drug companies in the more than 3,300 lawsuits filed by states and local governments over the U.S. drug abuse crisis.

  World

  Nov 1, 2021
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• U.S. lawsuit accusing companies of fuelling opioid crisis may be settled for $26 billion

  The lawsuit against drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and the nation's three biggest drug distribution companies could see the biggest settlement in the history of opioid litigation.

  Health

  Jul 20, 2021
• ‘Staggering loss’: U.S. reported record drug overdose deaths amid COVID-19 pandemic

  The estimate of 93,000 deaths in 2020 far eclipses the high of about 72,000 drug overdose deaths reached in the United States the previous year.

  Health

  Jul 14, 2021
• Experts warn U.S. overdose deaths will surpass 2019 levels due to coronavirus

  Nearly 71,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, a new record that predates the COVID-19 crisis, which the White House and many experts believe will drive such deaths even higher.

  Health

  Jul 15, 2020
• Donald Trump says he will issue emergency declaration on opioids next week

  The United States is battling a surge in opioid-related deaths, including 33,000 lives lost in 2015.

  Politics

  Oct 25, 2017